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Company name Gleacher & Company Inc
Stock ticker GLCH
Live stock price [stckqut]GLCH[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=glch

Gleacher & Company, Inc. (Gleacher) is an investment bank that provides corporate and institutional clients with financial advisory services, including merger and acquisition, restructuring, recapitalization, and strategic alternative analysis. Gleacher offers a range of products through its Investment Banking, Mortgage Backed/Asset Backed & Rates (MBS/ABS & Rates), Corporate Credit and ClearPoint divisions. It also provides capital raising, research-based investment analysis, and securities brokerage services, and, through the Company’s ClearPoint Funding, Inc. subsidiary (ClearPoint), engages in residential mortgage lending. Gleacher operates ion four business segments: MBS/ABS & Rates, Corporate Credit, Investment Banking and ClearPoint. On January 3, 2011, the Company completed its acquisition of ClearPoint. In February 2013, it closed the sale of all of the assets of its ClearPoint subsidiary to Homeward Residential, Inc.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Gleacher & Company Inc. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name Inter Parfums, Inc.
Stock ticker IPAR
Live stock price [stckqut]IPAR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $48.72
Target stock price (averages with growth) $82.67
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $81.64
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $42.27

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ipar

Inter Parfums, Inc. operates in the fragrance business, and manufactures, markets and distributes an array of fragrances and fragrance related products. The Company operates in two segments: European based operations and United States based operations. Its prestige fragrance products are produced and marketed by its European operations through its 74% owned subsidiary in Paris, Interparfums SA. The Company’s specialty retail and mass market fragrance and fragrance related products are marketed through its United States operations These fragrance products are sold under trademarks owned by the Company or pursuant to license or other agreements with the owners of brands which include the Gap, Banana Republic, Anna Sui, Brooks Brothers, bebe, Betsey Johnson, Nine West, Lane Bryant and Jordache.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Inter Parfums, Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

Stock price at the time of the calculation: $31.53

Growth: 0.16

Current EPS (TTM): $4.63

P/E: 7

Future EPS Calc: $9.72

Future Stock Price Calc: $68.07

Target stock price: $42.26

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Company name Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Stock ticker WEC
Live stock price [stckqut]WEC[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Fair
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Fair

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $32.39
Target stock price (averages with growth) $37.14
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $35.64
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $32.95

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=wec

Wisconsin Energy Corporation is a diversified holding company. The Company operates primarily through two segments: a utility energy segment and a non-utility energy segment. Its primary subsidiaries are Wisconsin Electric Power Company (Wisconsin Electric), Wisconsin Gas LLC (Wisconsin Gas) and W.E. Power, LLC (We Power). Its utility energy segment consists of Wisconsin Electric and Wisconsin Gas, operating together under the trade name of We Energies. Its non-utility energy segment derives its revenues primarily from the ownership of electric power generating facilities for long-term lease to Wisconsin Electric. Its non-utility energy segment derives its revenues primarily from the ownership of electric power generating facilities for long-term lease to Wisconsin Electric. As of December 31, 2012, the Company have a 26.2% interest in ATC.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Wisconsin Energy Corporation.

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

Stock price at the time of the calculation: $42.16

Growth: 0.05

Current EPS (TTM): $2.31

P/E: 18

Future EPS Calc: $2.94

Future Stock Price Calc: $53.06

Target stock price: $32.95

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Company name Tempur Sealy International Inc
Stock ticker TPX
Live stock price [stckqut]TPX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Fair
EBIT growth Fair

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $56.86
Target stock price (averages with growth) $61.2
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $40.17
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $54.91

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=tpx

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. is a bedding provider. The Company develops, manufactures and markets mattresses, foundations, pillows and other products. Its brand portfolio includes Tempur, Tempur-Pedic, Sealy, Sealy Posturepedic, Optimum and Stearns & Foster. It has three segments: Tempur North America, Tempur International and Sealy. Tempur North American operating segment consists of two the United States manufacturing facilities and its North American distribution subsidiaries; Tempur International segment, which consists of its manufacturing facility in Denmark, whose customers include all of its distribution subsidiaries and third party distributors outside the North American operating segment, and the Sealy segment consists of company-owned and operated bedding and component manufacturing facilities located around the world along with distribution subsidiaries and joint ventures. On March 18, 2013, it acquired Sealy Corporation.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Tempur Sealy International Inc as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

Stock price at the time of the calculation: $48.1

Growth: 0.13

Current EPS (TTM): $1.2

P/E: 40

Future EPS Calc: $2.21

Future Stock Price Calc: $88.43

Target stock price: $54.91

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Company name Trinity Industries Inc
Stock ticker TRN
Live stock price [stckqut]TRN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $87.5
Target stock price (averages with growth) $39.58
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $5.66
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $72.39

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=trn

Trinity Industries, Inc. (Trinity) is a multi-industry company. As a multi-industry company, it manufactures and sells a range of products through a range of product lines, including Railcars and railcar parts in addition to leasing railcars to its customers through its integrated business model, which includes a leasing business, Trinity Industries Leasing Company (TILC); Inland barges; Structural wind towers; Highway products; Concrete and aggregates; Tank containers, and Steel parts and components. In January 2014, Trinity Industries Inc acquired the assets of WesMor Cryogenic Companies through a newly formed subsidiary. In January 2014, Element Financial Corp completed its second railcar portfolio acquisition with the purchase of leased railcars from Trinity Industries. In January 2014, Trinity Industries Inc announced that its subsidiary acquired the assets of Alloy Custom Products Inc.

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Trinity Industries Inc as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of Trinity Industries Inc are good, in fact the company ranks as a Good company, but there are some concerns with the price of the stock. I will not be adding Trinity Industries to my Watch List at this time.

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

Stock price at the time of the calculation: $56.65

Growth: 0.15

Current EPS (TTM): $4.14

P/E: 14

Future EPS Calc: $8.32

Future Stock Price Calc: $116.57

Target stock price: $72.38

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