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Company name LSB Industries, Inc.
Stock ticker LXU
Live stock price [stckqut]LXU[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $57.04
Target stock price (averages with growth) $98.07
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $112.92
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $46.28

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

LSB Industries, Inc. is a diversified holding company involved in manufacturing and marketing operations through its subsidiaries. The Company together with its wholly owned subsidiaries owns Chemical Business and Climate Control Business. Chemical Business manufactures and sells nitrogen-based chemical products produced from four facilities located in El Dorado, Arkansas; Cherokee, Alabama; Pryor, Oklahoma, and Baytown, Texas for the agricultural, industrial, and mining markets. Climate Control Business manufactures and sells a range of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) products in the niche markets the Company serves consisting of geothermal and water source heat pumps, hydronic fan coils, large custom air handlers, modular geothermal and other chillers and other related products used to control the environment in commercial/institutional and residential new building construction, renovation of existing buildings and replacement of existing systems.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in LSB Industries, 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: $36.86

Growth: 0.15

Current EPS (TTM): $1.09

P/E: 34

Future EPS Calc: $2.19

Future Stock Price Calc: $74.54

Target stock price: $46.28

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Company name Healthcare Services Group, Inc.
Stock ticker HCSG
Live stock price [stckqut]HCSG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $30.41
Target stock price (averages with growth) $37.56
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $28.59
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $31.71

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

Healthcare Services Group, Inc. provides management, administrative and operating services to the housekeeping, laundry, linen, facility maintenance and dietary service departments of the health care industry, including nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers and hospitals located throughout the United States. The Company operates in two segments: housekeeping, laundry, linen and other services (Housekeeping), and dietary department services (Dietary).As of December 31, 2011, the Company provided its Housekeeping services to approximately 2,900 facilities and provided Dietary services to approximately 600 facilities. As of December 31, 2011, the Company operated two wholly owned subsidiaries, Huntingdon Holdings, Inc. (Huntingdon) and Healthcare Staff Leasing Solutions, LLC (Staff Leasing).

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Healthcare Services Group, 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: $27.09

Growth: 0.14

Current EPS (TTM): $0.78

P/E: 34

Future EPS Calc: $1.5

Future Stock Price Calc: $51.06

Target stock price: $31.7

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Company name Cerner Corporation
Stock ticker CERN
Live stock price [stckqut]CERN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $78.15
Target stock price (averages with growth) $102.44
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $71
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $80

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

Cerner Corporation is a supplier of healthcare information technology solutions, services, devices and hardware. Cerner solutions optimize processes for healthcare organizations. These solutions are licensed by 9,300 facilities globally, including more than 2,650 hospitals; 3,750 physician practices 40,000 physicians; 500 ambulatory facilities, such as laboratories, ambulatory centers, cardiac facilities, radiology clinics and surgery centers; 800 home health facilities; 40 employer sites and 1,600 retail pharmacies. It operates in two segments: domestic, which includes revenue contributions and expenditures associated with business activity in the United States, and global, which includes revenue contributions and expenditures linked to business activity in Argentina, Aruba, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain and the United Arab Emirates. Effective March 18, 2013, it acquired Labotix Automation Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Cerner 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: $55.9

Growth: 0.18

Current EPS (TTM): $1.28

P/E: 44

Future EPS Calc: $2.92

Future Stock Price Calc: $128.84

Target stock price: $80

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Company name General Growth Properties Inc
Stock ticker GGP
Live stock price [stckqut]GGP[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

General Growth Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company owns or with joint venture partners 144 regional malls (126 domestic and 18 in Brazil) consists of approximately 135 million square feet. The Company is engaged in ownership, operation, management and selective re-development of its Consolidated Properties and Unconsolidated Properties, which are primarily regional malls. As of December 31, 2012, the Company’s segment was consists of 126 regional malls in the United States and 18 malls in Brazil, eight strip centers totaling 1.6 million square feet, primarily in the Western region of the United States, as well as seven stand-alone office buildings totaling 0.9 million square feet, concentrated in Columbia, Maryland.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in General Growth Properties Inc. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.
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Company name Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Stock ticker MOH
Live stock price [stckqut]MOH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $43.13
Target stock price (averages with growth) $65.19
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $52.44
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $42.49

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

Molina Healthcare, Inc. provides medicaid-related solutions. The Company operates in two segments: Health Plans and Molina Medicaid Solutions. Its Health Plans segment consists of health plans in California, Florida, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin, and includes the Company’s direct delivery business. Its Molina Medicaid Solutions segment provides design, development, implementation, and business process outsourcing solutions to state governments for their Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).As of December 31, 2012, Health Plans segment served approximately 1.8 million members eligible for Medicaid, Medicare, and other government-sponsored health care programs for low-income families and individuals. In June 2013, Molina Healthcare Inc announced that, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Molina Center LLC, it has successfully completed a sale and lease back transaction with the dedicated net lease group of Angelo, Gordon & Co (AG).

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Molina Healthcare, 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: $34.71

Growth: 0.15

Current EPS (TTM): $1.62

P/E: 21

Future EPS Calc: $3.25

Future Stock Price Calc: $68.42

Target stock price: $42.48

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