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Company name Atlas Energy LP
Stock ticker ATLS
Live stock price [stckqut]ATLS[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Atlas Energy, L.P., (Atlas Energy) is an independent developer and producer of natural gas and oil, with operations in the Appalachian Basin, Illinois Basin and the Rocky Mountain region. As of December 31, 2011, its principal development and production assets consisted of working interests in approximately 8,500 gross producing natural gas and oil wells; royalty interests in over 500 gross producing natural gas and oil wells; net daily production of 35.9 million cubic feet equivalent per day; proved reserves of 167.6 billion cubic feet equivalent, and its partnership management business, which includes interests in 98 investment partnerships and a registered broker-dealer that acts as the dealer-manager of its investment partnership offerings. It maintains ownership interests in the entities, which includes Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. and Lightfoot Capital Partners, LP and Lightfoot Capital Partners GP, LLC. On February 17, 2011, it acquired certain assets from Atlas Energy, Inc.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name Oracle Corporation
Stock ticker ORCL
Live stock price [stckqut]ORCL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $12.72
Target stock price (averages with growth) $20.2
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $24.77
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $24.71

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

Oracle Corporation is a provider of enterprise software and computer hardware products and services. The Company’s software, hardware systems, and services businesses develops, manufactures, markets, hosts and supports database and middleware software, applications software, and hardware systems, with the latter consisting primarily of computer server and storage products. It is organized into three businesses: software, hardware systems and services. Its software business consists of two segments: new software licenses and software license updates and product support. Its hardware systems business consists of two segments: hardware systems products and hardware systems support. The Company’s services business consists of the remainder of its segments and offers consulting services, managed cloud services, and education services. On January 25, 2012, it acquired RightNow Technologies, Inc. (RightNow). On April 5, 2012, the Company acquired Taleo Corporation (Taleo).

 

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

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Company name News Corp
Stock ticker NWSA
Live stock price [stckqut]NWSA[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $10.12
Target stock price (averages with growth) $17.93
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $22.35
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $20.68

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

News Corporation is a diversified global media company. The Company operates in six segments: Cable Network Programming; Filmed Entertainment; Television; Direct Broadcast Satellite Television; Publishing, and Other. Cable Network Programming produces and licenses news, business news, sports, general entertainment and movie programming for distribution through cable television systems and direct broadcast satellite operators. Filmed Entertainment engages in the production and acquisition of live-action and animated motion pictures for distribution and licensing in all formats in all entertainment media worldwide. Television is engaged in the operation of broadcast television stations and the broadcasting of network programming . It engages in the direct broadcast satellite business through its subsidiary, SKY Italia. In November 2012, News Corporation, through a wholly owned subsidiary, completed acquisition of ESPN’s partnership interest in ESPN STAR Sports.

 

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

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $72.52
Target stock price (averages with growth) $92.51
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $59.72
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $64.5

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

Neogen Corporation (Neogen), together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets a diverse line of products dedicated to food and animal safety. It is engaged in developing and marketing test kits that provide food safety solutions. The Company’s food safety segment consists primarily of diagnostic test kits and complementary products (dehydrated culture media) sold to food producers and processors to detect dangerous and/or unintended substances in human food and animal feed, such as foodborne pathogens, spoilage organisms, natural toxins, food allergens, genetic modifications, ruminant by-products, drug residues, pesticide residues and general sanitation concerns. These products are marketed in North America, the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe, Mexico and Brazil and by distributors through the rest of the world. In October 2012, it acquired the stock of Macleod Pharmaceuticals. In January 2013, the Company acquired the assets of Scidera Genomics, LLC.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in this stock 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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Company name Baytex Energy Corp (USA)
Stock ticker BTE
Live stock price [stckqut]BTE[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $72.44
Target stock price (averages with growth) $54.19
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $27.45
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $63.98

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

Baytex Energy Corp. (Baytex), through its subsidiaries, are engaged in the business of acquiring, developing, exploiting and holding interests in petroleum and natural gas properties and related assets in Canada (in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan) and in the United States (in the states of North Dakota and Wyoming). On February 3, 2011, the Company acquired heavy oil assets located in the Reno area of northern Alberta and the Lloydminster area of western Saskatchewan. On August 9, 2011, the Company acquired natural gas assets located in the Brewster area of west central Alberta. During the year ended December 31, 2011, it completed two dispositions of undeveloped lands; in the Kaybob South area of west central Alberta, it sold six sections of leasehold, including five sections with Duvernay rights, and in the Dodsland area in southwest Saskatchewan, which it sold 32,600 net acres of leasehold in the halo of the field.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

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