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Company name U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.
Stock ticker PRTS
Live stock price [stckqut]PRTS[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. (U.S. Auto Parts) offers online sources for automotive aftermarket parts and repairs information. The Company principally sells its products, identified as stock keeping units (SKUs), to individual consumers through its network of Websites and online marketplaces. The Company’s Websites provide customers with a selection of approximately two million SKUs with product descriptions and photographs. The Company has developed a product database that maps its SKUs to product applications based on vehicle makes, models and years. It offers a selection of aftermarket auto parts. U.S. Auto Parts classifies its products into three categories: body parts, engine parts, and performance parts and accessories. The Company sources its products from foreign manufacturers and importers located in Taiwan and China, and from the United States manufacturers and distributors.
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 Shutterfly, Inc.
Stock ticker SFLY
Live stock price [stckqut]SFLY[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $51.83
Target stock price (averages with growth) $59.95
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $32.1
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $4.96

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

Shutterfly, Inc. is an Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service that enables consumers to share, print and preserve their memories its technology, manufacturing, Web-design and merchandising capabilities. The Company provides a range of personalized photo-based products and services that allow consumers to upload, edit, enhance, organize, find, share, create, print, and preserve their memories. It generate revenues by producing and selling professionally bound photo books, greeting cards and stationery, personalized calendars, other photo-based merchandise and prints ranging in size from wallet-sized to jumbo-sized 20×30 enlargements. It offers multiple premium brands, including shutterfly.com tinyprints.com and weddingpaperdivas.com. In May 2012, the Company acquired Photoccino, a developer of technologies for photo ranking, analysis and organization based in Haifa, Israel. In January 2013, the Company acquired ThisLife.

 

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 Synopsys, Inc.
Stock ticker SNPS
Live stock price [stckqut]SNPS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $46.39
Target stock price (averages with growth) $47.64
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $31.77
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $46.12

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

Synopsys, Inc. is engaged in providing technology solutions used to develop electronics and electronic systems. It supplies the electronic design automation (EDA) software that engineers use to design, create prototypes for and test integrated circuits, also known as chips. It also supplies software and hardware used to develop the systems that incorporate integrated circuits and the software that runs on those integrated circuits. Its intellectual property (IP) products are pre-designed circuits that engineers use as components of larger chip designs rather than redesigning those circuits themselves. It also provides technical services to support its solutions and it help its customers develop chips and electronic systems. Its products and services are organized into four groups: Core EDA; IP and System-Level Solutions; Manufacturing Solutions and Professional Services. In July 2012, it acquired Ciranova. In October 2012, it acquired EVE. On November 30, 2012, it acquired SpringSoft.

 

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 Five Star Quality Care, Inc.
Stock ticker FVE
Live stock price [stckqut]FVE[/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) $9
Target stock price (averages with growth) $5.61
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $1.56
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $7.34

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

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (Five Star), operates senior living communities, including independent living communities, assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). As of December 31, 2011, the Company operated 245 senior living communities located in 30 states containing 27,159 living units, including 207 primarily independent and assisted living communities with 23,736 living units and 38 SNFs with 3,423 living units. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company discontinued its operations on two SNFs owned and operated by it containing 271 living units and one assisted living community leased from Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH) and operated by it containing 103 living units. In 2011, the Company acquired from unrelated parties seven assisted living communities containing 854 living units with one located in Arizona and the other six located in Indiana, or the Indiana Communities. In September 2012, it sold its pharmacy business to Omnicare, Inc.

 

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, in fact the company ranks as a Good company, but there are some concerns with the price of the stock most notably it’s top line revenue growth. Even though this stock ranks as Good, I will not be adding it to my Watch List because of some of my concerns.

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Company name Yum! Brands, Inc.
Stock ticker YUM
Live stock price [stckqut]YUM[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $63.65
Target stock price (averages with growth) $76.67
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $63.62
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $71.15

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

Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a quick service restaurant company based on number of system units, with approximately 37,000 units in more than 120 countries and territories. The Company through its three concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (the Concepts), develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of restaurants, which prepare, package and sell a menu of priced food items. Units are operated by a Concept or by independent franchisees or licensees under the terms of franchise or license agreements. In addition, YUM owns non-controlling interests in Chinese entities who operate in a manner similar to KFC franchisees, as well as a non-controlling interest in Little Sheep Group Limited (Little Sheep). It operates in five segments: YUM Restaurants China, YUM Restaurants International, Taco Bell U.S., KFC U.S. and Pizza Hut U.S. In December 2011, it sold the Long John Silver’s and A&W All-American Food Restaurants brands. On February 1, 2012, it acquired Little Sheep.

 

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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