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Company name Landstar System, Inc.
Stock ticker LSTR
Live stock price [stckqut]LSTR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
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) $68.25
Target stock price (averages with growth) $94.31
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $72.47
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $74.49

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

Landstar System, Inc. (Landstar) is a non-asset based provider of freight transportation services and supply chain solutions. The Company offers services to its customers across multiple transportation modes. Landstar provides services throughout the United States and Canada and between the United States and Canada, Mexico and other countries globally. The Company�s services are delivered through a network of independent commission sales agents and third party capacity providers linked together by a series of information technology systems, which are provided and coordinated by the Company. Landstar utilizes third party capacity providers to transport and store customers’ freight. The Company operates in two segments: the transportation logistics segment and the insurance segment.

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 Illumina, Inc.
Stock ticker ILMN
Live stock price [stckqut]ILMN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $4.37
Target stock price (averages with growth) $10.97
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $18.41
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $5.92

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

Illumina, Inc. (Illumina) is a developer and manufacturer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function. The Company provides a line of genetic analysis solutions, with products and services that serve a range of interconnected markets, including sequencing, genotyping, gene expression, and molecular diagnostics. The Company is organized in two business segments: Life Sciences and Diagnostics. Its Life Sciences business unit includes all products and services related to the research market, namely the product lines based on its sequencing, BeadArray, VeraCode, and real-time PCR technologies. Its Diagnostics business unit focuses on molecular diagnostics. Its customers include genomic research centers, academic institutions, government laboratories, and clinical research organizations. In January 2011, the Company acquired Epicentre Technologies Corporation. In April 2010, the Company purchased Helixis, Inc.

Confident Investor comments: Unfortunately, it is difficult for a company to be profitable and still have this much red. 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 Harris Corporation
Stock ticker HRS
Live stock price [stckqut]HRS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Fair
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $45.06
Target stock price (averages with growth) $55.13
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $50.94
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $41.27

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

Harris Corporation (Harris), together with its subsidiaries, is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. The Company operates in three segments: RF Communications segment, Government Communications Systems segment and Broadcast Communications segment. Its RF Communications segment consists of its tactical radio communications and public safety and professional communications businesses. Its Government Communications Systems segment consists of its defense programs, national intelligence programs, civil programs and information technology (it) services businesses. Its Broadcast Communications segment consists of its workflow, infrastructure and networking solutions, media and transmission systems businesses. On May 28, 2010, the Company acquired privately held SignaCert, Inc. In April 2011, the Company completed the acquisition of Global Connectivity Services business.

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 The Dow Chemical Company
Stock ticker DOW
Live stock price [stckqut]DOW[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $54.69
Target stock price (averages with growth) $79.08
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $67.43
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $45.23

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

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is a diversified manufacturer and supplier of products used primarily as raw materials in the manufacture of customer products and services worldwide. It operates in six segments. Dow provides services to a range of industries, including appliance, automotive, agricultural, building and construction, chemical processing, electronics, furniture, house wares, oil and gas, packaging, paints, coatings and adhesives, personal care pharmaceutical, processed foods, pulp and paper, textile and carpet utilities, and water treatment. Its portfolio includes specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses deliver a range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries. In March 2012, the Company’s subsidiary Dow AgroSciences LLC, divested its European Dithane fungicide business to Indofil Industries Ltd.

Confident Investor comments: It is fairly unusual for a manufacturing company that is this large to have such strong numbers. At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

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Company name Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
Stock ticker STEI
Live stock price [stckqut]STEI[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $9.36
Target stock price (averages with growth) $11.85
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $9.55
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $9.08

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

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. is a provider of funeral and cemetery products and services in the death care industry in the United States. Through its subsidiaries, it provide a range of funeral and cremation merchandise and services, along with cemetery property, merchandise and services, both at the time of need and on a preneed basis. The Company operates in two segments: Funeral and Cemetery. As of October 31, 2010, its operations included 217 funeral homes and 140 cemeteries in 24 states within the United States and in Puerto Rico. It operates one or more of the death care facilities in each of its markets, which are in larger metropolitan areas in the Southern, Western, Mid-Atlantic and Mid-Western states. It operates its funeral homes and cemeteries in clusters. Clusters are groups of funeral homes and cemeteries located close enough to one another that their operations can be integrated.

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.