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Company name Omega Protein Corporation
Stock ticker OME
Live stock price [stckqut]OME[/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) $0.65
Target stock price (averages with growth) $1.56
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $2.92
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $19.37

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

Omega Protein Corporation is a nutritional ingredient company. The Company is a vertically integrated producer of Omega-3 fish oil and specialty fish meal products. The Company is a producer of protein-rich meal and oil derived from marine sources. The Company’s products are produced from menhaden, and include regular grade and value-added specialty fish meals, crude and refined fish oils and fish solubles. The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from menhaden, a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts. It markets several grades of fish meal, as well as fish oil and fish solubles. Its fish meal products are primarily used as a protein ingredient in animal feed for swine, aquaculture and household pets. Its fish solubles are sold primarily to bait manufacturers, aquaculture feed manufacturers and for use as an organic fertilizer. On September 9, 2011, the Company acquired InCon Processing, L.L.C.

 

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 Natural Resource Partners LP
Stock ticker NRP
Live stock price [stckqut]NRP[/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) $31.53
Target stock price (averages with growth) $27.21
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $18.66
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $22.96

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

Natural Resource Partners L.P. is a limited partnership. It is engaged principally in the business of owning, managing and leasing mineral properties in the United States. It owns coal reserves in the three United States coal-producing regions: Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Western United States, as well as lignite reserves in the Gulf Coast region. In February 2012, it acquired coal reserves at the Deer Run mine near Hillsboro, Illinois and approximately 9,500 net mineral acres located in the Mississippian Lime oil play in Northern Oklahoma. In March 2012, it acquired the rail loadout, associated infrastructure assets and a contractual overriding royalty interest on certain tonnage at the Sugar Camp mine near Benton, Illinois. In May 2012, the Company completed the acquisition of approximately 19,200 net mineral acres in the Mississippian Lime oil play in North Central Oklahoma.

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 Fossil, Inc.
Stock ticker FOSL
Live stock price [stckqut]FOSL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $64.81
Target stock price (averages with growth) $95.46
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $83.76
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $103.6

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

Fossil, Inc. a global designer, marketer and distributer company that specializes in consumer fashion accessories. The Company’s offerings include a line of men’s and women’s fashion watches and jewelry, handbags, small leather goods, belts, sunglasses, shoes, soft accessories and clothing. Its products are distributed globally through a range of distribution channels, including wholesale in countries where it has a physical presence, direct to the consumer through its retail stores and commercial Websites and through third-party distributors in countries, where it does not maintain a physical presence. The Company operates in four segments: the North America Wholesale segment, the Europe Wholesale segment, Asia Pacific Wholesale segment and the Direct to Consumer segment. Effective April 2, 2012, it acquired Skagen Designs, Ltd. and certain of its international affiliates.

 

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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Company name First Bancorp
Stock ticker FBNC
Live stock price [stckqut]FBNC[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

First Bancorp is a bank holding company. The Company’s principal activity is the ownership and operation of First Bank (the Bank), a state-chartered bank. As of December 31, 2010, the Bank had two wholly owned subsidiaries, First Bank Insurance Services, Inc. (First Bank Insurance) and First Troy SPE, LLC. The Company engages in a range of banking activities, with the acceptance of deposits and the making of loans. For business customers, it offers repurchase agreements (also called securities sold under agreement to repurchase), which are similar to interest-bearing deposits. The Company offers credit cards, debit cards, letters of credit, safe deposit box rentals, bank money orders and electronic funds transfer services, including wire transfers.

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 Dril-Quip, Inc.
Stock ticker DRQ
Live stock price [stckqut]DRQ[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Fair
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $52.86
Target stock price (averages with growth) $70.38
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $61.55
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $63.5

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

Dril-Quip, Inc. (Dril-Quip) designs, manufactures, sells and services offshore drilling and production equipment for use in deepwater, harsh environment and severe service applications. The Company’s principal products consist of subsea and surface wellheads, subsea and surface production trees, subsea control systems and manifolds, mudline hanger systems, specialty connectors and associated pipe, drilling and production riser systems, liner hangers, wellhead connectors and diverters. Dril-Quip’s products are used by integrated, independent and foreign national oil and gas companies in offshore areas worldwide. The Company’s operations are organized into three geographic segments: Western Hemisphere (including North and South America), Eastern Hemisphere (including Europe and Africa) and Asia-Pacific (including the Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia, Australia, India and the Middle East; headquartered in Singapore).

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.