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Company name JetBlue Airways Corporation
Stock ticker JBLU
Live stock price [stckqut]JBLU[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $0
Target stock price (averages with growth) $0.11
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $0.53
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $5.21

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

JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue) is a passenger airline that operates primarily on point-to-point routes with its fleet of 120 Airbus A320 aircraft and 49 EMBRAER 190 aircraft. As of December 31, 2011, it served 70 destinations in 22 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico and 12 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. Most of JetBlue flights have as an origin or destination New York or one of its other focus cities: Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Orlando or San Juan, Puerto Rico. As of December 31, 2011, the Company operated an average of 700 daily flights. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company acquired eight take-off and landing slots at each of New York�s LaGuardia Airport and Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport. The Company�s operations primarily consist of transporting passengers on its aircraft with domestic United States operations, including Puerto Rico, which accounted for 85% of its capacity in 2011.

Confident Investor comments: I struggle with finding an airline that is worth my investment. 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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Several times a year, a Confident Investor must reevaluate the companies in the portfolio. Keeping your money in a stock that no longer qualifies as a “Good” company can end up hurting your investment performance a great deal.  Also, there are a lot of Good Companies so losing the worst of the best is not going to impact the ability to have a balanced portfolio.  Over the coming days, this site will evaluate each stock on the Watch List.

Company name Coach, Inc.
Stock ticker COH
Live stock price [stckqut]COH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $70.57
Target stock price (averages with growth) $89.7
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $67.16
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $68.94

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=coh
Coach, Inc. (Coach) is a marketer of fine accessories and gifts for women and men. Coach?s product offerings include handbags, women?s and men?s accessories, footwear, business cases, jewelry, wearables, sunwear, travel bags, fragrance and watches. Coach operates in two business segments: Direct-to-Consumer and Indirect. During the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010, the Company introduced Poppy, which offers a variety of silhouettes. It also introduced additional lifestyle collections. The accessories include women?s and men?s small leather goods, novelty accessories and women?s and men?s belts. The Company?s footwear is distributed through select Coach retail stores, coach.com and over 950 United States department stores. The wearables category consists of jackets, sweaters, gloves, hats and scarves, including both cold weather and fashion. During fiscal 2010, Estee Lauder Companies Inc., through its subsidiary, Aramis Inc., became Coach?s fragrance licensee.

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 Barrick Gold Corporation (USA)
Stock ticker ABX
Live stock price [stckqut]ABX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $0.58
Target stock price (averages with growth) $5.55
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $15.4
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $41.8

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=abx
Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) is engaged the production and sale of gold, as well as related activities, such as exploration and mine development. Barrick also produces copper, and hold interests in oil and gas properties located in Canada. Its producing mines are concentrated in four regional business units: North America, South America, Africa and Australia Pacific. In addition, it has a Capital Projects segment, distinct from its regional business units, to focus on managing projects. On September 17, 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of 50% interest in the Valhalla oil and gas field. On April 22, 2009, it completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in the Williams and David Bell gold mines (Hemlo) in Canada from Teck Resources Ltd., thereby increasing its interest to 100%.


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. Jim Cramer interviewed the CEO of this company yesterday and Mr. Cramer seems rather bullish. While this company isn’t a terrible play in gold, this analysis shows that they aren’t incredibly well run and you may want to just stick with the gold ETF [stckqut]GLD[/stckqut] for your precious metal play. I cannot echo Mr. Cramer’s enthusiasm for this company.