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Company name PG&E Corporation
Stock ticker PCG
Live stock price [stckqut]PCG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

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) $26.16
Target stock price (averages with growth) $26.34
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $23.9
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $31.73

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

PG&E Corporation is a holding company that conducts its business through Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Utility). The Utility’s revenues are generated mainly through the sale and delivery of electricity and natural gas to customers. The Utility served approximately 5.2 million electricity distribution customers and approximately 4.4 million natural gas distribution customers at December 31, 2012. The Utility’s rates for electricity and natural gas utility services are based on its costs of providing service (cost-of-service ratemaking). The Utility is regulated primarily by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In addition, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) oversees the licensing, construction, operation, and decommissioning of the Utility’s nuclear generation facilities. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company delivered 76,205 gigawatts per hour of Actual Electricity.

 

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 LNB Bancorp Inc
Stock ticker LNBB
Live stock price [stckqut]LNBB[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $11.82
Target stock price (averages with growth) $11.73
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $9.21
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $10.21

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

LNB Bancorp, Inc. is a diversified banking services company. The Company is engaged in lending and depository services, investment services, and other traditional banking services. These services are generally offered through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, The Lorain National Bank (the Bank). The primary business of the Bank is providing personal, mortgage and commercial banking products, along with investment management and trust services. As of December 31, 2012, the Lorain National Bank operates through 20 retail-banking locations and 28 automated teller machines (ATM’s) in Lorain, Erie, Cuyahoga and Summit counties in the Ohio communities of Lorain, Elyria, Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, LaGrange, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Olmsted Township, Vermilion, Westlake and Hudson, as well as a business development office in Cuyahoga County.

 

 

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 Gulfport Energy Corporation
Stock ticker GPOR
Live stock price [stckqut]GPOR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $82.74
Target stock price (averages with growth) $60.95
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $29.78
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $75.57

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

Gulfport Energy Corporation (Gulfport) is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with its principal producing properties located along the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the West Cote Blanche Bay, or WCBB, and Hackberry fields, and in West Texas in the Permian Basin. During the year ended December, 31, 2011, it acquired its initial acreage position in the Utica Shale in Eastern Ohio. The Company also holds an acreage position in the Alberta oil sands in Canada through its interest in Grizzly Oil Sands ULC, and has interests in entities that operate in Southeast Asia, including the Phu Horm gas field in Thailand. In February 2013, it raised its stake to 93.8%, by acquiring a 16.2% stake in the Utica Shale assets, located in Ohio, from Windsor Ohio LLC.

 

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 Sierra Wireless, Inc. (USA)
Stock ticker SWIR
Live stock price [stckqut]SWIR[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Sierra Wireless, Inc. (Sierra Wireless) is engaged in the development of wireless technologies and solutions. The Company provides wireless solutions for the machine-to-machine (M2M) and mobile computing markets. It develops and markets a range of products that include wireless modems for mobile computers, mobile hotspots, wireless embedded modules and software for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), intelligent wireless gateway solutions for industrial, commercial and public safety applications, and a platform for delivering device management and end-to-end application services. Sierra Wireless also offers professional services to OEM customers during their product development and launch process. Its products, services and solutions connect people, their mobile computers and machines to wireless voice and data networks worldwide. In April 2013, NETGEAR, Inc. acquired select assets and operations of the Sierra Wireless AirCard business.
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 StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.
Stock ticker SFG
Live stock price [stckqut]SFG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

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) $42.83
Target stock price (averages with growth) $48.31
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $43.72
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $43.58

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

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (StanCorp) is a holding company. StanCorp conducts business through wholly owned operating subsidiaries throughout the United States. The Company operates in two segments: Insurance Services and Asset Management. The Company’s insurance businesses offer group and individual disability insurance, group life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, group dental and group vision insurance, and absence management services. The Company’s asset management businesses offer full-service 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, 457 plans, defined benefit plans, money purchase pension plans, profit sharing plans and non-qualified deferred compensation products and services. Through the Company’s subsidiaries, the Company has the authority to underwrite insurance products in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and the United States territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands.

 

 

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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