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Company name FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Stock ticker FDS
Live stock price [stckqut]FDS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Fair
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $109.55
Target stock price (averages with growth) $96.71
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $74.5
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $81.59

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=fds FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FactSet) is a provider of global financial and economic information, including fundamental financial data on tens of thousands of companies worldwide. FactSet supports the investment process from initial research to published results for buy and sell-side professionals. These professionals include portfolio managers, research and performance analysts, risk managers, marketing professionals, sell-side equity research professionals, investment bankers and fixed income professionals. The Company?s applications provide users access to company analysis, multicompany comparisons, industry analysis, company screening, portfolio analysis, predictive risk measurements, alphatesting, portfolio optimization and simulation, real-time news and quotes and tools to value and analyze fixed income securities and portfolios. As of August 31, 2010, there were over 42,800 users of FactSet. On June 1, 2010, FactSet acquired Market Metrics, 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 but there are some concerns.

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Company name Buffalo Wild Wings
Stock ticker BWLD
Live stock price [stckqut]BWLD[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
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) $85.76
Target stock price (averages with growth) $77.16
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $55.59
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $61.31

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=bwld Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (Buffalo Wild Wings) is an owner, operator, and franchisor of restaurants featuring a variety of menu items, including its Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings spun in any of its 14 signature sauces. Its restaurants includes a multi-media system, a full bar and an open layout. The Company?s guests have the option of watching sporting events or other programs on its projection screens and approximately 40 additional televisions, playing Buzztime Trivia or video games. The open layout of its restaurants offers dining and bar areas that provide seating choices for sports fans and families. Its menu features traditional chicken wings, boneless wings, and other items, including chicken tenders, Wild Flatbreads, popcorn shrimp, specialty hamburgers and sandwiches, wraps, Buffalito soft tacos, appetizers and salads.

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 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Stock ticker SMG
Live stock price [stckqut]SMG[/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) $87.36
Target stock price (averages with growth) $111.57
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $89.06
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $59.85

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=smg The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, (Scotts Miracle-Gro), along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of lawn and garden care products, with products for professional horticulture as well. The Company operates in three segments: Global Consumer, Global Professional and Scotts LawnService. It customers include home centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, large hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and drug stores, commercial nurseries and greenhouses, and specialty crop growers. The Company?s products are sold primarily in North America and the European Union. The Company also operates the Scotts LawnService business, which provides residential lawn care, lawn aeration, tree and shrub care and limited pest control services in the United States. during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, all Smith & Hawken stores were closed and all operational activities of Smith & Hawken were discontinued.

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 Time Warner Inc.
Stock ticker TWX
Live stock price [stckqut]TWX[/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) $3.21
Target stock price (averages with growth) $6.48
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $10.56
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $29.91

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=twx Time Warner Inc. (Time Warner) is a media and entertainment company. The Company has three reporting segments: Networks, consisting principally of cable television networks that provide programming; Filmed Entertainment, consisting principally of feature film, television and home video production and distribution, and Publishing, consisting principally of magazine publishing. On October 13, 2010, Warner Bros. acquired an approximate 55% interest in Shed Media plc (Shed Media), a television producer in the United Kingdom. On October 6, 2010, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (Turner) acquired Chilevision, a television broadcaster in Chile. On January 27, 2010, Home Box Office, Inc. (Home Box Office) purchased the remainder of its partners? interests in HBO Central Europe (HBO CE).

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 Eastman Kodak Company
Stock ticker EK
Live stock price [stckqut]EK[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ek Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) is engaged in the sale of imaging products, technology, solutions and services to consumers, businesses and professionals. Kodak operates in three segments: Consumer Digital Imaging Group (CDG), Graphic Communications Group (GCG) and Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group (FPEG). The Company?s products span digital still and video cameras and related accessories; consumer inkjet printers and media; digital picture frames; retail printing kiosks, APEX drylab systems and related media and services, and KODAK Gallery online imaging services. Kodak?s products also include prepress equipment and consumables; imaging sensors; workflow software and services; electro-photographic printing equipment, consumables and service; commercial inkjet printing equipment, consumables and service, and document scanners. In March 2011, the Company acquired Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.

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.