Company name Viad Corp
Stock ticker VVI
Live stock price [stckqut]VVI[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $40.91
Target stock price (averages with growth) $66.18
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $74.14
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $35.94

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

Viad Corp (Viad) provides services primarily within the exhibition and events industry and travel and recreation industry. Viad serves clients primarily in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United Arab Emirates. The Company’s organizes its businesses into two main operating groups: Marketing & Events Group and Travel & Recreation Group. The Marketing & Events Group specializes in all aspects of the design, planning and production of face-to-face events, immersive environments and brand-based experiences for clients, including show organizers, corporate brand marketers and retail shopping centers. The Travel & Recreation Group generates its revenues from tourism products and services, including hotel and concession operations, transportation services and package tour operations in and around Western Canada, Glacier National Park in Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada. On March 7, 2012, Viad acquired Banff International Hotel and related assets.

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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