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Company name NCR Corporation
Stock ticker NCR
Live stock price [stckqut]NCR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $19.73
Target stock price (averages with growth) $19.64
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $17.32
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $19.12

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

NCR Corporation (NCR) is a technology company. NCR operates in three segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). It provides financial institutions, retailers and independent deployers with financial-oriented self-service technologies, such as ATMs, cash dispensers, and software solutions. NCR provides self-service kiosks to the retail and hospitality, travel and gaming, healthcare and entertainment industries and also owns and operates self-service kiosks in the entertainment industry. Its retail-oriented technologies include point of sale (POS) terminals, bar-code scanners, software and services. NCR also provides Check and Document Imaging and printer consumables. On October 15, 2010, NCR acquired Mobiqa Limited. During 2010, it made 1% minority investment in ViVOtech Inc.; 17% minority investment in Document Capture Technologies Inc. (DCT), and 8% minority investment in MOD Systems Inc.

Confident Investor comments: When I first reviewed this company on this site, the company was not profitable so I had to label it as a poor company.  It has now returned to profitability so I have re-analyzed the company for you. 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 Lyris, Inc.
Stock ticker LYRI
Live stock price [stckqut]LYRI[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Lyris, Inc. (Lyris), is an online marketing technology company serving a range of customers from the Fortune 500 to the small and medium-sized business market. The Company?s software-as-a-service-based (SaaS) online marketing solutions and services provide customers with solutions for creating, delivering and managing online, permission-based direct marketing programs and other communications to customers who use online and mobile channels to communicate with their customers and members. The Company offers the separate individual online marketing solutions like Lyris ListManager, its licensed software product for e-mail marketing; EmailLabs, its hosted e-mail marketing software; and EmailAdvisor, its deliverability monitoring tool. It also offers as separate products ClickTracks, its Web analytics product and Lyris Hot Banana, its Web content management software. In May 2010, the Company acquired Intaface Marketing, a digital marketing consultancy.

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 Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Stock ticker KND
Live stock price [stckqut]KND[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Fair
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $16.25
Target stock price (averages with growth) $20.23
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $18.43
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $18.78

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

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. is a healthcare services company that through its subsidiaries operates hospitals, nursing and rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities and a contract rehabilitation services business across the United States. The Company operates in three divisions: the hospital division, which operates LTAC hospitals; the nursing center division, which operates nursing and rehabilitation centers and assisted living facilities, and the rehabilitation division, which provides rehabilitation services primarily in long-term care settings. At December 31, 2010, its hospital division operated 89 long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals (6,887 licensed beds) in 24 states. Its nursing center division operated 226 nursing and rehabilitation centers and seven assisted living facilities (27,905 licensed beds) in 28 states. It also operates a contract rehabilitation services business that provides rehabilitative services in long-term care settings.

Confident Investor comments: One would think that this company in this market segment would be performing better than it currently is performing. 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 Hormel Foods Corporation
Stock ticker HRL
Live stock price [stckqut]HRL[/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) $28.49
Target stock price (averages with growth) $32.93
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $27.31
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $27.77

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

Hormel Foods Corporation is engaged in the production of a range of meat and food products and the marketing of those products throughout the United States and internationally. The Company operates in five segments: Grocery Products, Refrigerated Foods, Jennie-O Turkey Store (JOTS), Specialty Foods, and All Other. Internationally, the Company markets its products through Hormel Foods International Corporation (HFIC), a wholly owned subsidiary. HFIC has a presence in the international marketplace through joint ventures and placement of personnel in foreign locations, such as Australia, Canada, the People?s Republic of China, Japan, and the Philippines. On October 26, 2009, the Company completed the formation of MegaMex Foods, LLC (MegaMex), 50 % joint venture, which markets Mexican Foods in the United States. Effective February 1, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of the Country Crock chilled side dish business from Unilever United States 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. While the company is not poorly run, there does not seem to be much confidence that the stock price will naturally increase.

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Company name Goldcorp Inc. (USA)
Stock ticker GG
Live stock price [stckqut]GG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $75.68
Target stock price (averages with growth) $157.71
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $160.07
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $74.78

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

Goldcorp Inc. (Goldcorp) a gold producer engaged in the operation, exploration, development and acquisition of precious metal properties in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Central and South America. As of December 31, 2010, the Company?s producing mining properties were consisted of the Red Lake, Porcupine and Musselwhite gold mines in Canada; the Penasquito gold/silver/lead/zinc mine which was commissioned on September 1, 2010, Los Filos and El Sauzal gold mines in Mexico; the Marlin gold/silver mine in Guatemala; the Alumbrera gold/copper mine (37.5% interest) in Argentina; the Marigold (66.7% interest,; and Wharf gold mines in the United States. . On October 20, 2010, the Company completed the sale of its remaining 58.1% interest in Terrane Metals Corp. On December 29, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Andean Resources Limited. On February 8, 2011, the Company disposed of its 10.1% interest in Osisko Mining Corporation (Osisko).

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.  It is quite rare for a company to score as Good in all of the metrics that I monitor so unless you already have a strong exposure to this sector, you should consider investing here.