Company name Cash America International, Inc.
Stock ticker CSH
Live stock price [stckqut]CSH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $57.49
Target stock price (averages with growth) $68.73
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $54.32
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $54.06

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

Cash America International, Inc. provides specialty financial services to individuals through retail services locations and through electronic distribution platforms known as e-commerce activities. These services include secured non-recourse loans, commonly referred to as pawn loans and unsecured consumer loans. The Company?s consumer loan portfolio includes short-term single payment loans, longer-term multi-payment installment loans, credit services and participation interests purchased from third parties in the micro line of credit (MLOC) services channel. Through the Credit Services Organization program (the CSO program), it provides a third-party lender?s consumer loan product in some markets by acting as a credit services organization on behalf of consumers. As of December 31, 2010, it operated in two segments: retail services and e-commerce. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company renamed its Internet Services Division as the E-Commerce Division.

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.

Company name Lancaster Colony Corp.
Stock ticker LANC
Live stock price [stckqut]LANC[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Fair
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $53.42
Target stock price (averages with growth) $55.26
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $48.17
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $52.85

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

Lancaster Colony Corporation is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of consumer products focusing primarily on specialty foods for the retail and foodservice markets. The Company also manufactures and markets candles for the food, drug and mass markets. It is also engaged in the distribution of various products, including glassware and candles, to commercial markets. The Company operates in two segments: Specialty Foods and Glassware and Candles. The food products the Company manufactures and sells include salad dressings and sauces marketed under the brand names Marzetti, T. Marzetti, Cardini’s, Pfeiffer and Girard?s; fruit glazes, vegetable dips and fruit dips marketed under the brand name T. Marzetti; Greek yogurt vegetable dips marketed under the brand name Otria; frozen breads marketed under the brand names New York BRAND and Mamma Bella. It sells candles, candle accessories, and other home fragrance products in a variety of sizes, forms and fragrance.

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.

Company name Thomas & Betts Corporation
Stock ticker TNB
Live stock price [stckqut]TNB[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Fair
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $32
Target stock price (averages with growth) $27.35
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $23.53
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $39.98

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

Thomas & Betts Corporation is a designer and manufacturer of essential components used to manage the connection, distribution, transmission and reliability of electrical products in industrial, construction and utility applications. The Company is a producer of commercial heating and ventilation units used in commercial and industrial buildings and engineered steel structures used for utility transmission. It has operations in over 20 countries. It operates in three segments: Electrical, Steel Structures and Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC). It sellsits products through channels, including electrical, utility, telephone, cable, and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning distributors; mass merchandisers, catalog merchandisers and home improvement centers, and directly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), utilities and certain end-users.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.