Company name Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.
Stock ticker AHGP
Live stock price [stckqut]AHGP[/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) $77.63
Target stock price (averages with growth) $77.44
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $52.59
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $64.48

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

Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. (AHGP) owns, directly and indirectly, 100% of the members? interest in Alliance Resource Management GP, LLC (MGP), the managing general partner of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (ARLP). As of December 31, 2009, its assets included its ownership interests in ARLP, which consist of a 1.98% general partner interest in ARLP, which it holds through its 100% ownership interest in MGP; the incentive distribution rights (IDRs) in ARLP; the incentive distribution rights (IDRs) in ARLP; 42.5% of interest in ARLP, and a 0.001% managing interest in Alliance Coal, which it holds through its 100% ownership interest in MGP. The ARLP Partnership is a diversified producer and marketer of coal primarily to United States utilities and industrial users. The ARLP Partnership’s mining activities are conducted in three geographic regions: Illinois Basin, Central Appalachian and Northern Appalachian regions.

Confident Investor comments: This stock has slowed a bit in the last few months but it has a nice gain from a year ago. The company does a good job of managing the metrics that matter. At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.