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Company name Life Partners Holdings, Inc.
Stock ticker LPHI
Live stock price [stckqut]LPHI[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (Life Partners) is a specialty financial services company and the parent company of Life Partners, Inc. (LPI). LPI is engaged in the secondary market for life insurance known as life settlements. LPI facilitates the sale of life settlements between sellers and purchasers, but does not take possession or control of the policies. The purchasers acquire the life insurance policies at a discount to their face value for investment purposes. The Company’s operating revenues are derived from fees for facilitating life settlement transactions. Life settlement transactions involve the sale of an existing life insurance policy to another party. By selling the policy, the policyholder receives an immediate cash payment. The purchaser takes an ownership interest in the policy at a discount to its face value and receives the death benefit under the policy when the insured dies.
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. I am removing this company from my Watch List.

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Company name JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Stock ticker JPM
Live stock price [stckqut]JPM[/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) $123.41
Target stock price (averages with growth) $140.35
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $94.01
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $65.49

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

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan Chase) is a financial holding company. The Company is a global financial services firm and a banking institution in the United States, with global operations. The Company is engaged in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management and private equity. JPMorgan Chase’s principal bank subsidiaries are JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), a national bank with the United States branches in 23 states, and Chase Bank USA, National Association (Chase Bank USA, N.A.), a national bank that is the Company’s credit card-issuing bank. JPMorgan Chase’s non-bank subsidiary is J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMorgan Securities), the Company’s the United States investment banking firm. In June 2012, the Company’s asset management business created a new unit.

 

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. I am going to leave the stock on my Watch List since the biggest reason the stock has dropped to Fair is the slower growth of sales in the last several years. If sales increases with a healthier economy then it is likely that JPM will be even stronger.

 

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Company name Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Stock ticker ISRG
Live stock price [stckqut]ISRG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

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) $840.33
Target stock price (averages with growth) $1136.3
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $786.71
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $801.77

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=isrg
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (Intuitive) designs, manufactures and markets da Vinci Surgical Systems and related instruments and accessories. A da Vinci Surgical System consists of a surgeon’s console, a patient-side cart and a vision system. The da Vinci Surgical System translates a surgeon’s natural hand movements, which are performed on instrument controls at a console, into corresponding micro-movements of instruments positioned inside the patient through small incisions, or ports. The da Vinci Surgical System is designed to provide its operating surgeon with intuitive control, range of motion, fine tissue manipulation capability and three dimensional (3-D), high-definition (HD) vision while simultaneously allowing them to work through the small ports of minimally invasive surgery (MIS). On January 11, 2012, the Company acquired its Korean distributor.

 

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 Image Sensing Systems, Inc.
Stock ticker ISNS
Live stock price [stckqut]ISNS[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. develops and markets video and radar image processing products for use in traffic, security, police and parking applications, such as intersection control, highway, bridge and tunnel traffic management, venue security, entry control, license plate recognition and traffic data collection. The Company is a provider of software-based computer enabled detection (CED) products and solutions for the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) industry and adjacent security and law enforcement markets. The Company’s family of products, which the Company markets as Autoscope, RTMS and CitySync , provides ends users with the tools needed to optimize traffic flow, enhance driver safety, regulate air quality and address security/surveillance concerns. The Company’s technology analyzes signals from sensors and transmits the information to management systems and controllers or directly to users. AutoscopeDuo is the Company’s hybrid product.

Confident Investor comments: ISNS has started to struggle since they first appeared on my this site. 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.  I have removed them from my Watch List.

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Company name IBERIABANK Corporation
Stock ticker IBKC
Live stock price [stckqut]IBKC[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $77.8
Target stock price (averages with growth) $84.68
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $58.36
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $66.9

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ibkc
IBERIABANK Corporation (IBKC) is a financial holding company. IBKC is the holding company for IBERIABANK, a Louisiana banking corporation; Lenders Title Company, an Arkansas-chartered title insurance and closing services agency (Lenders Title); IBERIA Capital Partners, LLC, a corporate finance services firm; IB Aircraft Holdings LLC, a holding company for its fractional investment in an aircraft; IBERIA Asset Management, Inc. (IAM), which provides wealth management and trust services, and IBERIA CDE LLC (CDE), which invests in purchased tax credits. It offers commercial bank products and services to its clients. These products and services include a range of commercial, consumer, mortgage, and private banking products and services, cash management, deposit and annuity products and investment brokerage services. On July 31, 2012, it acquired Fort Myers, Florida-based Florida Gulf Bancorp Inc and its subsidiary bank, Florida Gulf Bank.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.