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Company name Regions Financial Corporation
Stock ticker RF
Live stock price [stckqut]RF[/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) $11.52
Target stock price (averages with growth) $-6.26
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $-21.83
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $8.58

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

Regions Financial Corporation (Regions) is a financial holding company. Regions operate throughout the South, Midwest and Texas. The Company provides traditional commercial, retail and mortgage banking services, as well as other financial services in the fields of investment banking, asset management, trust, mutual funds, securities brokerage, insurance and other specialty financing. Regions conduct its banking operations through Regions Bank, a commercial bank. As of December 31, 2011, Regions operated approximately 2,100 automated teller machines (ATMs) and 1,726 banking offices in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. It provides additional financial services through its subsidiaries, which includes Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. and Regions Insurance Group, Inc. In April 2012, it sold Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. and related affiliates to Raymond James

 

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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Company name O’Reilly Automotive Inc
Stock ticker ORLY
Live stock price [stckqut]ORLY[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $128.53
Target stock price (averages with growth) $167.01
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $122.15
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $124.25

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

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (O’Reilly) is a specialty retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment and accessories in the United States, selling its products to both do-it-yourself (DIY) customers and professional service providers. As of December 31, 2011, O’Reilly operated 3,740 stores in 39 states. The Company’s stores product line includes products, such as new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, such as alternators, starters, fuel pumps, water pumps, brake system components, batteries, belts, hoses, temperature control, chassis parts and engine parts; maintenance items, such as oil, antifreeze, fluids, filters, wiper blades, lighting, engine additives and appearance products, and accessories, such as floor mats, seat covers and truck accessories. Its stores offer a number of services and programs to its customers, such as used oil and battery recycling; battery diagnostic testing; professional paint shop mixing and related materials, and machine shops.

 

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Company name SAP AG (ADR)
Stock ticker SAP
Live stock price [stckqut]SAP[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Fair
P/E growth Fair
EBIT growth Fair

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $83.97
Target stock price (averages with growth) $117.87
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $109.17
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $82.92

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

Sap AG is engaged in enterprise applications in terms of software and software-related service revenue. The Company’s core business is selling licenses for software solutions and related services to deliver a range of choices fitting the varying functional needs of its customers. Its solutions cover business applications and technologies, as well as specific industry applications. In-memory technology across its data management offerings enables customers to access the data, which they need, where they need it, when they need it. The Company is structured along Technology & Innovation Platform, Products & Solutions, Global Customer Operations, Chief Operations Office, Global Finance & Administration, Human Resources, and On Device & Sybase. On December 1, 2011, the Company sold Steeb Anwendungssysteme GmbH. In February 2012, the Company acquired SuccessFactors, Inc. In October 2012, it acquired Ariba, Inc.

 

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $72.52
Target stock price (averages with growth) $92.51
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $59.72
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $64.5

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

Neogen Corporation (Neogen), together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets a diverse line of products dedicated to food and animal safety. It is engaged in developing and marketing test kits that provide food safety solutions. The Company’s food safety segment consists primarily of diagnostic test kits and complementary products (dehydrated culture media) sold to food producers and processors to detect dangerous and/or unintended substances in human food and animal feed, such as foodborne pathogens, spoilage organisms, natural toxins, food allergens, genetic modifications, ruminant by-products, drug residues, pesticide residues and general sanitation concerns. These products are marketed in North America, the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe, Mexico and Brazil and by distributors through the rest of the world. In October 2012, it acquired the stock of Macleod Pharmaceuticals. In January 2013, the Company acquired the assets of Scidera Genomics, LLC.

 

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $51.83
Target stock price (averages with growth) $59.95
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $32.1
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $4.96

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

Shutterfly, Inc. is an Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service that enables consumers to share, print and preserve their memories its technology, manufacturing, Web-design and merchandising capabilities. The Company provides a range of personalized photo-based products and services that allow consumers to upload, edit, enhance, organize, find, share, create, print, and preserve their memories. It generate revenues by producing and selling professionally bound photo books, greeting cards and stationery, personalized calendars, other photo-based merchandise and prints ranging in size from wallet-sized to jumbo-sized 20×30 enlargements. It offers multiple premium brands, including shutterfly.com tinyprints.com and weddingpaperdivas.com. In May 2012, the Company acquired Photoccino, a developer of technologies for photo ranking, analysis and organization based in Haifa, Israel. In January 2013, the Company acquired ThisLife.

 

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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