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Company name National-Oilwell Varco, Inc.
Stock ticker NOV
Live stock price [stckqut]NOV[/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) $67.58
Target stock price (averages with growth) $66.25
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $56.32
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $67.76

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

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. is a worldwide provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The Company operates through three segments: Rig Technology, Petroleum Services & Supplies, and Distribution & Transmission. Its Rig Technology segment designs, manufactures, sells and services complete systems for the drilling, completion, and servicing of oil and gas wells. Its Petroleum Services & Supplies segment provides a variety of consumable goods and services used to drill, complete, remediate and workover oil and gas wells and service drill pipe, tubing, casing, flowlines and other oilfield tubular goods. Its Distribution & Transmission segment provides maintenance, repair and operating supplies and spare parts to drill site and production locations worldwide. In May 2012, it acquired Wilson distribution business segment from Schlumberger Limited.

 

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 Mentor Graphics Corp
Stock ticker MENT
Live stock price [stckqut]MENT[/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) $22.76
Target stock price (averages with growth) $29.73
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $21.97
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $19.44

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

Mentor Graphics Corporation is a supplier of electronic design automation (EDA) tools – computer software and emulation hardware systems used to automate the design, analysis, and testing of electro-mechanical systems, electronic hardware, and embedded systems software in electronic systems and components. The Company markets its products and services worldwide, primarily to companies in the military and aerospace, communications, computer, consumer electronics, semiconductor, networking, multimedia, and transportation industries. The Company sells and licenses its products through its direct sales force and a channel of distributors and sales representativesThe electronic components and systems that the Company’s customers create with its products include printed circuit boards (PCBs), integrated circuits (ICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), embedded software solutions, wire harness systems, and computers. In January 2012, the Company acquired the Flowmaster Group.

 

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 OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
Stock ticker OVTI
Live stock price [stckqut]OVTI[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $23.02
Target stock price (averages with growth) $37.99
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $35.27
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $19.06

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

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (OmniVision), incorporated in May 1995, designs, develops and markets semiconductor image-sensor devices. The Company’s main products, image-sensing devices, which it refers to as CameraChip image sensors, capture an image electronically and are used in a number of consumer and commercial mass-market applications. OmniVision’s CameraChip image sensors are manufactured using the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), fabrication process and are predominantly single-chip solutions that integrate several distinct functions including image capture, image processing, color processing, signal conversion and output of a fully processed image or video stream. It has also integrated its CameraChip image sensors with wafer-level optics, which it refers to as CameraCube imaging devices. In March 2011, the Company acquired certain image sensor-related patents and patent applications from Eastman Kodak Company.

 

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 Natural Resource Partners LP
Stock ticker NRP
Live stock price [stckqut]NRP[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $31.53
Target stock price (averages with growth) $27.21
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $18.66
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $22.96

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

Natural Resource Partners L.P. is a limited partnership. It is engaged principally in the business of owning, managing and leasing mineral properties in the United States. It owns coal reserves in the three United States coal-producing regions: Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Western United States, as well as lignite reserves in the Gulf Coast region. In February 2012, it acquired coal reserves at the Deer Run mine near Hillsboro, Illinois and approximately 9,500 net mineral acres located in the Mississippian Lime oil play in Northern Oklahoma. In March 2012, it acquired the rail loadout, associated infrastructure assets and a contractual overriding royalty interest on certain tonnage at the Sugar Camp mine near Benton, Illinois. In May 2012, the Company completed the acquisition of approximately 19,200 net mineral acres in the Mississippian Lime oil play in North Central Oklahoma.

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 Dril-Quip, Inc.
Stock ticker DRQ
Live stock price [stckqut]DRQ[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Fair
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $52.86
Target stock price (averages with growth) $70.38
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $61.55
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $63.5

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

Dril-Quip, Inc. (Dril-Quip) designs, manufactures, sells and services offshore drilling and production equipment for use in deepwater, harsh environment and severe service applications. The Company’s principal products consist of subsea and surface wellheads, subsea and surface production trees, subsea control systems and manifolds, mudline hanger systems, specialty connectors and associated pipe, drilling and production riser systems, liner hangers, wellhead connectors and diverters. Dril-Quip’s products are used by integrated, independent and foreign national oil and gas companies in offshore areas worldwide. The Company’s operations are organized into three geographic segments: Western Hemisphere (including North and South America), Eastern Hemisphere (including Europe and Africa) and Asia-Pacific (including the Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia, Australia, India and the Middle East; headquartered in Singapore).

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.