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Company name Woodward Inc
Stock ticker WWD
Live stock price [stckqut]WWD[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $56.4
Target stock price (averages with growth) $65.74
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $47.25
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $51.55

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

Woodward, Inc., formerly Woodward Governor Company, is a designer, manufacturer and service provider of energy control and optimization solutions. The Company designs, produces and services components and integrated systems that manage and control the energy of fluid movement, motion, combustion and electricity. The Company designs, produces and services energy control products. The Company has production and assembly facilities in the United States, Europe and Asia. The Company focuses on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and equipment packagers. It also provides aftermarket repair, replacement and other service support for its installed products. Its customers include OEMs and end users of their products.

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 Medtronic, Inc.
Stock ticker MDT
Live stock price [stckqut]MDT[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $42.43
Target stock price (averages with growth) $54.48
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $52.06
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $41.21

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

Medtronic, Inc. (Medtronic) is a medical technology company. The Company is engaged in research, design, manufacture and sale of products to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. It manufactures and sells device-based medical therapies. It operates in two segments: Cardiac and Vascular Group which includes, Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management, CardioVascular, Physio-Control, and Restorative Therapies Group which include Spinal, Neuromodulation, Diabetes, Surgical Technologies. Its primary customers include hospitals, clinics, third party healthcare providers, distributors and other institutions, including governmental healthcare programs and group purchasing organizations. On February 25, 2011, the Company acquired Jolife, a privately-held company. On January 13, 2011, the Company acquired Ardian, Inc. In August 2011, the Company acquired PEAK Surgical, Inc. and Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc.

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 Juniper Networks, Inc.
Stock ticker JNPR
Live stock price [stckqut]JNPR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $15.97
Target stock price (averages with growth) $26.41
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $29.24
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $22.62

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

Juniper Networks, Inc. (Juniper Networks) designs, develops, and sells products and services that together provide its customers with network infrastructure that creates responsive and trusted environments for accelerating the deployment of services and applications over a single network. Juniper Networks serves the networking requirements of global service providers, enterprises, and public sector organizations that view the network as critical to their success. The Company offers a product portfolio that spans routing, switching, security, application acceleration, and identity policy and control, which is designed by management to provide performance, choice and flexibility. Juniper Networks operations are organized into two segments: Infrastructure and Service Layer Technologies (SLT).

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 Kraft Foods Inc.
Stock ticker KFT
Live stock price [stckqut]KFT[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $36.39
Target stock price (averages with growth) $41.32
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $35.15
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $35.06

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

Kraft Foods Inc. (Kraft Foods) manufactures and markets packaged food products, including biscuits, confectionery, beverages, cheese, convenient meals and various packaged grocery products. The Company sells its products to consumers in approximately 170 countries. Kraft Foods operates in three segments: Kraft Foods North America, Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets. At December 31, 2010, Kraft Foods had operations in more than 75 countries and made its products at 223 manufacturing and processing facilities worldwide. At December 31, 2010, its portfolio included 11 brands Oreo, Nabisco and LU biscuits; Milka and Cadbury chocolates; Trident gum; Jacobs and Maxwell House coffees; Philadelphia cream cheeses; Kraft cheeses, dinners and dressings, and Oscar Mayer meats. In February 2010, the Company announced that it has acquired the control of Cadbury plc. As of June 1, 2010, the Company owned 100% interest of Cadbury ADSs (Cadbury Shares).

Confident Investor comments: This is the last of Cramer’s “Diamonds of the Dow” companies and this one is decent as well. 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 The Boeing Company
Stock ticker BA
Live stock price [stckqut]BA[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $116.96
Target stock price (averages with growth) $148.52
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $115.89
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $98.79

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

The Boeing Company (Boeing) is an aerospace company. Boeing is engaged in the design, development, manufacture, sale and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services. The Company operates in five segments: Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA), Network & Space Systems (N&SS), Global Services & Support (GS&S), and Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC). Boeing�s Other segment includes the activities of engineering, operations and technology (EO&T), and shared services group (SSG), as well as intercompany guarantees provided to BCC. In July 2010, the Company acquired Narus, which is a provider of network traffic and analytics software. On August 5, 2010, the Company acquired Argon ST, Inc. (Argon). In December 2010, Boeing completed the acquisition of the business and operations conducted by Summit Aeronautics Group in Helena, Montana.

Confident Investor comments: This is the second of my 4 part series on Jim Cramer’s “Diamonds of the Dow” and I am a little more comfortable with this one. Not exactly a diamond but probably a pretty safe investment. 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.