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Company name Merck & Co., Inc.
Stock ticker MRK
Live stock price [stckqut]MRK[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $67.23
Target stock price (averages with growth) $80.66
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $70.94
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $64.58

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=mrk
Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck) is a global health care company that delivers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products, which it markets directly and through its joint ventures. The Company’s operations are principally managed on a products basis and consists of four segments: the Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, Consumer Care and Alliances segments, and one reportable segment: the Pharmaceutical segment. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products marketed either directly by the Company or through joint ventures. In May 2011, it acquired Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In September 2011, the Company sold its 50% interest in the Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Company joint venture. In December 2011, the Company established an Asia Research & Development (R&D) headquarters for drug discovery and development located in Beijing, China.

 

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Company name Harley-Davidson, Inc.
Stock ticker HOG
Live stock price [stckqut]HOG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $80.56
Target stock price (averages with growth) $95.72
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $75.82
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $77.34

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=hog
Harley-Davidson, Inc. is a motorcycle manufacturer that produces heavyweight motorcycles and a complete line of motorcycle parts, accessories and general merchandise. It operates in two segments: the Motorcycles & Related Products (Motorcycles) segment and the Financial Services (Financial Services) segment. The Motorcycles segment designs, manufactures and sells at wholesale heavyweight (engine displacement of 651+ cubic centimeters) Harley-Davidson motorcycles, as well as a line of motorcycle parts, accessories, general merchandise and related services. The Financial Services segment consists of Harley-Davidson Financial Services (HDFS). HDFS provides wholesale and retail financing and provides insurance and insurance-related programs primarily to Harley-Davidson dealers and their retail customers. HDFS conducts business principally in the United States and Canada. On February 1, 2012, it introduced two new motorcycle models, the Seventy-Two and the Softail Slim.

 

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Company name Equinix Inc
Stock ticker EQIX
Live stock price [stckqut]EQIX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $332.98
Target stock price (averages with growth) $374.53
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $177.83
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $332.62

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

Equinix, Inc. (Equinix) connects businesses with partners and customers worldwide through a global platform of data centers. Platform Equinix connects more than 4,000 enterprises, cloud, digital content and financial companies, including more than 690 network service providers. The Company offers each customer a choice of business partners and solutions based on their colocation, interconnection and managed IT service needs. Equinix operates in 38 markets across the Americas, Europe, the Middle-East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific. Equinix offers customers direct interconnection to an aggregation of bandwidth providers. In July 2012, the Company acquired ancotel GmbH, a provider of carrier-neutral colocation and interconnection services in Europe. In July 2012, the Company acquired Hong Kong-based data center provider, Asia Tone. In November 2012, the Company sold of 16 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers located throughout the United States.

 

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Company name QUALCOMM, Inc.
Stock ticker QCOM
Live stock price [stckqut]QCOM[/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) $92.41
Target stock price (averages with growth) $121.87
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $91.32
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $83.31

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

QUALCOMM Incorporated (Qualcomm) designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access (CDMA) technology and other technologies. The Company operates through four segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); Qualcomm Wireless & Internet (QWI), and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). QCT is a developer and supplier of CDMA-based integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning system products. QWI, which includes Qualcomm Enterprise Services (QES), Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS), Qualcomm Government Technologies (QGOV) and Firethorn, generates revenues primarily through mobile information products and services and software and software development aimed at support and delivery of wireless applications. In November 2012, the Company acquired certain assets of EPOS Development, Ltd. (EPOS).

 

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Company name Cirrus Logic, Inc.
Stock ticker CRUS
Live stock price [stckqut]CRUS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $41.94
Target stock price (averages with growth) $45.51
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $25.18
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $35.69

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

Cirrus Logic, Inc. is a United States-based company, which supplies high-precision analog and digital signal processing components for audio and energy markets. The Companys products include analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), digital-to-analog converters (DACs), codecs that integrate ADCs and DACs into a single integrated circuit (IC), digital interface ICs, Class D digital amplifier controllers and power stages and audio DSPs. Its products are used in consumer applications, including smartphones, tablet personal computers (PCs), audio/video receivers, portable media players, soundbars, complete home theater systems, set-top boxes, gaming devices, sound cards and digital televisions (TVs). The Company offers applications for products within professional markets include digital mixing consoles, multitrack digital recorders and effects processors. Its applications for products within automotive markets include amplifiers, satellite radio systems and multispeaker car audio systems.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. It is very rare for a company to have this much green in my analysis. It is a good way to end the 2012 year especially since, at this writing, Cirrus is significantly undervalued in my opinion.

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