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

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) $57.6
Target stock price (averages with growth) $49.13
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $31.77
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $56.24

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

GeoResources, Inc. is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas reserves through a diversified program, which includes purchases of reserves, re-engineering, development and exploration activities primarily focused in Texas, the Gulf Coast and the Williston Basin areas of the United States. The Company is the operator of properties containing approximately 75% of its proved oil and gas reserves. As of December 31, 2011, the Company was focused on three plays, being the Bakken and Three Forks formations in the Williston Basin, the Eagle Ford trend in Texas and the Austin Chalk trend in Texas. Production during the year ended December 31, 2011, totaled 1,924 MBOE or 5,270 barrel of oil equivalent (BOE) per day, of which 64% was oil. On February 29, 2012, it acquired producing wells and acreage in the Austin Chalk trend of east Texas in the Brookeland field area.

 

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

Company name Fossil, Inc.
Stock ticker FOSL
Live stock price [stckqut]FOSL[/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) $64.81
Target stock price (averages with growth) $95.46
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $83.76
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $103.6

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

Fossil, Inc. a global designer, marketer and distributer company that specializes in consumer fashion accessories. The Company’s offerings include a line of men’s and women’s fashion watches and jewelry, handbags, small leather goods, belts, sunglasses, shoes, soft accessories and clothing. Its products are distributed globally through a range of distribution channels, including wholesale in countries where it has a physical presence, direct to the consumer through its retail stores and commercial Websites and through third-party distributors in countries, where it does not maintain a physical presence. The Company operates in four segments: the North America Wholesale segment, the Europe Wholesale segment, Asia Pacific Wholesale segment and the Direct to Consumer segment. Effective April 2, 2012, it acquired Skagen Designs, Ltd. and certain of its international affiliates.

 

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

 

Company name Liberty Property Trust
Stock ticker LRY
Live stock price [stckqut]LRY[/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) $55.97
Target stock price (averages with growth) $71.41
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $69.89
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $44.59

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

Liberty Property Trust (the Trust) is a self-administered and self-managed Maryland real estate investment trust (REIT). The Trust’s assets are owned directly or indirectly, and all of its operations are conducted directly or indirectly, by its subsidiary, Liberty Property Limited Partnership (the Operating Partnership). It provides leasing, property management, development, acquisition, and other tenant-related services for a portfolio of industrial and office properties, which are located within the Mid-Atlantic, Southeastern, Midwestern and Southwestern United States and the United Kingdom. During the year ended December 31, 2011, it acquired 21 properties comprising 4.2 million square feet. During 2011, it sold 62 operating properties containing an aggregate of 4.2 million square feet and 61 acres of land. On April 3, 2012, it sold 49 properties totaling 2.5 million square feet of space in Wisconsin, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and New Jersey.

Confident Investor comments: This is one of the few REITs that I have found that I like. At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

 

Company name Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Stock ticker HP
Live stock price [stckqut]HP[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Fair
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $79.33
Target stock price (averages with growth) $91.54
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $83.12
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $63.61

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

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. is engaged in contract drilling of oil and gas wells for others. The Company’s contract drilling business consists of three business segments: U.S. land drilling, offshore drilling and international land drilling. Its United States land drilling is conducted primarily in Oklahoma, California, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Utah, Arkansas, New Mexico, Alabama, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia. Offshore drilling operations are conducted in the Gulf of Mexico, and offshore of California, Trinidad and Equatorial Guinea. It specializes in shallow to deep drilling in oil and gas producing basins of the United States and in drilling for oil and gas in international locations. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010 (fiscal 2010), its international land segment operated in seven international locations: Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia, Bahrain and Venezuela.

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

 

Company name Herbalife Ltd.
Stock ticker HLF
Live stock price [stckqut]HLF[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Fair
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $104.89
Target stock price (averages with growth) $116.14
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $68.4
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $90.12

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

Herbalife Ltd. is a global network marketing company that sells weight management, nutritional supplements, energy, sports and fitness products and personal care products through a network of approximately 2.7 million independent distributors, except in China, where the Company sells its products through retail stores. The Company is a network marketing company that sells a range of weight management products, nutritional supplements and personal care products. As of December 31, 2011, the Company sold products in 79 countries throughout the world. Herbalife’s products are grouped in four principal categories: weight management, targeted nutrition, energy, sports and fitness and Outer Nutrition, along with literature and promotional items. The Company generates revenue from its six regions: North America, Mexico, South and Central America; EMEA, which consists of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific (excluding China), and China.

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