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Company name Unit Corporation
Stock ticker UNT
Live stock price [stckqut]UNT[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $2.85
Target stock price (averages with growth) $4.03
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $6.61
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $37.77

“Unit Corporation (Unit) is a contract drilling company. Its operations are
conducted through its subsidiaries, Unit Drilling Company, Unit Petroleum
Company and Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C (Superior). Unit Drilling
Company is engaged in drilling onshore oil and natural gas wells for others
and for the Company?s own account. Unit Petroleum Company is engaged in the
exploration, development, acquisition and production of oil and natural gas
properties for the Company?s own account (oil and natural gas), and Superior
Pipeline Company, L.L.C. buys, sells, gathers, processes and treats natural
gas for third parties and for its own account (mid-stream). During the year
ended December 31, 2009, Unit acquired interests in approximately 60,000 net
undeveloped acres in the Marcellus Shale Play. ”


Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.


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Company name Deere & Company
Stock ticker DE
Live stock price [stckqut]DE[/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) $55.94
Target stock price (averages with growth) $63.14
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $53.64
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $59.53

“Deere & Company, together with its subsidiaries (John Deere) operates in
three business segments: agriculture and turf, construction and forestry and
credit. The agriculture and turf segment manufactures and distributes a line
of farm and turf equipment and related service parts including large, medium
and utility tractors; loaders; combines, cotton and sugarcane harvesters and
related front-end equipment and sugarcane loaders; tillage, seeding and
application equipment. The construction and forestry segment manufactures,
distributes to dealers and sells at retail a range of machines and service
parts used in construction, earthmoving, material handling and timber
harvesting. The credit segment primarily finances sales and leases by John
Deere dealers of new and used agriculture and turf equipment and
construction and forestry equipment. ”


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 General Dynamics Corporation
Stock ticker GD
Live stock price [stckqut]GD[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Fair
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Fair
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $52.07
Target stock price (averages with growth) $65.26
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $65.37
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $54.01

“General Dynamics Corporation (General Dynamics) offers a portfolio of
products and services in business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems
and munitions; shipbuilding design and construction, and information
systems, technologies and services. General Dynamics operates through four
business groups: Aerospace, Combat Systems, Marine Systems, and Information
Systems and Technology. The Company?s primary customers are the United
States Department of Defense and the intelligence community. It has also
developed relationships with other United States Government customers,
including the Department of Homeland Security and several first-responder
agencies. On September 2, 2009, General Dynamics Advanced Information
Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, completed the acquisition of
Axsys Technologies, Inc. In May 2010, the Company acquired EBV Explosives
Environmental Company. ”

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

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Company name Comdisco Holdings Company, Inc.
Stock ticker CDCO
Live stock price [stckqut]CDCO[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

“Comdisco Holding Company, Inc. (Comdisco Holding) was formed for the purpose
of selling, collecting or otherwise reducing to money in an orderly manner
the remaining assets of the Company and all of its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, including Comdisco, Inc. The Company’s business purpose is
limited to the orderly sale or run-off of all its remaining assets. Comdisco
Holding Company, Inc., as the successor company to Comdisco, Inc., emerged
from bankruptcy effective August 12, 2002. Pursuant to the Company?s first
amended joint plan of reorganization, Comdisco, Inc. emerged as a wholly
owned subsidiary of Comdisco Holding. Since emerging from bankruptcy
proceedings, the Company has focused on the monetization of its remaining
assets. Prior to the bankruptcy, Comdisco, Inc. provided technology services
worldwide to help its customers maximize technology functionality,
predictability and availability.”

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Stock ticker ALXN
Live stock price [stckqut]ALXN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
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) $125.89
Target stock price (averages with growth) $204.31
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $126.37
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $114.35

“Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Alexion) is a biopharmaceutical company,
which is engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of
biologic therapeutic products aimed at treating patients with severe and
life-threatening disease states, including hematologic, kidney and
neurologic diseases, transplant rejection, cancer and autoimmune disorders.
Its marketed product Soliris (eculizumab) is a therapy approved for the
treatment of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). In
April 2009 and August 2009, the United States food and drug administration
(FDA) and the European Commission (E.C.), respectively, granted Soliris
orphan drug designation for the treatment of patients with atypical
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS). In December 2009, its Rhode Island
manufacturing facility received regulatory approval from the E.C. for the
production of Soliris. ”

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