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Company name Frontline Ltd. (USA)
Stock ticker FRO
Live stock price [stckqut]FRO[/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) $37.77
Target stock price (averages with growth) $49.67
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $35.54
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $32.4

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=fro
Frontline Ltd. is a shipping company. The Company is engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of oil tankers and oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers, which are configured to carry dry cargo. It operates oil tankers of two sizes: very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which are between 200,000 and 320,000 deadweight tons (dwt) and Suezmaxes, which are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 dwt. It operates through subsidiaries and partnerships located in the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man, Liberia, Norway, the United Kingdom and Singapore. It is also involved in the charter, purchase and sale of vessels. As of December 31, 2009, the Company?s tanker fleet consisted of 76 vessels. The fleet consists of 41 VLCCs, which are either owned or chartered in, 27 Suezmax tankers, which are either owned or chartered in and eight Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered in.

 

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Several times a year, a Confident Investor must reevaluate the companies in the portfolio. Keeping your money in a stock that no longer qualifies as a “Good” company can end up hurting your investment performance a great deal.  Also, there are a lot of Good Companies so losing the worst of the best is not going to impact the ability to have a balanced portfolio.  Over the coming days, this site will evaluate each stock on the Watch List.

Company name F5 Networks, Inc.
Stock ticker FFIV
Live stock price [stckqut]FFIV[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $168.44
Target stock price (averages with growth) $234.93
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $150.18
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $165.8

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ffiv
F5 Networks, Inc. (F5 Networks) is a provider of technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications and the security, performance and availability of servers, data storage devices and other network resources. Its technology is hardware and software for application delivery networking, including application security, secure remote access, policy management, wide area network (WAN) optimization and file virtualization. Its principal products are systems that integrate its software with purpose-built hardware that incorporates commodity components. In addition, it introduced a virtual (software only) version of BIG-IP called BIG-IP LTM (VE) that is designed to run on servers and work in conjunction with its systems to provide management of virtual servers and applications. Its BIG-IP product family, which represents the bulk of its sales, supports a growing number of features and functions available as software modules, standalone appliances, or both.

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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Several times a year, a Confident Investor must reevaluate the companies in the portfolio. Keeping your money in a stock that no longer qualifies as a “Good” company can end up hurting your investment performance a great deal.  Also, there are a lot of Good Companies so losing the worst of the best is not going to impact the ability to have a balanced portfolio.  Over the coming days, this site will evaluate each stock on the Watch List.

Company name First Financial Bancorp
Stock ticker FFBC
Live stock price [stckqut]FFBC[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $24.57
Target stock price (averages with growth) $25
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $17.73
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $15.84

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ffbc
First Financial Bancorp (First Financial) is a bank holding company. First Financial engages in the business of commercial banking and other banking and banking-related activities through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Financial Bank, National Association (Bank). Financial Capital Advisors LLC (FFCA) is First Financial?s registered investment advisor and assists the Bank with the investment management of trust assets. The range of banking services provided by First Financial to individuals and businesses includes commercial lending, real estate lending and consumer financing. During the year ended December 31, 2009, First Financial acquired the banking operations of Peoples Community Bank (Peoples), Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company (Irwin Union Bank) and Irwin Union Bank, F.S.B. (Irwin FSB) (collectively, Irwin). The company also acquired three Indiana banking centers, including related deposits and loans, from Irwin in a separate and unrelated transaction.

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Several times a year, a Confident Investor must reevaluate the companies in the portfolio. Keeping your money in a stock that no longer qualifies as a “Good” company can end up hurting your investment performance a great deal.  Also, there are a lot of Good Companies so losing the worst of the best is not going to impact the ability to have a balanced portfolio.  Over the coming days, this site will evaluate each stock on the Watch List.

Company name Ebix, Inc.
Stock ticker EBIX
Live stock price [stckqut]EBIX[/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) $42.22
Target stock price (averages with growth) $54.26
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $33.71
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $39.7

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ebix
Ebix, Inc. (Ebix) is an international supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry. Ebix provides a series of application software products for the insurance industry ranging from carrier systems, agency systems and exchanges to custom software development for all entities involved in the insurance and financial industries. The Company operates in four segments: Exchanges, Carrier Systems, Broker Systems and Business Process Outsourcing. Effective October 1, 2009, Ebix acquired E-Z Data, Inc. (E-Z Data). Effective October 1, 2009, the Company acquired Peak Performance Solutions, Inc. (Peak). Effective May 1, 2009, Ebix acquired Facts, Inc. (Facts). In May 2010, the Company acquired Connective Technologies, Inc. In February 2011, the Company announced the closing of the merger of A.D.A.M., Inc. with a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebix.

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Several times a year, a Confident Investor must reevaluate the companies in the portfolio. Keeping your money in a stock that no longer qualifies as a “Good” company can end up hurting your investment performance a great deal.  Also, there are a lot of Good Companies so losing the worst of the best is not going to impact the ability to have a balanced portfolio.  Over the coming days, this site will evaluate each stock on the Watch List.

Company name eBay Inc.
Stock ticker EBAY
Live stock price [stckqut]EBAY[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Fair
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $47.15
Target stock price (averages with growth) $62.52
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $53.61
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $37.37

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ebay
eBay Inc. (eBay) bring together buyers and sellers every day on a local, national and international basis through a range of Websites. The Company provides online marketplaces for the sale of goods and services, as well as other online commerce, or ecommerce, platforms and online payment solutions to a diverse community of individuals and businesses. The Company operates in two business segments: marketplaces and payments. eBay generates two types of net revenues: net transaction revenues, marketing services and other revenues. Its net transaction revenues are derived from listing fees and final value fees, which are fees payable on transactions completed on its marketplaces trading platforms, and fees paid by merchants for payment processing services. In June 2010, the Company acquired RedLaser, the barcode scanning application for iPhone and related technology from Occipital. In December 2010, the Company acquired Critical Path Software.

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