Company name Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
Stock ticker VAR
Live stock price [stckqut]VAR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $64.98
Target stock price (averages with growth) $86.97
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $73.19
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $68.31

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=var
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. is engaged in he design, manufacture, sale and service of equipment and software products for treating cancer with radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery and brachytherapy. It also design, manufacture, sell and service x-ray tubes for original equipment manufacturers; replacement x-ray tubes, and flat panel digital image detectors for filmless x-ray imaging in medical, dental, veterinary, scientific and industrial applications. It designs, manufactures, sells and services linear accelerators, digital image detectors, image processing software and image detection products for security and inspection purposes. It also develops, designs, manufactures, sells and services proton therapy products and systems for cancer treatment. The Company?s products include Oncology Systems and X-ray Products. The Company has two other businesses and its Ginzton Technology Center (GTC) that it reports together under the Other category.


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.

Company name Northrop Grumman Corporation
Stock ticker NOC
Live stock price [stckqut]NOC[/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) $0
Target stock price (averages with growth) $0.49
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $2.55
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $51.19

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=noc
Northrop Grumman Corporation (Northrop Grumman) is an integrated enterprise consisting of businesses that cover the entire security spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. The Company operates in five segments: Aerospace Systems, Electronic Systems, Information Systems, Shipbuilding and Technical Services. In April 2009, the Company acquired Sonoma Photonics, Inc., as well as assets from Swift Engineering?s Killer Bee Unmanned Air Systems product line. In December 2009, it sold its Advisory Services Division (ASD). In January 2009, Northrop Grumman streamlined its organizational structure by reducing the number of reporting segments from seven to five.


Confident Investor comments: There are few companies that can put up this much red on the Confident Investor chart. At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.


Company name Net Servicos de Comunicacao SA (ADR)
Stock ticker NETC
Live stock price [stckqut]NETC[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
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) $21.04
Target stock price (averages with growth) $23.35
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $20.52
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $16.79

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=netc
Net Servicos de Comunicacao S.A. (Net Servicos) is a multiservice company in the pay-television and broadband Internet industries in Brazil. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had 3.7 million pay-television connected subscribers in 93 locations in Brazil, including in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. It is a provider of high-speed cable modem Internet access in Brazil through its NET V?rtua service, which had 2.9 million subscribers as of December 31, 2009. Net Servicos also provides fixed line telephony through its NET Fone via Embratel service, which had 2.6 million subscribers as of December 31, 2009. As of December 31, 2009, its advanced network of coaxial and fiber-optic cable covered over 61,000 kilometers and passed approximately 10.8 million homes of which approximately 7.8 million belong to high and middle income classes and approximately 79% of such network had two-way communication capability.

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