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Company name Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings
Stock ticker LH
Live stock price [stckqut]LH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $82.57
Target stock price (averages with growth) $107.3
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $100.49
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $88.75

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

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings is a clinical laboratory company in the United States. Through a national network of laboratories, the Company offers a range of testing services used by the medical profession in routine testing, patient diagnosis, and in the monitoring and treatment of disease. In addition, it has developed specialty and niche operations based on certain types of specialized testing capabilities and client requirements, such as oncology testing, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genotyping and phenotyping, diagnostic genetics and clinical research trials. It processes tests on approximately 470,000 patient specimens daily and provides clinical laboratory testing services in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Japan, the United Kingdom, China, Singapore and three provinces in Canada.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings.

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Stock price at the time of the calculation: $101.85

Growth: 0.08

Current EPS (TTM): $6.08

P/E: 16

Future EPS Calc: $8.93

Future Stock Price Calc: $142.93

Target stock price: $88.75

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Company name ePlus Inc.
Stock ticker PLUS
Live stock price [stckqut]PLUS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $83.48
Target stock price (averages with growth) $7.18
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $5.4
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $67.38

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3APLUS&sq=plus&sp=5&ei=iAicUrjSFtO60AGuJw

ePlus inc. (ePlus), along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the business of selling, leasing, financing and managing information technology and other assets and provides software. The Company operates in two segments: technology sales business segment and financing business segment. The technology sales business segment includes sales of information technology hardware, third party software, professional engineering services, and third party maintenance contracts and the Company’s software. The Company’s financing business segment consists of the financing of equipment. On November 14, 2013, the Company’s subsidiary, ePlus Technology, Inc. acquired AdviStor, Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in ePlus Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of ePlus Inc. are good, in fact the company ranks as a Good company, but there are some concerns with the price of the stock. I am not adding this company to my Watch List even though the stock is a Good Company.
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Stock price at the time of the calculation: $54.02

Growth: 0.15

Current EPS (TTM): $4.15

P/E: 13

Future EPS Calc: $8.34

Future Stock Price Calc: $108.51

Target stock price: $67.37

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When asked if they would rather be smart or dumb, surely everyone would answer smart! If you’re looking to improve your mental capabilities you can start by following in the footsteps of some of the smartest people in the world.

A person’s Intelligence Quotient indicates their mental abilities relative to others of approximately the same age.

  • Average IQ= 100
  • Above Average=115
  • Genius= 140
  • Extraordinary Genius=160

I have often wrote that you do not need to be a genius to invest in the market. In fact, the market is not always kind to smart people. Most of the math is adequately done with math that you learned in 4th grade math class. Even still, it is interesting to look at the habits (good and bad) of those that appear to be extremely intelligent.

 

The Habits of Smart People
Source: Online-PhD-Programs.org

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Titan Machinery

Company name Titan Machinery Inc.
Stock ticker TITN
Live stock price [stckqut]TITN[/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) $27.57
Target stock price (averages with growth) $44.52
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $37.88
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $26.51

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

Titan Machinery Inc. owns and operates a network of agricultural and construction equipment stores in the United States and Europe. It is a retail dealer of Case IH Agriculture equipment and a retail dealer of New Holland Agriculture, Case Construction and New Holland Construction equipment in the United States. It operates in two segments: Agriculture and Construction. The agricultural equipment, which it sells and services includes machinery and attachments for uses ranging from large-scale farming to home and garden use. The construction equipment it sells and services includes heavy construction and light industrial machinery for commercial and residential construction, road and highway construction and mining. In February 2013, it acquired Tucson Tractor Company. In March 2013, it acquired Adobe CE, LLC, consisting of one Case Construction equipment dealership located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 

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

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Stock price at the time of the calculation: $17.81

Growth: 0.2

Current EPS (TTM): $1.56

P/E: 11

Future EPS Calc: $3.88

Future Stock Price Calc: $42.69

Target stock price: $26.51

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Company name Pick-Ups Plus, Inc.
Stock ticker PUPS
Live stock price [stckqut]PUPS[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Pickups Plus, Inc. is a franchisor, wholesaler, retailer and installer of accessories for trucks and sports utility vehicles (SUVs). As of December 31, 2005, the Company has five operating franchised stores that are located in Texas, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois. Pickups Plus operates two Company-owned stores located in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. The stores operate under the Auto Appearance Center name. In April 2004, the Company acquired Auto Preservation, Inc., which operates as a wholly owned subsidiary. Auto Preservation has two operating centers in the Cincinnati market providing automotive dealerships in this market a single source solution for their new vehicle prep, environmental protection packages, pickup truck and SUV accessories and detail and reconditioning sales and services. Auto Preservation processed over 15,000 vehicles for automotive dealerships in 2005.

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

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