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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.

 

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Company name First Bancorp
Stock ticker FBNC
Live stock price [stckqut]FBNC[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

First Bancorp is a bank holding company. The Company’s principal activity is the ownership and operation of First Bank (the Bank), a state-chartered bank. As of December 31, 2010, the Bank had two wholly owned subsidiaries, First Bank Insurance Services, Inc. (First Bank Insurance) and First Troy SPE, LLC. The Company engages in a range of banking activities, with the acceptance of deposits and the making of loans. For business customers, it offers repurchase agreements (also called securities sold under agreement to repurchase), which are similar to interest-bearing deposits. The Company offers credit cards, debit cards, letters of credit, safe deposit box rentals, bank money orders and electronic funds transfer services, including wire transfers.

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 Dril-Quip, Inc.
Stock ticker DRQ
Live stock price [stckqut]DRQ[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Fair
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $52.86
Target stock price (averages with growth) $70.38
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $61.55
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $63.5

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

Dril-Quip, Inc. (Dril-Quip) designs, manufactures, sells and services offshore drilling and production equipment for use in deepwater, harsh environment and severe service applications. The Company’s principal products consist of subsea and surface wellheads, subsea and surface production trees, subsea control systems and manifolds, mudline hanger systems, specialty connectors and associated pipe, drilling and production riser systems, liner hangers, wellhead connectors and diverters. Dril-Quip’s products are used by integrated, independent and foreign national oil and gas companies in offshore areas worldwide. The Company’s operations are organized into three geographic segments: Western Hemisphere (including North and South America), Eastern Hemisphere (including Europe and Africa) and Asia-Pacific (including the Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia, Australia, India and the Middle East; headquartered in Singapore).

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 JetBlue Airways Corporation
Stock ticker JBLU
Live stock price [stckqut]JBLU[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
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) $0.11
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $0.53
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $5.21

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

JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue) is a passenger airline that operates primarily on point-to-point routes with its fleet of 120 Airbus A320 aircraft and 49 EMBRAER 190 aircraft. As of December 31, 2011, it served 70 destinations in 22 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico and 12 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. Most of JetBlue flights have as an origin or destination New York or one of its other focus cities: Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Orlando or San Juan, Puerto Rico. As of December 31, 2011, the Company operated an average of 700 daily flights. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company acquired eight take-off and landing slots at each of New York�s LaGuardia Airport and Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport. The Company�s operations primarily consist of transporting passengers on its aircraft with domestic United States operations, including Puerto Rico, which accounted for 85% of its capacity in 2011.

Confident Investor comments: I struggle with finding an airline that is worth my investment. 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 Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc.
Stock ticker KLIC
Live stock price [stckqut]KLIC[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $3.33
Target stock price (averages with growth) $4.64
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $5.14
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $9.34

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

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (K&S) designs, manufactures and sells capital equipment and expendable tools used to assemble semiconductor devices, including integrated circuits (IC), high and low powered discrete devices, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and power modules. The Company also services, maintains, repairs and upgrades its equipment. Its customers primarily consist of semiconductor device manufacturers, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers (OSAT), other electronics manufacturers and automotive electronics suppliers. K&S operates in two main business segments: Equipment and Expendable Tools. K&S manufactures and sells a line of ball bonders, heavy wire wedge bonders, stud bumpers, and die bonders. The Company manufactures and sells a variety of expendable tools for a range of semiconductor packaging applications.

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