Garmin Ltd. ($GRMN) Target: $29 Confident Investor Rating: Poor
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| Company name | Garmin Ltd. | 
| Stock ticker | GRMN | 
| Live stock price | [stckqut]GRMN[/stckqut] | 
| P/E compared to competitors | Good | 
| Employee productivity | Fair | 
| Sales growth | Poor | 
| EPS growth | Poor | 
| P/E growth | Good | 
| EBIT growth | Poor | 
| Confident Investor Rating | Poor | 
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $25.13 | 
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $31.41 | 
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $30.89 | 
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $29.4 | 
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=grmn
Garmin Ltd. (Garmin) is a provider of navigation, communication and  information devices and applications, which are enabled by global  positioning system (GPS) technology. The Company designs, develops,  manufactures and markets a range of hand-held, portable and fixed-mount  GPS-enabled products and other navigation, communications and information  products for the automotive/mobile, outdoor/fitness, marine and general  aviation markets. The Company operates in four segments: Marine,  Automotive/Mobile, Outdoor/Fitness and Aviation. In September 2010, the  Company acquired MetriGear, Inc. In October 2010, the Company acquired  Belanor AS.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.