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Company name Celsius Holdings, Inc.
Stock ticker CELH
Live stock price [stckqut]CELH[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Celsius Holdings, Inc. is engaged in the development, marketing, sale and distribution of functional calorie-burning beverages under the Celsius brand name. The Company focuses to combine nutritional science with mainstream beverages by using its thermogenic (calorie-burning) MetaPlus formulation. The Company does not directly manufacture its beverages, but instead outsource the manufacturing process to established third-party co-packers. The Company provides its co-packers with flavors, ingredient blends, cans and other raw materials for its beverages purchased by the Company from various suppliers. Celsius, Inc. and Elite FX, Inc. are the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company.

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

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Company name Paladin Holdings, Inc.
Stock ticker PLHI
Live stock price [stckqut]PLHI[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Paladin Holdings, Inc. (Paladin), formerly Bad Toys Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiaries (Motor Cycle Division) operate an integrated line of business activities for the motorcycle industry, including frame, girder and component parts manufacturing. Paladin also manufactures production and custom complete motorcycles, sprint car chassis, and pedal and motorized go carts with styled bodies. Paladin operates a custom motorcycle manufacturing and service facility, and a custom auto restoration and fabrication shop in Kingsport, Tennessee. The Company also owns American Eagle Manufacturing Company, Inc., a motorcycle manufacturing facility in Oceanside, California, where it is developing a line of standardized motorcycles for resale through dealers. The Company owns Bad Boyz Toyzz, Inc. On February 1, 2007, Paladin completed the spin-off of 75% of its ownership interest in its subsidiary, Southland Health Services, Inc., which provided ambulance services, to the Company’s stockholders.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Paladin Holdings, Inc. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.
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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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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

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 Red Lion Hotels Corporation
Stock ticker RLH
Live stock price [stckqut]RLH[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Red Lion Hotels Corporation (RLH) is a hospitality and leisure company primarily engaged in the ownership, operation and franchising of midscale and upscale, full service hotels under its Red Lion brand. The Red Lion brand is associated with three star full and select service hotels. As of December 31, 2009, its system of hotels contained 45 hotels located in eight states and one Canadian province, with 8,671 rooms and 431,244 square feet of meeting space. The Company operates in three segments: hotels, franchise and entertainment segment.

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 Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA ADR Class B
Stock ticker TGS
Live stock price [stckqut]TGS[/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) $22.93
Target stock price (averages with growth) $10.18
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $22.93
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $22.37

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/tgs

Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A., incorporated on December 1, 1992, is engaged in the transportation of natural gas and production and commercialization of natural gas liquids (Liquids). The Company operates through four segments: Natural Gas Transportation Services, Liquids Production and Commercialization, Other Services and Telecommunications. The Company’s pipeline system connects gas fields in southern and western Argentina with gas distributors and industries in those areas and in the greater Buenos Aires area. It also provides midstream services, which consist of gas treatment, removal of impurities from the natural gas stream, gas compression, wellhead gas gathering and pipeline construction, operation and maintenance services. The Company transports gas through approximately 5,675 miles of pipeline, of which it owns 4,745 miles. It operates the remaining 930 miles, which are owned by the Gas Trusts. The Company operates the General Cerri natural gas processing complex and the associated Galvan loading and storage facility in Bahia Blanca in the Buenos Aires Province where Liquids are separated from natural gas transported through its pipeline system and stored for delivery.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA ADR Class B as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

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How was this analysis of Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA ADR Class B calculated?

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

  • Stock price at the time of the calculation: $14.88
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.81
  • P/E: 8
  • Future EPS Calc: $4.5
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $36.03
  • Target stock price: $22.37

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