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LSB Industries, Inc. ($LXU) Cautious Buy or Hold to $65 Confident Investor Rating: Fair

On: November 6, 2013

Company name	LSB Industries, Inc.
Stock ticker	LXU
Live stock price	[stckqut]LXU[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors	Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating	Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario)	$57.04
Target stock price (averages with growth)	$98.07
Target stock price (averages with no growth)	$112.92
Target stock price (manual assumptions)	$46.28

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

LSB Industries, Inc. is a diversified holding company involved in manufacturing and marketing operations through its subsidiaries. The Company together with its wholly owned subsidiaries owns Chemical Business and Climate Control Business. Chemical Business manufactures and sells nitrogen-based chemical products produced from four facilities located in El Dorado, Arkansas; Cherokee, Alabama; Pryor, Oklahoma, and Baytown, Texas for the agricultural, industrial, and mining markets. Climate Control Business manufactures and sells a range of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) products in the niche markets the Company serves consisting of geothermal and water source heat pumps, hydronic fan coils, large custom air handlers, modular geothermal and other chillers and other related products used to control the environment in commercial/institutional and residential new building construction, renovation of existing buildings and replacement of existing systems.

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in LSB Industries, Inc. 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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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: $36.86

Growth: 0.15

Current EPS (TTM): $1.09

P/E: 34

Future EPS Calc: $2.19

Future Stock Price Calc: $74.54

Target stock price: $46.28

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Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc ($KNX) Possible Buy to $55 Confident Investor Rating: Good

By: Sean O'Shaughnessey

On: July 5, 2018

In: Good company, Stock analysis

Tagged: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc

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Company name	Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc
Stock ticker	KNX
Live stock price	[stckqut]KNX[/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)	$59.19
Target stock price (averages with growth)	$87.14
Target stock price (averages with no growth)	$59.19
Target stock price (manual assumptions)	$56.24

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

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. is a publicly traded, American, truckload motor shipping carrier based in Phoenix, Arizona. Knight began transporting general commodities from Phoenix, Arizona, to Los Angeles, California. Starting with just a handful of trucks and one service center in Phoenix, Arizona, the company now runs a fleet of over 4,000 tractors and more than 8,700 trailers (dry, refrigerated, and brokerage). Revenues have grown from over 13 million in 1991 to over $866 million in 2011, with operating ratios at or near 80% year after year. They have grown from a few associates to more than 4,000, and from a family-owned business to a publicly held company trading on the New York Stock Exchange (KNX) in 1994.

Knight engages in the transportation of general commodities in the United States. It provides asset-based dry van truckload and temperature controlled truckload carrier services primarily to short to medium lengths of haul. The company also offers non-asset-based brokerage services. As of September 24, 2007, the company operates 27 regional dry van service centers, 6 regional temperature controlled service centers, 12 brokerage service centers, and 13 truck and trailer sales locations.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding Knight Swift to my Watch List.

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