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Book Review: How to Pick Stocks like Warren Buffett by T. Vick 2007-05-30 11:00:16 Pros:
1. Excellent investing information.
2. Very interesting stories about WarrenBuffett
.
Cons:
1. Too much great information. I have to read the book again!
Rating: ***** (5 out of 5)
“How to Pick Stocks
Like Warren Buffett” by Timothy Vick was an excellent read. From reading about Warren Buffett’s personal experiences to a ton of excellent information on value investing, this book is definitely one for your personal library.
There was so much good information that I am going to reread this book. But there were 3 points that really stuck with me that I want to bring up.
Warren Buffett and Charities
There was a discussion on Warren Buffett’s basic frugal nature. And by that, Warren feels that if he pays $100 for an item, then that is $100 less that will be compounding and growing for him. And at the rate that Warren Buffett can compound money, that can become a large amount of money.
But the interesting part is that he even thought that way about chariti
Festival of Stocks #38 2007-05-27 23:01:15 Welcome everyone to the 38th running of the Festival
of Stocks
! And your lovable host, Average Joe, will take you through the exciting, high quality articles you expect from the Festival of Stocks.
Stock Analysis
RYS Pick of the Day - Cobra Electronics Corp. posted at Rock Your Stocks
This stock analysis finds that with Cobra’s recent acquisition of Performance Products, Cobra’s stock price can only head up. However, Will does warn that this stock is a speculative play.
All Drugged Up posted at Dividend Money
With the aging demographics in North America, Tyler feels that big pharma is a good play. And with a 4.20% dividend yield, Pfizer is a great way to get exposure to the pharmaceutical industry with a single stock.
Deeper Analysis into Encore Wire Company posted at Investment Jungle
Average Joe (that’s me!) takes a deeper look at a potential Rule #1 business. Although the initial analysis was very intriguing, the level of debt is discouraging.
Technical Analysi
Stock Analysis - Bebe Stores Company (NASDAQ:BEBE) 2007-05-27 11:00:56 Bebe Stores Company caught my eye after coming up on one of my Rule #1 stock screens. Let’s put this company through its paces and see how it does.
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance:
bebe stores, inc. engages in the design, development, and production of a line of women�s apparel and accessories. Its product offering includes a range of fashion separates, tops, dresses, active wear, and accessories in career, evening, casual, and active lifestyle categories. The company offers its products under the bebe, COLLECTION bebe, Neda by bebe, Neda, BEBE SPORT, and bebe O brand names through stores. As of December 30, 2006, the company operated 258 stores, which included 189 bebe stores, 20 bebe outlet stores, 40 BEBE SPORT stores, and 1 bebe accessories store in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. In addition, it operates an online store, bebe.com; and its licensees operate approximately 17 international stores.
Financial Analysis
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Come to me, my lovely Big Five!
Return on Read more:Stock
Stock Analysis - Diodes Company (NASDAQ:DIOD) 2007-05-26 11:00:59 Today, I will be looking at Diodes Company (DIOD) that is listed on the NASDAQ.
Company Profile:
From ADVFN Financials:
Global supplier of low pin-count standard semiconductor products. The Company designs, manufactures & markets semiconductors focused on diverse end-use applications in the consumer electronics, computing, industrial, communications & automotive sectors.
Financial Analysis
:
Let’s bring up the Big Five numbers that bring joy to a Rule #1 investor’s eyes.
The Return on Investment Capital (ROIC) has not been very consistent over the last 10 years. It has been as low as 0.20% and as high as 20.90%. The 5 year average is 11.80%. Even 2006 was a disappointing year at just 9.0%. This is a concern for a Rule #1 investor.
The Return on Equity has faired better over the years although it too has been a bit unpredictable. However, the 10 year average and 5 year average both come in at around 14.25%.
The Equity growth rate, although not always consistent, Read more:Stock
Stock Analysis - Trican Well Service (TO:TCW) 2007-05-25 11:00:24 Next company that showed up on my Rule #1 stock screener was Ceradyne Inc. (CRDN). Turns out that I have already analyzed that company as it had come out of a previous screen that I had created.
You can find the results for Ceradyne Inc. in this post and this post.
Moving right along, we come to Trican Well Service
(TCW) listed on the Toronto Stock
Exchange.
Company Profile:
From ADVFN Financials:
A well service company providing a comprehensive array of specialized products, equipment and services utilized in the drilling, completion, stimulation and reworking of oil and gas wells.
Financial Analysis
:
My favourite part is looking at the Big Five! Every true Rule #1 investor uses these numbers to determine whether a moat exists around the company to protect it from its competitors. And let me tell you that Trican has some incredible looking Big Five numbers!
The Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) has been amazing over the last 4 years with results of 20.10%, 27.60%, 35.80% and 32.00
Deeper Analysis into Encore Wire Company (WIRE) 2007-05-24 11:00:46 After having done my preliminary analysis of Encore
Wire Company (WIRE), I decided that this company definitely deserves further study to determine if it is a Rule #1 wonderful business.
Company Profile:
The company profile was highlighted during my preliminary analysis. Encore Wire Company is a low cost manufacturer of copper electrical building wire and cable.
The Big Five:
Rule #1 Big Five were calculated during the preliminary analysis and there was a gap of 4 years where the numbers were not Rule #1 investor friendly. These gave me pause for concern and I hope to find the cause of those poor performing years.
Debt:
Looking at their 10K Annual Filing, there is long term debt of $98,974,000. This debt is comprised of a $45,000,000 of 5.27% Senior Notes and $55,000,000 of floating rate Senior notes. Both are due in 2011. The company does have a $200,000,000 line of credit that could be used to cover those debts if required in 2011.
For a Rule #1 investor, the right amount of Read more:Analysis
Stock Analysis - Encore Wire Company (NASDAQ:WIRE) 2007-05-23 11:00:04 My new Rule #1 screen delivered a list of 31 potential wonderful businesses selling at attractive prices. And at the top of my list, with an earnings yield of 15.08, was Encore
Wire Company (WIRE). And of course, Investment Jungle reader Tri had recommended that I have a look at this stock.
Company Profile:
From the 10K Annual Filing:
Encore is a low-cost manufacturer of copper electrical building wire and cable. The Company is a significant supplier of both residential wire for interior electrical wiring in homes, apartments and manufactured housing, and commercial wire for electrical distribution in commercial and industrial buildings.
The principal customers for Encore’s wire are wholesale electrical distributors, which serve both the residential and commercial wire markets. The Company sells its products primarily through manufacturers’ representatives located throughout the United States and, to a lesser extent, through its own direct in-house marketing efforts.
Encore’s Read more:Stock
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Carnivals, Carnivals, Carnivals 2007-05-22 10:00:50 This has been a busy week at Investment Jungle. I was able to contribute to 4 (that’s right, four!) investing carnivals.
Festival of Stocks #37 over at Value Investing News
Investors Blog Network Festival #7 over at Money, Matter and More Musings
Carnival of Personal Finance #101 over at FIRE Finance
Tour of Canadian Personal Finance Blogs over at Canadian Capitalist
Check out these great carnivals and thank the hosts while you are there!
And as a special treat, I will be hosting Festival of Stocks #38 on Monday, May28th!
Read more:Carnivals
New Rule #1 Screen 2007-05-21 11:00:10 Investment Jungle reader Tri mentioned a couple of stocks that he considers are wonderful businesses selling at an attractive price. That got me thinking that I should re-evaluate the screen that I initially used to find these Rule #1 companies.
So, I sat down and came up with a screen for finding these wonderful Rule #1 businesses. It is very similar to my last screen.
My screening criteria:
10 Yr Sales Growth Rate
5 Yr Sales Growth Rate
1 Yr Sales Growth Rate
10 Yr EPS Growth Rate
5 Yr EPS Growth Rate
1 Yr EPS Growth Rate
Book Value Growth Rate
All these growth rates had to be greater than 10%. As you can see, I have left out the cash flow growth rate. Phil Town states that this is the least important one as the company may deploy all its cash during a growth spurt. So I would prefer to look at this criteria on a case by case basis.
I also added the following liquidity ratios as criteria to ensure that the business is not growing due to debt:
current ratio > 2.0
quick rati
Stock Analysis - Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) 2007-05-20 11:00:02 Bank of America
is listed on several of Mergent’s dividend achievers lists including the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat list. So this looks promising.
Company Profile:
From their 10K Annual Filing
Through our banking subsidiaries (the “Banks”) and various nonbanking subsidiaries throughout the United States and in selected international markets, we provide a diversified range of banking and nonbanking financial services and products through three business segments: Global Consumer and Small Business Banking, Global Corporate and Investment Banking and Global Wealth and Investment Management. We currently operate in 30 states, the District of Columbia and 44 foreign countries. The Bank of America footprint covers more than 75 percent of the U.S. population and 44 percent of the country’s wealthy households. In the United States, we serve more than 55 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 5,700 retail banking offices, more than 17,000 ATMs an Read more:Stock
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Stock Analysis - Pason Systems (TSE:PSI) 2007-06-03 11:00:41 All you Rule #1 investors, prepare to be amazed by these Big Five numbers! You have been warned.
Our next contestant, produced from my Rule #1 stock screen, is Pason Systems
(TSE:PSI).
Company Profile:
From ADVFN Financials:
Industrial company provides design, manufacturing and rental of specialized drilling instrumentation systems for use on land-based drilling rigs. Products and services include data acquistion, wellsite reporting software,communications and Internet tools.
This company has a market capitalization of $1.304B.
Financial Analysis
:
And what you have all been waiting for - the Big Five.
Unfortunately, I was only able to find 5 years of Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) data. But what a 5 years! Over the last 5 years, they have produced an average of 27.60%. The last 4 of 5 years has consistently been hanging around the 28-29% range.
Although I don’t have the 10 year ROIC numbers, I do have the 10 year Return on Equity (ROE) numbers. And those always seem to pa Read more:Stock
Stock Analysis - First Cash Financial Services (NASDAQ:FCFS) 2007-06-02 11:00:37 The next stock to come up in my Rule #1 screen is First
Cash FinancialServices
(NASDAQ:FCFS).
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance:
First Cash Financial Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides consumer financial services and related specialty retail products through pawn stores in the United States and Mexico. Its pawn stores engages in providing small consumer loans; advancing money against pledged tangible personal property, such as jewelry, electronic equipment, tools, sporting goods, and musical equipment; and retail sale of previously-owned merchandise acquired through collateral forfeitures and over-the-counter purchases from customers; and offer cash advances or a credit services products. The company operates stand-alone cash advance stores that provide a range of consumer financial services products, including cash advances, credit services, check cashing, money orders, money transfers, and prepaid card products. In addition, it operates automobile dealerships that Read more:Stock
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Stock Analysis - CRA International Inc (NASDAQ:CRAI) 2007-06-01 11:00:05 Continuing down the list of stocks that were produced by my value screen, next up is CRA International
Inc which trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol CRAI.
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance:
CRA International, Inc. operates as an economic, financial, and management consulting company primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The company offers legal, regulatory, and financial consulting, as well as business consulting services.
CRAI has a market capitalization of $623M.
Financial Analysis
:
Let’s have a look at the Big Five and see if a moat exists.
Having a look at the Return on Investment Capital (ROIC) shows pretty consistent performance. Early in the decade, returns of 18% were attained. In the middle of the decade, returns in the 10% range were attained. And in the last couple of years, 8% returns were attained. The five year average is 8.40%. Fairly consistent returns, but unfortunately, this would not meet our Rule #1 investors of criteria Read more:Stock
Dividends Matter - My New Site 2007-05-31 11:00:29 My goal at Investment Jungle was to explore current stock picking strategy and techniques to develop my own system. The first system that I decided to analyze was Phil Town’s “Rule #1” system. Unknowingly, I had entered the realm of value investing. Looking at company fundamentals, determining the intrinsic value of the company, and then looking for a company that is on sale.
And recently, I have just read “How to Pick Winning Stocks Like Warren Buffett” by Timothy Vick and I absolutely loved this book. Obviously, being a disciple of Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett is a value investor.
Over the last couple of months of doing stock analysis, I also delved into dividend paying stocks. Using my Rule #1 methodology showed me that these stocks do not seem to sell at a discount. Why? Because the dividend itself sets a floor price for the stock. And below a certain dividend yield, investors will scoop up that stock.
So making a value play on a dividend p Read more:New Site
Stock Analysis - Cognizant Technology Company (NASDAQ:CTSH) 2007-06-06 11:00:51 Long time reader Tri suggested that I have a look at Cognizant Technology
Company which trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol CTSH. He said that it was “on sale big time.” Let’s have a look.
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance:
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation provides information technology (IT) consulting and technology services in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its services include business process consulting; IT strategy consulting; technology consulting; application design, development, integration, and re-engineering; complex custom systems development; data warehousing/business intelligence; customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation; and software testing services. The company also offers outsourcing services, including application maintenance, CRM and ERP maintenance, IT infrastructure outsourcing, and business process outsourcing. Cognizant Technology Solutions offers its services to vario Read more:Stock
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Reader Stock Pick - Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) 2007-06-05 11:00:37 Loyal reader Matt W. suggested that I have a look at Starbucks
Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX).
Company Profile:
From ADVFN Financials:
Purchases and roasts high-quality whole bean coffees and sells them, along with fresh, rich-brewed coffees, Italian-style espresso beverages, cold blended beverages, coffee-related accessories and equipment primarily through its operated retail stores.
Starbucks Corp. is a large cap stock with a market capitalization of $21.58B.
Financial Analysis:
Everyone knows Starbucks and their brand. So let’s see how strong the moat is.
Checking on management’s effectiveness, we have a look at the Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). This shows an excellent trend of ever increasing ROIC over the last 10 years. It has consistently increased from a low of 8.20% into 1997 to a high of 26.10% in 2006. Management has been doing a good job.
The Return on Equity numbers confirm this trend. Last year’s ROE is 24.45%.
Moving on to the equity growth rate Read more:Stock
, Reader
Carnival Monday - June 4, 2007 2007-06-04 19:03:19 Investment Jungle participated in 3 excellent carnivals this week:
Festival of Stocks #39 hosted at Stock Rake;
Investors Blog Network Festival #8 hosted at Online Stock Trading;
Carnival
of Wealth Building #4 hosted at Home Equity Loan Lowdown.
Drop by the festivals and enjoy the articles. Thanks to all the great hosts this week!
Read more:Monday
Stock Analysis - Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ:CMTL) 2007-06-09 11:00:26 After the disappointing analysis of Rofin Sinar Technologies Inc., I am hoping for a better performance from Comtech Telecommunications
which trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol CMTL.
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance:
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. engages in the design, development, production, and marketing of products, systems, and services for communications solutions. It operates through three segments: Telecommunications Transmission, Mobile Data Communications, and RF Microwave Amplifiers.
Comtech Telecommunications is a small cap with a market capitalization of $1.04B.
Financial Analysis
:
Let’s start off by grading the management.
Looking at the Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), I see some pretty pedestrian looking numbers. This company must have just skated over my 10% requirement on the filter. Only 3 out of the 10 years had an ROIC of greater than 10%. The five year average is 10.20%.
The Return on Equity displays the same behaviour expect that 4 of the Read more:Stock
Stock Analysis - Rofin Sinar Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:RSTI) 2007-06-08 11:00:38 After all the excitement following the analysis of Cognizant Technology Solutions, it is time to get back to my Rule #1 screen candidates. Next up is Rofin Sinar Technologies Inc. which trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol RSTI.
Company Profile:
From ADVFN Financials:
The Company designs, develops, engineers, manufactures and markets laser-based products, primarily used for cutting, welding and marking a wide range of materials.
Rofin Sinar Technologies is a small cap stock with a market capitalization of $1.06B.
Financial Analysis
:
Not knowing much about this company, let us see if the Big Five show us a solid moat.
Starting with the Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), I see some fairly marginal numbers. Out of the 10 years of data, 6 years had sub 10% ROIC. The five year ROIC is 11%.
Looking at the Return on Equity (ROE), management produced a 10 year average ROE of 9.68% and a 5 year ROE of 11.21%. Last year’s ROE of 13.55% is encouraging. The trend is definitely goi Read more:Stock
Thoughts about Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) 2007-06-07 11:00:30 After having performed the analysis of Cognizant Technology
Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH), a couple of things dawned on me.
My Rule #1 Screen Failed ME?
I first thought about how such a company did not get picked up by my Rule #1 screen! Had my screen failed me? I went back and went through my list of 31 companies. And sure enough, there it was!! Right near the bottom of my list. If you remember, I decided to sort my list of potential Rule #1 companies by their earnings yield. With such a high P/E, the earnings yield came out at a paltry 2.21%.
Now Warren Buffett says that you should buy stocks with an earnings yield that is higher than the 10 year US bond (which is current sitting at 4.99%). And this stock clearly doesn’t meet that requirement. But Warren does state that you can buy a stock with a low yield IF you think that it will grow quickly enough that the earnings yield will surpass the bond yield within a couple of years.
I at least feel good that my screen did catc
Stock Analysis - Credo Petroleum Corp (NASDAQ:CRED) 2007-06-12 11:00:57 Next up on the list of our potential Rule #1 companies is Credo Petroleum
Corp which trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol CRED.
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance
CREDO Petroleum Corporation, through its subsidiaries, SECO Energy Corporation and United Oil Corporation, primarily engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties in the mid-Continent region of the United States. Its drilling activities are primarily located along the shelf of the northern Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma, including the Oklahoma Panhandle, where it owns interests in 68,000 gross developed and undeveloped acres. The company also engages in developing, testing, refining, and patenting its patented Calliope Gas Recovery System that lifts fluids from wellbores using pressure differentials, enabling gas previously trapped by fluid build-up in the wellbore to flow to the surface. As of October 31, 2005, CREDO Petroleum owned interests in approximately 1,426 wells. As of the above da Read more:Stock
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Festival of Stocks #40 2007-06-10 23:00:57 Lightning strikes twice at Investment Jungle and I am very proud to host my second Festival
of Stocks
- the 40th Edition.
As host of the festival, I encourage you to have a look around the Investment Jungle. Check out my most popular posts on the right sidebar for a small sampling of the type of articles you will find here. And don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS feed to keep up with all my latest articles.
Now on with the show! This week we had 12 submissions. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the articles.
Stock Analysis
INTC AMD: Are Margin Risks Recognized at Intel and AMD posted at Stock Market Beat
Trent performs analysis on the inventory and gross margins of these two companies after both companies stated that the next few quarters will be good.
Stock Purchase Update 6/4/07 posted at My Wealth Builder
Super Saver keeps us posted on his recent purchases. And interestingly enough, while he was waiting to make his purchases, all the stocks had risen 6-10%!
Stock Analysis
Stock Analysis - Team Inc. (NASDAQ:TISI) 2007-06-10 11:00:18 The search continues for a wonderful business selling at an attractive price. I am getting a little discouraged as the last two businesses were not even candidates for the watchlist!
Picking up from where I left off on my Rule #1 stock screen, I will be analyzing Team Inc. which trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol of TISI.
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance:
Team, Inc. provides specialty maintenance and construction services primarily in the United States. The company offers leak repair services, which include repairs of leaks in pipes, valves, flanges, and other parts of piping systems and related equipment; and hot tapping services, which consists of hot tapping, Line-stop, and Freeze-stop services. Its emissions control services include identification, monitoring, data management, and reporting services for the chemical, refining, and natural gas processing industries; and field machining and technical bolting services, such as use of machining equipment to repair or modify mach Read more:Stock
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Stock Analysis - Healthways Inc (NASDAQ:HWAY) 2007-06-15 11:00:10 The last of Phil Town’s stocks to watch is Healthways Inc which trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker HWAY.
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance
Healthways, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides health and care support programs and services in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. It offers disease management, high-risk care management, and other related programs to health plans, governments, employers, and hospitals. The company’s services include providing members with educational materials and personal interactions with trained nurses and other health-care professionals to create and sustain healthier behaviors; incorporating evidence-based clinical guidelines in interventions to optimize patient care; developing care support plans and motivating members to set attainable goals for themselves; providing local market resources to address acute episode interventions; and coordinating members’ care with local health-care provider. Read more:Stock
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Stock Analysis - United Health Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) 2007-06-14 11:00:44 In my last post, I had discussed the fact that Phil Town recently mentioned 3 stocks to watch: Walgreen Co (WAG), UnitedHealthGroup
Inc (UNH) and Healthways Inc (HWAY).
Today, we will analyze United Health Group Inc.
Company Profile:
From ADVFN Financials
The Company design products, provide services and apply technologies that improve access to health and well-being services, simplify the health care experience, promote quality and make health care more affordable.
You can find a more detailed profile at Yahoo Finance.
This is a large cap stock with a market capitalization of $71.01B.
Financial Analysis
:
Let’s have a look at the Big Five and see how the moat is doing.
First off, we start with the Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) to see how management has been doing. And from the looks of it, they have been doing a fine job. The 5 year ROIC is 17.70% and last year’s ROIC was 15.50%. In 2002 and 2003, management had great years with 25%+ ROIC. Unfortunately, the Read more:Stock
Carnivals - June 13, 2007 2007-06-13 19:31:47 Straying from the usual Carnival Monday festivities, I give you a Carnival Wednesday!
Investment Jungle was featured in the following carnivals:
Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness #7 hosted at Credit Card Lowdown
Carnival of Wealth Building #5 hosted at Home Equity Loan Lowdown
Festival of Good Books #3 hosted at Online University Lowdown
And that is the LOWDOWN for this midweek surprise! So check out the carnivals and enjoy!
Read more:Carnivals
Phil Town’s 3 Companies to Watch 2007-06-13 11:00:08 Investment Jungle reader Kris pointed out that Phil Town just mentioned 3 companies to watch on “The Millionaire Inside: Your Guide to Retiring Rich.”
Those 3 companies are Walgreen (WAG), United Health Group Inc. (UNH) and Healthways Inc. (HWAY).
Walgreen is a long time favourite of mine. In fact, I have analyzed this stock two times so far: my very first post and as a dividend analysis.
My most recent analysis showed a sticker price of $45.98. As of close on Tuesday, the current price was $43.49. That is a discount of 5.41% of the sticker price. Of course, the MOS price means paying 50 cents on the dollar, so that would give us a price of $22.99. Obviously, we are nowhere near the MOS price.
My dividend analysis suggested a lower intrinsic value of $42.65. Even with the current downturn in the market, by this valuation, Walgreen is still trading at a slight premium of 1.96%.
Although I think that Walgreen is a great company and it is on my watch list, I wonder Read more:Companies
Stock Analysis - Integral Systems (NASDAQ:ISYS) 2007-06-19 08:00:54 We scored well on our last stock analysis, finding another wonderful company - SEI Investments Co. (NASDAQ:SEIC). Unfortunately, it was not selling at an attractive price. We will just keep it on our watch list for possible future buying opportunities.
Let’s see if we can do better with the next stock on our list - IntegralSystems
which trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol ISYS.
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance
Integral Systems, Inc. builds satellite ground systems for command and control, integration and test, data processing, and simulation. It operates in four segments: Ground Systems-Government, Ground Systems-Commercial, Space Communications Systems, and Corporate.
Integral Systems is a micro cap stock with a market capitalization of $266.84M.
Financial Analysis
:
As usual, we will start with the most important indicator: the Return on Invested Capital. And right off the bat, I am extremely disappointed! In the whole 10 year period, there are only 2 years with ROIC g Read more:Stock
Investment Jungle in the Top 25! 2007-06-18 11:00:59 Investment Jungle
gets named as one of the top 25 best financial blogs!
Over at 24/7 Wall St., they have compiled a list of what they consider to be the top 25 independent financial blogs today. They looked at several hundred blogs over the last two months, then narrowed it down to 100 blogs. From there, they tracked posts for several weeks before coming up with their top 25.
I am very excited about making this list. Investment Jungle has only been around since the beginning of April. Sometimes it feels like I am just working away in my own tiny, little corner of the Internet. It is definitely an honour to be noticed by your peers. And I hope that my readers find the information and analysis useful and insightful. The goal is to stimulate discussion of the analysis techniques and the stocks themselves so that we can all succeed.
Of special note, a couple of my fellow Investors Blog Network bloggers made the list as well: BioHealth Investor and Stock Market Beat.
Check out the ot
Stock Analysis - SEI Investments Co. (NASDAQ:SEIC) 2007-06-18 08:00:41 Thanks to Phil Town for pointing us towards 3 companies which he feels qualify as a Rule #1 business. One company, Walgreen Company (WAG), was already on my watch list. I have now added the other 2 companies as well.
Getting back to my own Rule #1 stock screen, next up is SEI Investments
Company which trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol SEIC.
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance
SEI Investments Company provides investment processing, fund processing, and investment management business outsourcing solutions to corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors, and affluent families in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe. It operates in six segments: Private Banking and Trust, Investment Advisors, Enterprises, Money Managers, Investments in New Businesses, and LSV Asset Management.
SEIC has a market capitalization of $5.88B.
Financial Analysis
:
Boo-yah! (Ok. Ok. I couldn’t resist. I just saw the ROIC numbers and couldn’t cont Read more:Stock
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