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In this series I'm subjecting companies to scrutiny under five headings: prospects, performance, management, safety and valuation. How does�Shell� (LSE: RDSB ) (NYSE: RDS-B ) measure up?
1.�Prospects
The oil price is driven by supply and demand for oil, which in turn is affected by geopolitics and the health of the global economy. The costs of production, and massive capital expenditures involved in exploration, complete the financial dynamics.
Shell has mature upstream operations that deliver solid cash flow, and reserves that cover over 10 years of current production.
The company has invested heavily in natural gas and LNG production. Big investment in U.S. shale gas has not (yet) paid off as the glut of supply depressed prices, but it has added to Shell's reserves.
Hot Financial Stocks For 2014: PokerTek Inc.(PTEK)
PokerTek, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of electronic table games and related products for casinos, cruise lines, racinos, card clubs, and lotteries worldwide. Its products include PokerPro system, an automated 10-seated poker table with electronic components that allows players to play live poker against one another in a brick and mortar environment using electronic cards and chips by supporting poker, cash games, tournaments, and various languages; and Blackjack Pro, which offers the traditional game of Blackjack on the new ProCore automated table game platform, as well as allows operators to configure the game rules and payouts to meet their needs. The company distributes its gaming products using internal sales force and select distributors. PokerTek, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Matthews, North Carolina.
Hot Financial Stocks For 2014: Photon Group Ltd(PGA.AX)
Photon Group Limited provides marketing and communications services in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe. The company offers integrated marketing services, including retail marketing and merchandising, advertising, public relations, graphic design, digital printing, production of sales promotion material, communications planning, events management, direct marketing, and market research services. Its International Agencies segment provides specialized marketing services, which comprise public relations, communications strategy, and research and data analytics. The company?s Australian Agencies segment offers marketing services to Australian clients, including advertising, direct marketing, promotional campaigns, consumer research, public relations, and stakeholder communications. Its Australian Field Marketing segment provides outsourced merchandising and point-of-sale marketing services. The company?s Search Marketing segment offers U.S. facing search marketing services. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Surry Hills, Australia.
Top Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2014: Nam Tai Electronics Inc.(NTE)
Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. provides electronics manufacturing and design services to the original equipment manufacturers of telecommunication and consumer electronic products. The company?s Consumer Electronic and Communication Products segment manufactures mobile phone accessories, such as headsets containing Bluetooth wireless technology, and phone cradles, as well as snap-on portable music speaker, FM radio adaptors, and GPS adaptors; entertainment devices, including USB Web cam for interactive games, USB microphone and converter box Karaoke, and buzzer devices for quiz games; educational products consisting of digital pens, calculators, and electronic dictionaries; and optical devices comprising CMOS imaging sensor modules for notebook computers, portable media players, and recording cameras for the automotive industry. Its Telecommunication Component Assembly segment offers subassemblies and components, such as color and monochrome LCD modules for PDA phones, smart p hones, mobile phones, and telephone systems; RF modules for integration into mobile phones; DAB modules for digital radio products, including home tuners, kitchen radios, in-car receivers, CD players, clock radios, boom boxes, midi-systems, and handheld portable devices; FPC subassemblies for LCD modules and electronic devices; FPC boards for mobile phones, PDAs, office automation, and laptop computers; front and back light panels for handheld video game devices; and high-frequency cordless telephones and home feature phones. The company?s LCD Products segment manufactures LCD panels for watches and medical instruments, white goods and industrial applications, automotive parts and appliances, car audio systems, hand held products, VoIP phones, and office automation applications. It sells its products to customers in Hong Kong, North America, Europe, Japan, the People?s Republic of China, and Korea. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the Peopl e?s Republic of China.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Sally Jones] Kahn�� Current Shares: 3,736,917
Irving Kahn also increased his position with components manufacturer Nam Tai Electronics (NTE) by 9.24%, buying 315,981 shares at an average price of $8.96, for a 14.5% loss. For the 3,828,873 shares bought since the second quarter of 2008, Kahn�� average price was $9.90 per share with a 23% loss.
Up 15% over 12 months, Nam Tai has a market cap of $343.2 million, and trades with a P/E of 4.70, a P/B of 0.80 and a P/S of 0.27. The current share price is $7.66.
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For the second quarter of 2013, Nam Tai Electronics reported sales of $167.9 million, up 64%, with a net income loss of $31.9 million. The company�� gross profit margin was at 9.4%, compared to 15% in the same quarter a year ago. The company�� net income for first quarter 2013 was reported at $4.9 million, compared to a loss of $3.6 million in the same quarter a year ago.
More Second Quarter Action
Guru Irving Kahn also reduced ten of his positions in the second quarter of 2013.
Here are the trade details.
Irving Kahn, along with brothers Alan and Thomas, founded Kahn Brothers & Company Inc., in 1978, which later became Kahn Brothers Group. The company portfolio lists 46 stocks, none of them new, with a total value of $648 million and a 1% quarter over quarter turnover, according to the recent GuruFocus update.
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