Stocks to Watch: What is this?

As part of the learning expirence, I will putting stock "picks" up. They will be listed to the right of this blog.

I will make an entry about why the stock looked promising. After one month, I will make another entry stating how that pick is doing.

An Example Template:


Symbol - google

Price: $??.??
Notes and observations about the stock

Fundamentals:

• Free Cash Flow: Cash Flow from Operations - Capital Expenditures
• Market cap: Current Share Price * Total Shares Outstanding
• Debt: Total Liabilities + Short Term Liabilities
• Enterprise value: Market Cap - Cash + Debt
• True Value: Market Cap / Total Shares
• P/E: Researched
  
• 5 year earning estimate: Researched and Best Guess
  
• PEG: P/E divided Earning Est
  
• Sector P/G Rating: Researched
  
• Operating Income/Loss: Total Income

Questions to be Asked

• Y/N - Company has Positive Cash Flow
  
• Y/N - Stock is priced under $10.00
• Y/N - Stock is under valued - Est. value is $?.??
  
• Y/N - Is Small Cap Stock under 1 Bill market cap
  
• Y/N - PE is below sector average
• Y/N - Last quarter was profitable
• Y/N - YTD was profitable
  
• Y/N - Last Year was profitable
  
• Y/N - Has positive quarterly estimates
  
• Y/N - PEG is less then 1.0 (Only if profitable and has earning estimates)
  
• ???? - chart patterns