The most comprehensive program for NAIC analysis

Detailed Overview

Presentation Topics

• Stock Selection Guide

• Tracking (PMG and PERT)

• Comparisons

• Extras (Balance Sheet, Sort, etc.)

• Portfolios

• Internet, Data Entry, Updating

Where to StartThe Toolbar

• Use the Load Company button to load a company from the database.

• For NAIC Datafiles also use Load Company and then the Import NAIC button.

• For other formats review the manual or Help file.

Company Toolbar Mastering Stock Analyst PLUS!

• Left side - buttons for major company windows

• Right side - selections for the displayed window

• a.k.a. Floating Toolbar, as it can be placed anywhere

Stock Selection Guide• Graph and Analysis

• Preferred Procedure

• Selected and Additional Graphics

• Debt Analysis

• Simple or Weighted Averages

• 33/33/33 or 25/50/25 zones

• Extensive application of judgment

Stock Selection Guide (SSG) Graph

• Full size, easy to read

• Computer/User trend/projections

• Outliers

• Preferred Procedure

• Latest Q box

• Dynamic readouts

• Price zoning bar

Outliers

click on/off year label

includes & excludes data

point

alters computer

calculations

User Trend & Projection Lines

• Display/remove sales & EPS trend and projection lines

• A ruler to apply your judgment to growth

• % growth can be entered from the keyboard

SSG GraphPreferred Procedure and Selected Graphics

Recent Quarterly Data

• Click on/off• Always prints• Shows

– latest quarterly results– calculated growths– R2

– scales

Stock Selection Guide (SSG) Analysis

• Easy to read

• Optional debt analysis

• Strike-outs

• Optional projected P/E

• Unrestricted judgment

• Simple and weighted averages

Evaluating Management

Trend

Compares recent 2 years’ results to historical 5-year average.

Variance: ++, +, -+, Even, +-, -, --

Strike out exceptional years

For debt, a negative trend indicates reduction in debt.

Price/Earnings (P/E) History

Judgment Options

• exclude outliers

• alternate values

• weighted vs. simple average calculations

Cont.

Price/Earnings History

See the EPS used for P/E and relative value calculations

Valuation based on

• current P/E

• current relative value

• projected P/E and projected relative value

See how the projected EPS is calculated - 3 choices

Low Price Selections

• Choose the one that best reflects the company’s situation

OR ELSE...

• Type in your own price

Various easy alternatives

Judgment

Add Judgment...

• Whenever computed values don’t reflect your expectations for the company

• R button resets data to computer-calculated values

Parts 2, 3, 4

PMG and PERT

• Track on-going company performance

• Provide comparison with your SSG expectations for growth

• Alert you to changes in growth

• Help with buy/sell decisions

(PMG) Portfolio Management Guide

Tracks Company Performance (Value)

•Graph and Report

•Up to 6 years of data

•Relative Value history

PMG (Part 3)

Latest quarter

Projected EPSP/E

Relative Value

Update prices from keyboard or automatically from Internet or STB Bulletin Board Service

PMG Graph

• Price (blue)

• Price Zone bar (blue)

• P/E (red)

• P/E Alert Bar (red)

• Relative Value (red)

Bars are the SSG-set targets Lines indicate current value

(PERT) Portfolio Evaluation Review Technique

• Divisions by FY

• Latest reported Q

• Graphics

PERT Q and Y

Track company growth and profits

PERT Graphics

For the Advanced User

• Help visualize

cumulative quarterly

and yearly results

• Up to 6 years of data

• Show characteristics

not easily discernable in

numerical data

PERT Graphics 1

Shows the change in EPS, revenue, pre-tax income, and profitability

• Quarterly and 4Q totaled data

• Positive movement is good

Are growths and profits maintained?

PERT Graphics 2

Shows characteristics not

normally apparent in

yearly data

• Quarterly revenue, pre-tax income, and EPS

• 4Q totaled values

• Projected values (EPS)

PERT A - Summary

Extra items show expectations from SSG study - compare projections with actual results

Balance Sheet and Notes

*Introductory paragraph to SSG in NAIC Official Guide

For Advanced Users

The first* information to

review before analysis

• Safety and financial

strength

• Capital structure

• Record of comments for

your future recollection

Comparison Guide

• Multiple Comparison Guides at the same time

• Add judgment to each row

• 16 additional items in ‘Other’ section

• Graphics

Comparison Guide

• Compare graphically any of 25 items for the selected companies

• See each company’s performance in each category

Challenge Tree Sort Financial Calculator

Updating

• from keyboard

• updating from NAIC/S&P Datafiles (yearly, quarterly, and balance sheet)

• price updating from the Internet

• price updating from STB - BBS (with Prospector software)

• price exchange with other programs (Quicken,etc.)

• links to Prospector for analyzing companies

• Internet link to company’s site

• Internet link to other favorite sites

Datafiles

• Import multiple companies

• Preview data

• Scroll through files to see interesting possibilities

• Import and save multiple instances of companies for club comparisons, pessimistic/optimistic analyses, etc.

Internet

Favorite Sites

• prices

• news

• company data

• company releases

• SSG files

• NAIC how-to

PortfoliosMeasures How your Holdings are Performing

Full summary for individual stocks and portfolio

Diversification

Shows portfolio balance...

• by sector, size, and currency...

• numerically and graphically

Cost of Switching and Planner

Follow NAIC principles...

• Invest for the long term

• Buy and hold well-managed good quality growth stocks

Reports and Other Items20+ Printed Reports

– multi-page report printing

– clean and appealing appearance

– full color (for color printers)

+ + + +

– beginner/advanced user modes

– on-line Help and Glossary

– User Manual and Investor Guide

– NAIC Approved, and lots more

Demonstration

The most comprehensive program for NAIC analysis