October 2014 Value Idea Contest Announcement
In order to encourage more idea sharing GuruFocus hosts a monthly value idea contest. We will reward qualified value idea submissions $1000 if the idea double in 12 months. Qualified authors will also receive $100 per submission. The submissions are evaluated monthly.
We review all the submissions in the area of business quality, financial strength, management, valuation, presentations and user comments. To qualify the award and compensation, the submission should score 26 or higher. The goal of the contest is to dig out high quality companies at reasonable prices. That is also how the scoring tilted to.
These are October’s submissions and the results of the review. Click on the tickers will bring you to the submissions.
| Â | Ticker | Business Quality | Financial Strength | Management | Analytical Depth | Undervalued | Presentation | Comments | Total |
| ValueStalker | TSX:FFH | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| apolloportfolio | DNOW | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| Robert Abbott | BALL | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| apolloportfolio | CNQ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| Robert Abbott | MTSC | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Robert Abbott | CCF | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| apolloportfolio | URBN | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| Robert Abbott | OTEX | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| apolloportfolio | KN | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| apolloportfolio | TWI | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| apolloportfolio | CCL | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
These are the comments on some of the submissions. Authors please review the comments and hopefully they will help you to write better in future submissions.
$100 per submission will be paid to the qualified submissions. We will also track the performances of these submissions. $1000 will be paid to these authors if their picks double in the next 12 months. Non-qualified, but exclusive submissions will be paid as regular articles.
We are looking forward to more submissions. Wish your pick double in 12 months.
