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The Motley Fool January 11, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Has Arena Pharmaceuticals Become the Perfect Stock? Since we looked at Arena Pharmaceuticals last year revenue has fallen back and debt-to-equity levels have soared.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Abbott Labs Become the Perfect Stock? For long-term investors, Abbott's continuing devotion to up its dividend -- its streak now stands at 39 years -- makes a compelling reason to hold onto your shares.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Taser Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Akamai Technologies Become the Perfect Stock? With falling growth and lackluster margins, Akamai deserves the multiple-compression it's seen over the past year.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has United Technologies Become the Perfect Stock? With a strong dividend that has shown consistent, substantial growth for years, United Technologies currently trades at a very attractive valuation.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Activision Blizzard Become the Perfect Stock? For Activision, a lot is riding on next week's release of the latest installment of the Call of Duty series.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Was Central European Distribution the Perfect Stock in 2011? Although the company attracted privately held Russian Standard Corporation enough to boost its stake to 30%, shares have still lost about 80% of their value this year.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has SandRidge Energy Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has AT&T Become the Perfect Stock? AT&T's future success lies with its broader strategy to bring bundles of services, including voice, video, and high-speed data not just to mobile devices but to households as well.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Pfizer Become the Perfect Stock? The pharma giant still faces the challenge of patent expirations that could outpace its pipeline development.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has DuPont Become the Perfect Stock? With more than 200 years of success behind it, DuPont has shown that it can survive tough times and thrive during good times.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has AllianceBernstein Become the Perfect Stock? The money manager saw its revenue growth come to a halt in the last 12 months, and despite an attractive dividend yield, the payout is still a shadow of what it was before the financial crisis.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has E*TRADE Financial Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Geron Become the Perfect Stock? Geron has a modest pipeline of cancer drugs, including imetelstat, which is currently in phase 2 clinical trials.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Linn Energy Become the Perfect Stock? Lynn is still seeing net losses, and net margins actually got worse in the past year despite strong revenue growth. But there's more to the story than those numbers suggest.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Baidu Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Under Armour Become the Perfect Stock? To become a perfect stock, Under Armour needs to put high-inventory concerns behind it.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Williams Become the Perfect Stock? What's making shareholders particularly happy is the dividend growth that Williams has produced just in the past year.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Sysco Become the Perfect Stock? Despite its high dividend yield and its perception as a defensive stock, Sysco should do better in a strong economy than in a weak one.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Rite Aid Become the Perfect Stock? The company needs to turn itself around first before anyone will seriously expect superior results from Rite Aid.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has International Paper Become the Perfect Stock? For IP to achieve perfection, it needs a strong economy to bolster demand for paper and packaging, along with continuing improvement to the company's balance sheet and sales growth.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Sprint Nextel Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners. Here's a closer look at Sprint Nextel.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has FirstEnergy Become the Perfect Stock? A solid dividend near 5% that has grown steadily in recent years could be all you can ask for from FirstEnergy.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Medco Health Solutions Become the Perfect Stock? A lot has happened in the pharmacy benefits management space since we looked at Medco last year.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has JDS Uniphase Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Has Pitney Bowes Become the Perfect Stock? To regain its perfection, Pitney Bowes needs to find a way to get out of its obsolescent business and build a new growth engine.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Has Transocean Become the Perfect Stock? With plenty of opportunities around the world for oil drilling, Transocean should be able to recover and get a whole lot closer to perfection.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Penn West Petroleum Become the Perfect Stock? Let's discuss the ideal qualities of a perfect stock, then decide if Penn West Petroleum fits the bill.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Valero Become the Perfect Stock? If you're looking for a way to bet on long-term demand for energy, Valero has plenty of potential -- and could get a lot closer to perfection in the years ahead.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Sherwin-Williams Become the Perfect Stock? For Sherwin-Williams to reverse course and improve, it really needs a turnaround in the economy.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Plexus Become the Perfect Stock? To reach perfection, Plexus needs to work on a number of fronts to reinvigorate growth while making internal operations more efficient.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Baxter International Become the Perfect Stock? Baxter needs to keep working on getting its debt levels down and seek out new growth opportunities. With favorable demographic winds at its back, Baxter could be the rare stock to actually reach perfection.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Hartford Financial Become the Perfect Stock? Hartford has made a lot of progress from its near-death experience in 2008 and early 2009, but it still has plenty of work to do.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Mosaic Become the Perfect Stock? For Mosaic to reach perfection, it needs to correct its outdated dividend policy and work further on improving its gross margins.
The Motley Fool November 25, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Merck Become the Perfect Stock? Like most other pharma companies, Merck is dealing with the imminent loss of patent protection on one of its blockbuster drugs.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Best Buy Become the Perfect Stock? If Best Buy can compete successfully with Amazon, there's an awful lot of upside for shareholders in the long run.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has MGM Resorts Become the Perfect Stock? Until the company can resolve that debt and start expanding its presence in the hot Asian market, maybe not.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has KKR Financial Become the Perfect Stock? As long as the interest rate party lasts, investors will likely keep on collecting big dividends from KKR Financial.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has New Zealand Telecom Become the Perfect Stock? After a proposed split, which analysts see gaining approval by the end of the year, New Zealand Telecom will be a different business.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Goodyear Tire Become the Perfect Stock? The key to Goodyear's perfection is for the tire company to keep cutting debt while continuing to focus on its strategy of higher-margin sales.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has American Express Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners. Unfortunately for AmEx, it appears that the credit card crisis may not be entirely over.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has TiVo Become the Perfect Stock? In order to regain some of its past glory, TiVo needs new innovation to adapt itself to the new video-streaming reality. Without it, TiVo will be stuck in its current mediocrity.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Has PulteGroup Become the Perfect Stock? Pulte needs to figure out how to raise customer interest and match up against its rivals before it digs a hole too deep to get out of.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Has WellPoint Become the Perfect Stock? WellPoint is unlikely to move up far in the point totals until there's some clarity on the health-care reform front. But the company's starting to pay a dividend is a positive sign that the company plans to keep doing well no matter what happens.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Frontline Become the Perfect Stock? The disappearance of Frontline's former double-digit dividend yield and its persistent debt make the stock far from perfect.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Has Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Become the Perfect Stock? For Red Robin to achieve perfection, it needs to get its debt down, its margins up, and its popularity among customers back to previous levels.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Consolidated Edison Become the Perfect Stock? ConEd gives investors the stability and security they've come to expect from utility stocks. But for growth investors, it's far from perfect.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Teva Pharmaceutical Become the Perfect Stock? Teva still looks poised to stay near perfection for the indefinite future.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has PDL BioPharma Become the Perfect Stock? Having moved from special dividends to a pure regular-dividend payout has improved income visibility for shareholders.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has National Grid Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners.