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How many times have you reflected on events in your life and thought, “If I had only done this, my life would be different?”<!----> Some people might think of different educational or career choices they might have made. Others may think of improving relationships, physical fitness or certainly their finances. Perhaps buying and holding shares of Dell (DELL), Microsoft (MSFT), or, more recently, Google (GOOG) or MasterCard (MA) would come to mind.

When I look to buy stocks, I look for 5 characteristics: 1) Profitable, 2) Enterprise value to revenue ratio less than 1, 3) Price to net tangible assets less than 1, 4) Growing Revenue, and 5) Strategically sound. When screening through 7000+ stocks, there are typically around 25 companies that meet the first four criteria. The current list is down to 19 companies. This is my Ugly Ducklings list.