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GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company’s financial situation is. It is based on these factors

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest coverage (current year).
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better
3. Altman Z-score.

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

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GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company’s business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin
2. Trend of the Operating Margin (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
••3. Consistency of the profitability
4. Piotroski F-Score
5. Predictability Rank•

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength Rank. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

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Q4 2012

NCQ Guru Trades in Q4 2012

Jim Simons 124,800 sh (New)
Seth Klarman 5,005,298 sh (+8.81%)
John Paulson 5,921,608 sh (unchged)
Murray Stahl 105,827 sh (-6.11%)
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Q1 2013

NCQ Guru Trades in Q1 2013

Seth Klarman 5,005,298 sh (unchged)
John Paulson 5,912,709 sh (-0.15%)
Murray Stahl 99,072 sh (-6.38%)
Jim Simons 101,000 sh (-19.07%)
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EV-to-EBIT 12.5
NCQ's EV-to-EBIT is ranked higher than
100% of the 346 Companies
in the Global Industrial Metals & Minerals industry.

( Industry Median: 11.78 vs. NCQ: 12.5 )
NCQ' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 12.5

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Industry: Industrial Metals & Minerals
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Traded in other countries:NCQ.Canada, NK5.Germany

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