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The mobile operations market in Japan is becoming increasingly competitive, due to such factors as price competition and market entry by new businesses. The company has taken these market conditions into account in setting guidance for the fiscal year ending March 2009. Currently, it expects net income of 495 billion yen on operating revenue of 4,597 billion yen. Although even the best stocks can fall in an overall down market, we feel that this stock has good upside potential in almost any other market environment. In addition, we feel that its strength outweigh the fact that it currently shows weak operating cash flow.

Exxon Mobil(XOM Quote) is a publicly traded international oil and gas company. Our buy rating for ExxonMobil has not changed since January 2004. The company's strong revenue and net income growth, along with a largely solid financial position, have contributed to this rating.

Although results for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 were impacted by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in the Gulf of Mexico, the company's revenues rose 34.7% year over year in the third quarter of fiscal 2008. Net income rose to a record $14.8 billion, an increase of 57.6% when compared to the same quarter last year. ExxonMobil also reported significant EPS improvement, continuing a trend of positive EPS growth over the past two years with an increase from $1.70 per share in the third quarter of fiscal 2007 to $2.86 per share in the most recent quarter. One clear sign of strength for this company is the fact that its current return on equity (ROE) exceeded its ROE from the same quarter one year prior, rising from 33.1% to 39.2%. In addition, the company has a very low debt to equity ratio of 0.1, implying that ExxonMobil has successfully managed its debt levels. An adequate quick ratio of 1.1 illustrates the company's ability to avoid short-term cash problems.