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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 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 10, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Savient Pharmaceuticals Become the Perfect Stock? For Savient to get closer to perfection, it simply has to do one thing: Make Krystexxa the success story it seemed to be last year.
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 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 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 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 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 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 October 10, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Monsanto Become the Perfect Stock? Monsanto may not be perfect yet, but it's in the right place at the right time and has the opportunity to keep making money from a firmly entrenched trend.
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 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 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 October 24, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Kraft Foods Become the Perfect Stock? Let's discuss the ideal qualities of a perfect stock, then decide if Kraft Foods fits the bill.
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 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 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 November 1, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Chico's Become the Perfect Stock? If an economic recovery boosts the ability of older women to spend again, then Chico's could once again get its place in the sun.
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 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 October 4, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Visa Become the Perfect Stock? For now, Visa has everything it needs to succeed.
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 November 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Interactive Brokers Become the Perfect Stock? Since we looked at Interactive Brokers last year, the online broker has doubled its score.
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.
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 October 19, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Spectra Energy Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners.
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 22, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Silver Wheaton Become the Perfect Stock? The stock has made progress, and if silver cooperates, then a perfect 10 isn't so far away.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Cliffs Natural Resources Become the Perfect Stock? To get to a perfect 10, all Cliffs needs to do is to cut its somewhat high debt-to-equity ratio.
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 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 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 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 October 3, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Corning Become the Perfect Stock? Despite Corning's impressive showing on our 10-point scale, the company still has some work to do.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Duke Energy Become the Perfect Stock? If the company can return to dividend growth while looking to boost margins, Duke could get closer to perfection in the years to come.
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 11, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Altria Become the Perfect Stock? With a modest rise in share prices even before considering a dividend yield remaining near 6%, Altria has given shareholders a perfect combination of income and capital gains over the past year.
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 25, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Alcoa Become the Perfect Stock? Alcoa has been a member of the Dow Jones Industrials for more than 50 years now. It still represents part of the industrial core of the stock market.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Precision Drilling Become the Perfect Stock? Precision has a very real chance of recovering its former glory, but to do so, it needs to keep paying down debt and reestablish at least part of its past dividend.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has MasterCard Become the Perfect Stock? With an insignificant dividend and a fairly pricey valuation, MasterCard falls short of perfection. But if it can keep making the right moves, the company could easily keep improving in the years to come.
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 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 October 18, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Brocade Become the Perfect Stock? A discussion on the ideal qualities of a perfect stock and then a look at whether Brocade Communications fits the bill.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Annaly Capital Become the Perfect Stock? With its leveraged model, Annaly will never be a perfect 10 on our scale. But it's close.
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 October 12, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Become the Perfect Stock? For now, though, Green Mountain is running full-throttle and taking advantage of the coffee craze while it lasts.