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Covanta Holding Corp (CVA)

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The Company is a developer, owner and operator of infrastructure for the conversion of energy-from-waste, waste disposal and renewable energy production businesses in the United States.

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Ticker Tags

Waste Management (8), Commercial Services and Supplies (102), Diversified Utilities (6), Distressed (1597), Industrials (718), Small Cap (1645), Cyclical (3415), Growth (1902)
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Covanta Holding Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $17.31
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:02 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $17.05
Daily Range: $17.04 - $17.44
52-Week Range: $12.47 - $19.78
Volume: 1,453,649
Market Cap: $2.68B
P/E Ratio: 23.36
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Covanta Holding Corp (CVA)

Avatar parker3773 (21.02) Submitted: 8/14/08 11:03 PM

This one is worth watching. I predict not a lot of middle ground with this. Either it's going to pay for your child's college education or you're going to increase your walmart position in the hopes of earning back the money you lost. My gut says that this will take off.

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Avatar Nostradamuss (23.64) Submitted: 10/05/09 4:18 PM : Underperform Start Price: $17.24 CVA Score: 1.93

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Avatar mrindependent (99.29) Submitted: 8/20/09 12:04 PM : Outperform Start Price: $16.97 CVA Score: -4.94

Following Jakila the Hun. The timing for this pick seems reasonable because Covanta's price recently dipped after a somewhat disappointing earnings report. Valuation is borderline. Although the price of 2 times book (or 22 times earnings) seems reasonable for a growth company like Covanta, the company has quite a bit of debt that must be paid from future cash flows. BUT- the upside is EXCITING. The company's mission of converting waste to energy makes sense at a very basic level - and surprisingly enough the company has generated decent profits in recent periods. This company could be THE NEXT BIG THING. If so, its high debt levels will be an easily surmountable issue.

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Avatar greenfuture (62.77) Submitted: 4/03/09 2:02 PM : Outperform Start Price: $14.82 CVA Score: -12.76

Covanta has been growing slowly, and analysts are forecasting more slow growth over the next few years - just ~8-15%. On that basis, even at today's near 52-week low share price, it should market perform or undeperform going forward.

But Covanta is a multinational world leader in turning a major environmental liability - non-recyclable waste - into a major environmental asset: clean energy and greenhouse gas reduction. Assuming it does this in a cost-effective way (I'm not familiar with those details), it qualifies as a member of the greenshift low-hanging-fruit family and ought to thrive not only in any global green revolution, but particularly in a financially constrained one, as we are experiencing now. So, optimistically, I hope to see it grow at 20-30%+. And with analysts estimating $1+ eps by 2010, that would give it a neutral target price of $20-$30+ by then.

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Avatar bigbonesmagoo (86.00) Submitted: 1/26/09 5:02 PM : Outperform Start Price: $18.12 CVA Score: -34.17

Trash to energy-c'mon--this business is fantastic. I have heard that some people are concerned that collections are down--there will always be trash don't be silly...

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Avatar WilliamCrook2007 (< 20) Submitted: 11/20/08 2:54 PM : Outperform Start Price: $19.29 CVA Score: -49.18

ibd

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