| Company name | Matthews International Corp |
| Stock ticker | MATW |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]MATW[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Good |
| Sales growth | Poor |
| EPS growth | Poor |
| P/E growth | Poor |
| EBIT growth | Poor |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Poor |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $27.66 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $26.86 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $25.34 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $26.03 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=matw
Matthews International Corporation (Matthews) is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of memorialization products and brand solutions. Memorialization products consist of bronze and granite memorials and other memorialization products, caskets and cremation equipment for the cemetery and funeral home industries. Brand solutions include graphics imaging products and services, marking and fulfillment systems products, and merchandising solutions. The Company’s products and operations are consisted of six business segments: Cemetery Products, Funeral Home Products, Cremation, Graphics Imaging, Marking and Fulfillment Systems, and Merchandising Solutions. On November 26, 2012, the Company completed the acquisition of Wetzel Holding AG, Wetzel GmbH and certain related affiliates (collectively Wetzel). In December 2012 the Company acquired Pyramid Controls Inc. and its affiliate, Pyramid Control Systems.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.
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