Company name ePlus Inc.
Stock ticker PLUS
Live stock price [stckqut]PLUS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $83.48
Target stock price (averages with growth) $7.18
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $5.4
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $67.38

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3APLUS&sq=plus&sp=5&ei=iAicUrjSFtO60AGuJw

ePlus inc. (ePlus), along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the business of selling, leasing, financing and managing information technology and other assets and provides software. The Company operates in two segments: technology sales business segment and financing business segment. The technology sales business segment includes sales of information technology hardware, third party software, professional engineering services, and third party maintenance contracts and the Company’s software. The Company’s financing business segment consists of the financing of equipment. On November 14, 2013, the Company’s subsidiary, ePlus Technology, Inc. acquired AdviStor, Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in ePlus Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of ePlus Inc. are good, in fact the company ranks as a Good company, but there are some concerns with the price of the stock. I am not adding this company to my Watch List even though the stock is a Good Company.
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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

Stock price at the time of the calculation: $54.02

Growth: 0.15

Current EPS (TTM): $4.15

P/E: 13

Future EPS Calc: $8.34

Future Stock Price Calc: $108.51

Target stock price: $67.37

I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]

When asked if they would rather be smart or dumb, surely everyone would answer smart! If you’re looking to improve your mental capabilities you can start by following in the footsteps of some of the smartest people in the world.

A person’s Intelligence Quotient indicates their mental abilities relative to others of approximately the same age.

  • Average IQ= 100
  • Above Average=115
  • Genius= 140
  • Extraordinary Genius=160

I have often wrote that you do not need to be a genius to invest in the market. In fact, the market is not always kind to smart people. Most of the math is adequately done with math that you learned in 4th grade math class. Even still, it is interesting to look at the habits (good and bad) of those that appear to be extremely intelligent.

 

The Habits of Smart People
Source: Online-PhD-Programs.org