| Company name | Google Inc |
| Stock ticker | GOOG |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]GOOG[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Fair |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Good |
| Sales growth | Good |
| EPS growth | Good |
| P/E growth | Fair |
| EBIT growth | Good |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Good |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $633.17 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $839.56 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $628.82 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $607.82 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=goog
Google Inc. (Google), is a global technology company. The Company’s business is primarily focused around key areas, such as search, advertising, operating systems and platforms, enterprise and hardware products. The Company generates revenue primarily by delivering online advertising. The Company also generates revenues from Motorola by selling hardware products. The Company provides its products and services in more than 100 languages and in more than 50 countries, regions, and territories. Effective February 7, 2014, Google Inc acquired the remaining 88% interest in Nest Labs Inc. Effective February 21, 2014, Google Inc acquired Spider.io, a provider of online fraud detection services. Effective March 12, 2014, Google Inc acquired Green Throttle Games. In April 2014, Google Inc acquired Titan Aerospace. Effective May 5, 2014, the Company acquired Rangespan. Effective May 6, 2014, the Company acquired Adometry Inc. Effective May 7, 2014, the Company acquired Appetas Inc.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Google Inc.
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How was this analysis of Google Inc calculated?
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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: $511
Growth: 0.14
Current EPS (TTM): $18.83
P/E: 27
Future EPS Calc: $36.25
Future Stock Price Calc: $978.9
Target stock price: $607.81
I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]