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Company name Merck & Co., Inc.
Stock ticker MRK
Live stock price [stckqut]MRK[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $86.24
Target stock price (averages with growth) $78.66
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $49.04
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $60.27

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=mrk

Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck) is a global health care company that delivers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products, which it markets directly and through its joint ventures. The Company consists of four operating segments, which are the Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, Consumer Care and Alliances segments, and one reportable segment, which is the Pharmaceutical segment. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products marketed either directly by the Company or through joint ventures. Human health pharmaceutical products consist of therapeutic and preventive agents, generally sold by prescription, for the treatment of human disorders. Effective February 25, 2013, Dashtag, a unit of Merck & Co Inc’s Schering Plough Corp subsidiary acquired 17.95% interest in Fulford (India) Ltd.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Merck & Co., Inc.

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How was this analysis of Merck & Co., 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: $55.75

Growth: 0.12

Current EPS (TTM): $1.53

P/E: 36

Future EPS Calc: $2.69

Future Stock Price Calc: $97.06

Target stock price: $60.27

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

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Company name Monster Beverage Corp
Stock ticker MNST
Live stock price [stckqut]MNST[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $97.26
Target stock price (averages with growth) $118.8
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $82.69
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $92.91

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=mnst

Monster Beverage Corporation is a holding company. The Company develops, markets, sells and distributes alternative beverage, such as non-carbonated ready-to-drink iced teas, lemonades, juice cocktails, single-serve juices and fruit beverages, ready-to-drink dairy and coffee drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks, and single-serve still water (flavored and unflavored) with beverages, including sodas that are considered natural, sparkling juices and flavored sparkling beverages. It has two reportable segments, namely Direct Store Delivery (DSD), whose principal products comprise energy drinks, and Warehouse (Warehouse), whose principal products comprise juice-based and soda beverages. The DSD segment develops, markets and sells products primarily through an exclusive distributor network. The Warehouse segment develops, markets and sells products directly to retailers.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Monster Beverage Corp.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor. You can review the best companies that I have found (and I probably invest my own money in most of these companies) in my Watch List.

How was this analysis of Monster Beverage Corp 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: $70.06

Growth: 0.17

Current EPS (TTM): $1.95

P/E: 35

Future EPS Calc: $4.27

Future Stock Price Calc: $149.63

Target stock price: $92.91

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