| Company name | Trinity Industries Inc |
| Stock ticker | TRN |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]TRN[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Fair |
| Sales growth | Good |
| EPS growth | Good |
| P/E growth | Poor |
| EBIT growth | Good |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Good |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $131.43 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $78.73 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $8.5 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $117.16 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=trn
Trinity Industries, Inc. (Trinity) is a multi-industry company. It manufactures and sells a range of products through a range of product lines, including Railcars and railcar parts in addition to leasing railcars to its customers through its integrated business model, which includes a leasing business, Trinity Industries Leasing Company (TILC); Inland barges; Structural wind towers; Highway products and Concrete and aggregates. It operates in five segments: Rail Group; Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group; Construction Products Group; Inland Barge Group, and Energy Equipment Group. In January 2014, Element Financial Corp completed its second railcar portfolio acquisition with the purchase of leased railcars from Trinity Industries. In January 2014, Trinity Industries Inc announced that its subsidiary acquired the assets of Alloy Custom Products Inc. In February 2014, Trinity Industries Inc acquired the assets of Platinum Energy Services Corporation.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Trinity Industries Inc.
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How was this analysis of Trinity Industries 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: $85.04
Growth: 0.17
Current EPS (TTM): $6.62
P/E: 13
Future EPS Calc: $14.51
Future Stock Price Calc: $188.68
Target stock price: $117.15
I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]