Allergan, Inc. ($AGN) Possible Buy to $199 Confident Investor Rating: Good

Company name Allergan, Inc.
Stock ticker AGN
Live stock price [stckqut]AGN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $266.97
Target stock price (averages with growth) $259.81
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $106.31
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $248.31

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

Allergan, Inc. is a multi-specialty health care Company focused on developing and commercializing pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices and over-the-counter products. The Company’s segments include specialty pharmaceuticals, which produces a range of pharmaceutical products, including ophthalmic products for dry eye, glaucoma, inflammation, infection, allergy and retinal disease; Botox for certain therapeutic and aesthetic indications; skin care products for acne, psoriasis, eyelash growth and other prescription and over-the-counter skin care products; and urologic products and the medical devices segment, which produces a range of medical devices, including breast implants for augmentation, revision and reconstructive surgery and tissue expanders; obesity intervention products, and facial aesthetics products. In April 2014, TauTona Group’s subsidiary Aline Aesthetics has completed the sale of its Aline hyaluronic acid (HA) thread technology to Allergan, Inc.

 

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

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How was this analysis of Allergan, 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: $172.58
  • Growth: 0.18
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.37
  • P/E: 40
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.99
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $399.9
  • Target stock price: $248.3

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