Company name The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.
Stock ticker MW
Live stock price [stckqut]MW[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $55.18
Target stock price (averages with growth) $44.92
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $30.7
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $53.58

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

The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. is a specialty retailer of men’s suits and a provider of tuxedo rental product in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments: retail and corporate apparel. As of February 2, 2013, the Company operated 1,143 retail stores, with 1,023 stores in the United States and 120 stores in Canada. Its United States retail stores are operated under the brand names of Men’s Wearhouse (638 stores), Men’s Wearhouse and Tux (288 stores) and K&G (97 stores) in 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Company’s Canadian stores are operated under the brand name of Moores Clothing for Men (Moores) in 10 provinces. The Company also conducts retail dry cleaning, laundry and heirlooming operations through MW Cleaners in the Houston, Texas area. In June 2014, the Company acquired Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.

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How was this analysis of The Men’s Wearhouse, 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: $53.75
  • Growth: 0.1
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.41
  • P/E: 38
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.27
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $86.29
  • Target stock price: $53.58

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