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Company name New York Times Co
Stock ticker NYT
Live stock price [stckqut]NYT[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $20.46
Target stock price (averages with growth) $14.85
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $6.83
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $16.66

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

The New York Times Company is a global media organization engaged in creating, collecting and distributing news and information. The Company includes The New York Times, International New York Times, NYTimes.com, INYT.com and related properties. The New York Times is a daily (Monday to Saturday) and Sunday newspaper, and International New York Times is a daily newspaper. The New York Times and the International New York Times reach a broad audience in print, online at NYTimes.com and on other digital platforms, and also deliver content online and across other digital platforms, including mobile and e-reader applications and social networking sites. The NYT and INYT applications are available for a variety of smart phones and tablets.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in New York Times Co as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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How was this analysis of New York Times Co 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: $13.43
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.23
  • P/E: 58
  • Future EPS Calc: $0.46
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $26.83
  • Target stock price: $16.66

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