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Company name Google Inc
Stock ticker GOOG
Live stock price [stckqut]GOOG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $652.53
Target stock price (averages with growth) $652.59
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $331.44
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $648.02

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

Google Inc. (Google) is a global technology company. The Company’s business is focused around areas, such as search and display advertising, the Android operating system platform, consumer content through Google Play, enterprise, commerce and hardware products. The Company generates revenue primarily by delivering online advertising. The Company provides its products and services in more than 100 languages and in more than 50 countries, regions, and territories. On www.google.com or one of its other Google domains, users can find information in different languages and in many different formats. Google Play is a cloud-based, digital entertainment store with more than a million apps and games plus millions of songs and books and movies. Chromecast is a small and affordable device that users plug into their high-definition (HD) TV and it allows users to use their phone, tablet or laptop to cast online content to their TV screen.

 

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

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How was this analysis of Google 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: $541.98
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $20.15
  • P/E: 26.9
  • Future EPS Calc: $38.79
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $1043.64
  • Target stock price: $648.01

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Orders of Apple Inc.’s [stckqut]AAPL[/stckqut] iconic Watch have been disappointing and even become stagnant, says online consumer spending tracker Slice Engine.

Orders were brisk from the onset, far ahead of supply, and seemingly on the up. Inventory quickly sold out. Issues with the wearable’s taptic engine led people to believe a healthy supply chain was the only barrier to continued sales.

Source: Apple Inc. Watch Orders Have Largely Disappointed Since Initial Hype: Report

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With the Apple Watch having been launched barely a month ago, many are already comparing Apple’s new smart wearable to the existing ones in the market. There is no doubt that Apple [stckqut]AAPL[/stckqut] has shaken up the wearables market, and increased interest in it as well, but the Watch could hardly have been expected to instantly break barriers. It turns out that a study undertaken by investment firm Robert W. Baird & Co., spotted by Apple Insider, supports the argument that Apple has not yet monopolized the market, although it is indeed gaining ground.

Source: Apple Inc. Watch Gains Ground In Fitness Space