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A sudden deterioration in Greece’s debt crisis shook global markets Monday.

Stocks around the world tumbled after a weekend breakdown in negotiations between the Greek government and its creditors left the country teetering on the brink of default and pushed it closer than ever to an exit from the eurozone.

Still, there was little sign of outright panic in the market. European stocks recovered slightly from early losses. Bonds in Italy, Spain and Portugal—highly indebted countries seen as vulnerable to the Greek crisis—also pared losses after initial sharp falls.

Greece has shut down its banking system for six days and imposed capital controls after the European Central Bank opted not to expand a lifeline of emergency funds. Charles Forelle assesses whether a bailout deal is still possible.

The Stoxx Europe 600 was down 2.4% midway through the session, wiping out most of the previous week’s gains on optimism that a deal would be done. Greece’s stock market will remain closed this week along with the country’s banks.

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Company name Monster Beverage 1990 Corp
Stock ticker MNST
Live stock price [stckqut]MNST[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $189.95
Target stock price (averages with growth) $216.72
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $102.08
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $188.57

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

Monster Beverage Corporation is a holding company. The Company develops, markets, sells and distributes alternative beverage category beverages under the brand names, which include Monster Energy, Hansen’s, Monster Rehab, Hansen’s Natural Cane Soda, Monster Energy Extra Strength Nitrous Technology, Junior Juice, Peace Tea and Juice Monster, among others. The Company operates through two segments: Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and Warehouse. The DSD segment develops, markets and sells products through a distributor network. The Company’s DSD segment consists of energy drinks, which include Monster Energy Brand Energy Drinks, Java Monster Coffee + Energy Drinks, Muscle Monster Energy Shakes, Monster Energy Extra Strength Nitrous Technology Energy Drinks, Monster Rehab Tea + Energy Drinks and Peace Tea Iced Teas and Juice Drinks. The Warehouse segment develops, markets and sells products directly to retailers. The Company’s Warehouse segment consists of juice-based and soda beverages.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Monster Beverage 1990 Corp.

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How was this analysis of Monster Beverage 1990 Corp 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: $133.53
  • Growth: 0.18
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.25
  • P/E: 59
  • Future EPS Calc: $5.14
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $303.69
  • Target stock price: $188.57

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