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Company name Priceline Group Inc
Stock ticker PCLN
Live stock price [stckqut]PCLN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $2033.08
Target stock price (averages with growth) $2121.84
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $997.44
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $2012.05

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

The Priceline Group Inc. is a provider of travel and restaurant reservation and related services. The Company, through its online travel companies (OTCs), connects consumers wishing to make travel reservations with providers of travel services across the world. It offers consumers an array of accommodation reservations (including hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, apartments, vacation rentals and other properties) through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands. Its priceline.com brand also offers consumers reservations for rental cars, airline tickets, vacation packages and cruises. The Company offers rental car reservations across the world through rentalcars.com. The Company provides restaurants with reservation management services and consumers with the ability to make restaurant reservations at participating restaurants through OpenTable, Inc. (OpenTable), a provider of online restaurant reservations.

 

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

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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: $1427.2
  • Growth: 0.18
  • Current EPS (TTM): $52.46
  • P/E: 27
  • Future EPS Calc: $120.01
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $3240.42
  • Target stock price: $2012.04

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Company name Netflix, Inc.
Stock ticker NFLX
Live stock price [stckqut]NFLX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $147.99
Target stock price (averages with growth) $163.68
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $74.46
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $148.32

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

Netflix, Inc. (Netflix) is a provider of Internet television network. The Company’s members can watch original series, documentaries and feature films in Internet-connected screen. The Company has three operating segments: Domestic streaming, International streaming and Domestic DVD. The Domestic and International streaming segments derive revenues from monthly membership fees for services consisting of streaming content. The Domestic DVD segment derives revenues from monthly membership fees for services consisting of digital video disc (DVD)-by-mail. The Company’s members can watch television shows and movies directly on their televisions, computers and mobile devices. The Company offers streaming service both domestically and internationally. Its members can play, pause and resume watching, without commercials or commitments. Additionally, in the United States, the Company’s members can receive DVDs to their homes.

 

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

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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: $96.37
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.32
  • P/E: 300
  • Future EPS Calc: $0.79
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $238.87
  • Target stock price: $148.32

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Company name Merck & Co., Inc.
Stock ticker MRK
Live stock price [stckqut]MRK[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $98.03
Target stock price (averages with growth) $80.89
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $37.04
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $70.09

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

Merck & Co., Inc. is a global healthcare company. The Company offers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies and animal health products, which it markets directly and through its joint ventures. It operates through one segment, Pharmaceutical. The Company’s Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products marketed either directly by the Company or through joint ventures. Human health pharmaceutical products consist of therapeutic and preventive agents, generally sold by prescription, for the treatment of human disorders. The Company sells these human health pharmaceutical products primarily to drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies and managed healthcare providers. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures and markets animal health products, including vaccines. The Company’s animal health products are sold to veterinarians, distributors and animal producers.

 

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

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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: $63.29
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.83
  • P/E: 35
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.22
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $112.87
  • Target stock price: $70.08

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Company name Monster Beverage Corporation
Stock ticker MNST
Live stock price [stckqut]MNST[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

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) $201.4
Target stock price (averages with growth) $231.66
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $114.99
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $197.05

 

 

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

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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: $159.71
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.22
  • P/E: 49
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.47
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $317.35
  • Target stock price: $197.05

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