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Company name Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR)
Stock ticker TGS
Live stock price [stckqut]TGS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $34.26
Target stock price (averages with growth) $50.44
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $34.26
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $34.5

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=tgs

Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. is engaged in the transportation of natural gas and production and commercialization of natural gas liquids (Liquids). The Company operates through four segments: Natural Gas Transportation Services, Liquids Production and Commercialization, Other Services and Telecommunications. The Company’s pipeline system connects gas fields in southern and western Argentina with gas distributors and industries in those areas and in the greater Buenos Aires area. It also provides midstream services, which consist of gas treatment, removal of impurities from the natural gas stream, gas compression, wellhead gas gathering and pipeline construction, operation and maintenance services. The Company transports gas through approximately 5,675 miles of pipeline, of which it owns 4,745 miles. It operates the remaining 930 miles, which are owned by the Gas Trusts.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA to my Watch List.

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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: $22.23
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.77
  • P/E: 29
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.91
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $55.56
  • Target stock price: $34.5

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Company name Charles Schwab Corp
Stock ticker SCHW
Live stock price [stckqut]SCHW[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $76.1
Target stock price (averages with growth) $114.12
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $78.93
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $73.97

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=schw

The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC) is a savings and loan holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in wealth management, securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services. The Company provides financial services to individuals and institutional clients through two segments: Investor Services and Advisor Services. The Investor Services segment provides retail brokerage and banking services, retirement plan services and other corporate brokerage services. The Advisor Services segment provides custodial, trading, and support services as well as retirement business services. The Company offers a range of products to address individuals’ varying investment and financial needs. Its product offerings include brokerage, mutual funds, ETFs, advice solutions, banking and trust. Brokerage provides a range of brokerage accounts with cash management capabilities. Mutual funds offer third-party mutual funds through the Mutual Fund Marketplace.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Charles Schwab Corp as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding Charles Schwab Corp to my Watch List.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor. You can review the best companies that I have found (and I probably invest my own money in most of these companies) in my Watch List.

How was this analysis of Charles Schwab 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: $51.37
  • Growth: 0.19
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.56
  • P/E: 32
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.72
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $119.12
  • Target stock price: $73.96

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Company name MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
Stock ticker MKTX
Live stock price [stckqut]MKTX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

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) $306.97
Target stock price (averages with growth) $452.28
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $309.35
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $309.94

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=mktx

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. operates an electronic trading platform that enables fixed-income market participants to trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments using its trading technology. Institutional investor and broker-dealer firms are users of trading platform, accessing global liquidity in the United States corporate bonds, emerging markets and high-yield bonds, European bonds, the United States agency bonds, municipal bonds, credit default swaps and other fixed-income securities. Through Open Trading protocols, it executes trades in certain bonds between and among institutional investor and broker-dealer clients in a trading environment on a matched principal basis. It offers trading-related products and services, including market data to assist clients with trading decisions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; technology services to optimize trading environments, and execution services for exchange-traded fund managers.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in MarketAxess Holdings Inc. as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding MarketAxess to my WatchList.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor. You can review the best companies that I have found (and I probably invest my own money in most of these companies) in my Watch List.

How was this analysis of MarketAxess Holdings 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: $201.75
  • Growth: 0.198
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.89
  • P/E: 52
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.59
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $499.15
  • Target stock price: $309.93

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Company name CEVA, Inc.
Stock ticker CEVA
Live stock price [stckqut]CEVA[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $71.15
Target stock price (averages with growth) $104.75
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $71.15
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $70.92

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=ceva

CEVA, Inc. (CEVA) is a licensor of signal processing intellectual property (IP). The Company partners with semiconductor companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to create connected devices for a range of end markets, including mobile, consumer, automotive, industrial and Internet of things (IoT). The Company operates in the segment of licensing of intellectual property to semiconductor companies and electronic equipment manufacturers. CEVA addresses the requirements of the mobile, consumer, automotive, industrial and IoT markets by designing and licensing a range of application-specific signal processing platforms, which enable the design of solutions for developing a range of applications, including communications and connectivity, audio and voice, imaging and vision, and storage.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in CEVA, Inc. as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding CEVA to my Watch List.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor. You can review the best companies that I have found (and I probably invest my own money in most of these companies) in my Watch List.

How was this analysis of CEVA, 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: $46.15
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.85
  • P/E: 54
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.11
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $114.21
  • Target stock price: $70.91

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Company name Adobe Systems Incorporated
Stock ticker ADBE
Live stock price [stckqut]ADBE[/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) $271.16
Target stock price (averages with growth) $362.76
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $246.41
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $267.12

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=adbe

Adobe Systems Incorporated is a software company. The Company offers products and services used by professionals, marketers, knowledge workers, application developers, enterprises and consumers for creating, managing, delivering, measuring, optimizing and engaging with compelling content and experiences. It operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Marketing, and Print and Publishing. Its Digital Media segment provides tools and solutions that enable individuals, small and medium businesses and enterprises to create, publish, promote and monetize their digital content. Its Digital Marketing segment provides solutions and services for how digital advertising and marketing are created, managed, executed, measured and optimized. Its Print and Publishing segment addresses market opportunities ranging from the diverse authoring and publishing needs of technical and business publishing to its legacy type and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) printing businesses.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Adobe Systems Incorporated as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding Adobe Systems to my Watch List.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor. You can review the best companies that I have found (and I probably invest my own money in most of these companies) in my Watch List.

How was this analysis of Adobe Systems Incorporated 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: $175.24
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.39
  • P/E: 51
  • Future EPS Calc: $8.43
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $430.2
  • Target stock price: $267.12

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