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Symbol Stock Price change today
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 6.2444%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 3.1541%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 3.0397%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 2.8074%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. 2.0713%
CEVA CEVA, Inc. 1.8182%
MCK McKesson Corporation 1.3242%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.2768%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. 1.2216%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. 1.2085%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 1.0301%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 1.0101%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp 0.9724%
HZO MarineMax Inc 0.8584%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.8523%
FB Facebook Inc 0.7869%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp 0.7797%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 0.7585%
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. 0.7223%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation 0.6677%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 0.6434%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 0.5474%
HSKA Heska Corp 0.4325%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 0.3027%
MIDD Middleby Corp 0.2803%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 0.2364%
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. 0.0946%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 0.0761%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. -0.0432%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -0.0618%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. -0.0726%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc -0.1163%
THRM Gentherm Inc -0.1433%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc -0.1891%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -0.2877%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -0.3283%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -0.3834%
BKNG Booking Holdings -0.3861%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -0.6592%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.763%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc -0.8091%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd -0.8165%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -0.9527%
IBP Installed Building Products Inc -1.0842%
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) -1.1115%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -1.2058%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -1.2426%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. -1.5951%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -1.6736%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -1.9088%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. -1.9894%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -2.1528%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) -2.4873%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. -14.4951%

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

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) $442.83
Target stock price (averages with growth) $651.92
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $442.83
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $439.88

 

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/algn
Align Technology, Inc., incorporated on April 3, 1997, designs, manufactures and markets a system of clear aligner therapy, intra-oral scanners and computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) digital services used in dentistry, orthodontics and dental records storage. The Company operates through two segments: Clear Aligner segment and Scanner and Services (Scanner) segment. The Clear Aligner segment consists of its Invisalign System, which includes Invisalign Full, Teen and Assist (Comprehensive Products), Express/Lite (Non-Comprehensive Products) and Vivera Retainers, along with its training and ancillary products for treating malocclusion (Non-Case). The Scanner segment consists of intra-oral scanning systems and other services available with the intra-oral scanners that provide digital alternatives to the traditional cast models. The Scanner segment includes its iTero scanner and OrthoCAD services. iTero scanner is used by dental professionals, and labs and services for restorative and orthodontic digital procedures, as well as Invisalign digital impression submission.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Align Technology, Inc. as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

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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: $286.49
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.9
  • P/E: 73
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.7
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $708.42
  • Target stock price: $439.87

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Company name Alliance Data Systems Corporation
Stock ticker ADS
Live stock price [stckqut]ADS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $194.94
Target stock price (averages with growth) $255.28
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $215.57
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $209.05

 

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/ads
Alliance Data Systems Corporation, incorporated on February 23, 1995, is a provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions serving consumer-based businesses in a range of industries. The Company offers a portfolio of integrated outsourced marketing solutions, including customer loyalty programs, database marketing services, end-to-end marketing services, analytics and creative services, direct marketing services, and private label and co-brand retail credit card programs. The Company operates through three segments: LoyaltyOne, which provides coalition and short-term loyalty programs through the Company’s Canadian AIR MILES Reward Program and BrandLoyalty Group B.V. (BrandLoyalty); Epsilon, which provides end-to-end, integrated direct marketing solutions, and Card Services, which provides risk management solutions, account origination, funding, transaction processing, customer care, collections and marketing services for the Company’s private label and co-brand retail credit card programs. Its client base is diversified across a range of end-markets, including financial services, specialty retail, grocery and drugstore chains, petroleum retail, automotive, hospitality and travel, telecommunications, insurance and healthcare.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Alliance Data Systems Corporation as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

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How was this analysis of Alliance Data Systems Corporation 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: $208.05
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $13.32
  • P/E: 15
  • Future EPS Calc: $22.44
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $336.67
  • Target stock price: $209.04

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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) $373.6
Target stock price (averages with growth) $534.15
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $362.83
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $371.74

 

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/adbe
Adobe Systems Incorporated, incorporated on May 9, 1997, is a software company. The Company offers a line of 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 across multiple operating systems, devices and media. The Company operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Marketing, and Print and Publishing. The Company markets and licenses its products and services directly to enterprise customers through its sales force and to end users through application stores and its own Website at www.adobe.com. It offers various products through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model or a managed services model (both of which are referred to as a hosted or cloud-based model), as well as through term subscription and pay-per-use models.

 

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.

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: $241.88
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.01
  • P/E: 60
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.97
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $598.68
  • Target stock price: $371.73

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $576.06
Target stock price (averages with growth) $848.06
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $576.06
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $574.93

 

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/abmd
ABIOMED, Inc., incorporated on June 4, 1987, is a provider of temporary percutaneous mechanical circulatory support devices. The Company offers care to heart failure patients. The Company operates in the segment of the research, development and sale of medical devices to assist or replace the pumping function of the failing heart. The Company develops, manufactures and markets products that are designed to enable the heart to rest, heal and recover by improving blood flow to the coronary arteries and end-organs and/or temporarily performing the pumping function of the heart. The Company’s product portfolio includes the Impella 2.5, Impella CP, Impella RP, Impella LD, Impella 5.0 and AB5000. Its products are used in the cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab), by interventional cardiologists, the electrophysiology lab, the hybrid lab and in the heart surgery suite by heart surgeons.

 

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

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 ABIOMED, 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: $372.45
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.93
  • P/E: 127
  • Future EPS Calc: $7.29
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $925.92
  • Target stock price: $574.92

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