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Company name Woodward Inc
Stock ticker WWD
Live stock price [stckqut]WWD[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $56.4
Target stock price (averages with growth) $65.74
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $47.25
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $51.55

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

Woodward, Inc., formerly Woodward Governor Company, is a designer, manufacturer and service provider of energy control and optimization solutions. The Company designs, produces and services components and integrated systems that manage and control the energy of fluid movement, motion, combustion and electricity. The Company designs, produces and services energy control products. The Company has production and assembly facilities in the United States, Europe and Asia. The Company focuses on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and equipment packagers. It also provides aftermarket repair, replacement and other service support for its installed products. Its customers include OEMs and end users of their products.

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in this stock as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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Company name Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc
Stock ticker KNX
Live stock price [stckqut]KNX[/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) $59.19
Target stock price (averages with growth) $87.14
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $59.19
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $56.24

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/knx

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. is a publicly traded, American, truckload motor shipping carrier based in Phoenix, Arizona. Knight began transporting general commodities from Phoenix, Arizona, to Los Angeles, California. Starting with just a handful of trucks and one service center in Phoenix, Arizona, the company now runs a fleet of over 4,000 tractors and more than 8,700 trailers (dry, refrigerated, and brokerage). Revenues have grown from over 13 million in 1991 to over $866 million in 2011, with operating ratios at or near 80% year after year. They have grown from a few associates to more than 4,000, and from a family-owned business to a publicly held company trading on the New York Stock Exchange (KNX) in 1994.

Knight engages in the transportation of general commodities in the United States. It provides asset-based dry van truckload and temperature controlled truckload carrier services primarily to short to medium lengths of haul. The company also offers non-asset-based brokerage services. As of September 24, 2007, the company operates 27 regional dry van service centers, 6 regional temperature controlled service centers, 12 brokerage service centers, and 13 truck and trailer sales locations.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding Knight Swift 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 Knight-Swift Transportation 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: $38.29
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.55
  • P/E: 8
  • Future EPS Calc: $11.32
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $90.57
  • Target stock price: $56.23

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Company name Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC
Stock ticker JAZZ
Live stock price [stckqut]JAZZ[/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) $267.2
Target stock price (averages with growth) $365.5
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $248.27
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $259.41

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/jazz

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company, incorporated on March 15, 2005, is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on developing and commercializing products that address unmet medical needs. The Company has a diverse portfolio of products and product candidates with a focus in the areas of sleep and hematology/oncology. The Company’s lead marketed products include Xyrem (sodium oxybate oral solution) for the treatment of both cataplexy and excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with narcolepsy; Erwinaze for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and Defitelio (defibrotide) for the treatment of severe hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD).

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I will be adding Jazz 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 Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 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: $172.94
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $7.3
  • P/E: 23
  • Future EPS Calc: $18.16
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $417.78
  • Target stock price: $259.41

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Company name Texas Roadhouse Inc
Stock ticker TXRH
Live stock price [stckqut]TXRH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $27.92
Target stock price (averages with growth) $39.61
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $36.51
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $27.69

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

Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (Texas Roadhouse) is a full-service restaurant chain. The Company offers an assortment of specially seasoned and aged steaks hand-cut daily on the premises and cooked to orders over open gas-fired grills. In addition to steaks, the Company also offers its guests a selection of ribs, fish, seafood, chicken, pork chops, pulled pork and vegetable plates, and an assortment of hamburgers, salads and sandwiches. As of December 25, 2012, the Company owned and operated 320 restaurants and franchised or licensed an additional 72 restaurants. Of the 320 restaurants the Company owned and operated at the end of 2012, 318 operated as Texas Roadhouse restaurants, while two operated under the name of Aspen Creek.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in this stock as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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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: $25.38

Growth: 0.12

Current EPS (TTM): $1.1

P/E: 23

Future EPS Calc: $1.93

Future Stock Price Calc: $44.58

Target stock price: $27.68

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