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Company name Methanex Corporation
Stock ticker MEOH
Live stock price [stckqut]MEOH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

 

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Poor
EBITDA growth Good
Price growth Poor
R&D growth Poor
Income growth Good
Assets growth Poor
Return on Assets growth Good
Income / Rev growth Good
TWCA Plus Good
Standard TWCA Poor
Weighted ann. stock price increase Poor

 

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $28.71
Target stock price (averages with growth) $17.13
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $24.5
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $24.15

 

The following company description is from Reuters: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/meoh/profile?p=meoh

Methanex Corporation produces and supplies methanol in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and South America. It also purchases methanol produced by others under methanol offtake contracts and on the spot market. In addition, the company owns and leases storage and terminal facilities. It owns and manages a fleet of approximately 30 ocean-going vessels. The company serves chemical and petrochemical producers. Methanex Corporation was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Methanex Corporation. I am removing Methanex from 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: $18.58
  • Growth: 0.174333333333333
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.9467915
  • P/E: 18.3944050322267
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.11
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $38.89
  • Target stock price: $24.15

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Company name Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A
Stock ticker STZ
Live stock price [stckqut]STZ[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

 

The following company description is from Reuters: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/stz/profile?p=stz

Constellation Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, imports, and markets beer, wine, and spirits in the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and Italy. It provides beer primarily under the Corona Extra, Corona Premier, Corona Familiar, Corona Light, Corona Refresca, Corona Hard Seltzer, Modelo Especial, Modelo Negra, Modelo Chelada, Pacifico, and Victoria brands. The company offers wine under the 7 Moons, Drylands, SIMI, Charles Smith, Auros, Kim Crawford, Spoken Barrel, Prisoner, Champagne Palmer & Co, Meiomi, Robert Mondavi, Cooper & Thief, Mount Veeder, Schrader, Crafters Union, Nobilo, Cuvée Sauvage, and Ruffino; and spirits under the Casa Noble, High West, Mi CAMPO, Nelson’s Green Brier, SVEDKA, The Real McCoy brands. It provides its products to wholesale distributors, retailers, on-premise locations, and state alcohol beverage control agencies. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Victor, New York.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name SINA Corp
Stock ticker SINA
Live stock price [stckqut]SINA[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Reuters: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/sina/profile?p=sina

SINA Corporation operates as an online media company in the People’s Republic of China and internationally. The company operates SINA.com, an online media property that provides region-focused format and content, including feeds from news providers; business news coverage and personal finance columns; multimedia news; sporting events information; entertainment news and events; automobile-related news and service information; technology updates; interactive video products, such as news, sports, and entertainment; and education, digital, fashion, luxury, health, collectibles, travel, and other interest-based channels. It also offers SINA mobile, a mobile portal, which provides news information and entertainment content from SINA.com for mobile users in mobile browser and application format. In addition, it operates Weibo.com that offers discovery products to help users discover content; self-expression products to enable users to express themselves on Weibo platform; social products to promote social interaction between users on Weibo platform; advertising and marketing solutions; and tools and services. Further, the company offers online loan facilitation and payment, VIP membership, live streaming, and game-related services. SINA Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in SINA Corp. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name Coherent, Inc.
Stock ticker COHR
Live stock price [stckqut]COHR[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

 

The following company description is from Reuters: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/cohr/profile?p=cohr

Coherent, Inc. provides lasers, laser-based technologies, and laser-based system solutions for a range of scientific, commercial, and industrial applications. It operates in two segments, OEM Laser Sources and Industrial Lasers & Systems. The company designs, manufactures, markets, and services lasers, laser tools, precision optics, and related accessories; and laser measurement and control products. Its products are used in markets, including microelectronics, materials processing, original equipment manufacturer components and instrumentation, and scientific research and government programs. The company markets its products through a direct sales force in the United States, as well as through direct sales personnel and independent representatives internationally. Coherent, Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Coherent, Inc. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable. I am removing Coherent from my Watch List.

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Company name China Biologic Products Holdings Inc
Stock ticker CBPO
Live stock price [stckqut]CBPO[/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) $139.17
Target stock price (averages with growth) $95.37
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $95.37
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $107.17

 

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

China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is principally engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and sales of human plasma-based biopharmaceutical products in China. It operates through the manufacture and sales of human plasma products segment. China Biologic has a product portfolio with over 20 various dosage forms of plasma products and other biopharmaceutical products across nine categories.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in China Biologic Products Holdings Inc 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 China Biologic Products 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: $89.93
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.32
  • P/E: 27
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.39
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $172.59
  • Target stock price: $107.16

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