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

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

Affymetrix, Inc. (Affymetrix) is engaged in the development, manufacture, sale and service of consumables and systems for genetic analysis in the life sciences and clinical healthcare markets. Affymetrix has developed its GeneChip system and related microarray technology as a platform for acquiring, analyzing and managing genetic information. The Company offers a line of products for two principal applications: genotyping and gene expression. Related microarray technology also offered by Affymetrix includes licenses for fabricating, scanning, collecting and analyzing results from complementary technologies. The Company also sells some of its products through life science supply specialists acting as authorized distributors in Latin America, India, the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions, including China. In October 2013, StoneCalibre announced that the completion of the acquisition of Anatrace, a part of Affymetrix, Inc.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Affymetrix, Inc. 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]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $41.85
Target stock price (averages with growth) $41.6
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $25.75
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $50.78

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

Coherent, Inc. (Coherent) is a suppliers of photonics-based solutions in a range of commercial and scientific research applications. The Company designs, manufactures, service and markets lasers and related accessories for a group of customers. The Company is organized into two operating segments: Commercial Lasers and Components (CLC) and Specialty Lasers and Systems (SLS). CLC’s markets include materials processing, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) components and instrumentation and microelectronics. SLS develops and manufactures configurable, advanced performance products serving the microelectronics, scientific research and government programs and OEM components and instrumentation markets. The Company’s products address a range of applications the Company group into the four markets: Microelectronics, Materials Processing, OEM Components and Instrumentation, and Scientific Research and Government Programs.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Coherent, 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: $55.74
  • Growth: 0.08
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.42
  • P/E: 23
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.55
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $81.78
  • Target stock price: $50.78

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Company name Viropharma Inc
Stock ticker VPHM
Live stock price [stckqut]VPHM[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

ViroPharma Incorporated (ViroPharma) is biotechnology company. The Company is engaged in the development and commercialization of solutions for physician specialists to address unmet medical needs of patients living with diseases that have few if any clinical therapeutic options including therapeutics for rare and orphan diseases. Its product development portfolio is focused on four programs: inryze (C1 esterase inhibitor [human]) for management of hereditary angioedema, maribavir for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, VP 20621 for the management of C. difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) and VP20629, which the Company expects to develop for the treatment of Friedreich’s Ataxia. Its product development portfolio is focused on: C1 esterase inhibitor [human], maribavir for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, VP20621 (prevention of recurrent CDAD) and VP20629 (treatment of Friedreich’s Ataxia). On January 23, 2014, Shire Plc completed tender offer for 79.5% of ViroPharma Inc.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Viropharma Inc. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.
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Company name The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.
Stock ticker MW
Live stock price [stckqut]MW[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $55.18
Target stock price (averages with growth) $44.92
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $30.7
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $53.58

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

The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. is a specialty retailer of men’s suits and a provider of tuxedo rental product in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments: retail and corporate apparel. As of February 2, 2013, the Company operated 1,143 retail stores, with 1,023 stores in the United States and 120 stores in Canada. Its United States retail stores are operated under the brand names of Men’s Wearhouse (638 stores), Men’s Wearhouse and Tux (288 stores) and K&G (97 stores) in 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Company’s Canadian stores are operated under the brand name of Moores Clothing for Men (Moores) in 10 provinces. The Company also conducts retail dry cleaning, laundry and heirlooming operations through MW Cleaners in the Houston, Texas area. In June 2014, the Company acquired Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.

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How was this analysis of The Men’s Wearhouse, 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: $53.75
  • Growth: 0.1
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.41
  • P/E: 38
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.27
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $86.29
  • Target stock price: $53.58

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Company name SINA Corp
Stock ticker SINA
Live stock price [stckqut]SINA[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $0.01
Target stock price (averages with growth) $0.74
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $2.88
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $62.24

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

SINA Corporation (SINA), incorporated on July 9, 1997, is an online media company serving China and the global Chinese communities. Its digital media network of SINA.com (portal), SINA.cn (mobile portal) and Weibo.com (social media), enable Internet users to access professional media and user generated content (UGC) in multi-media formats from the Web and mobile devices and share their interests to friends and acquaintances. SINA.com offers distinct and targeted professional content on each of its region specific Websites and a range of complementary offerings. SINA.cn provides information and entertainment content from SINA portal customized for wireless access protocol (WAP) users. Based on open platform architecture to host organically developed and third-party applications, Weibo.com is a form of social media, featuring micro-blogging services and social networking services, which allow users to connect and share information anywhere, anytime and with anyone on its platform.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in SINA Corp. The biggest problem is the inability to reliably return value to shareholders. This is typical in young companies so the prospects for the future may be better than the current status of the company. If you want to have more risk in your portfolio, this may be a company for you but I cannot recommend it for the general audience.

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How was this analysis of SINA 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: $45.37
  • Growth: 0.17
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.36
  • P/E: 127
  • Future EPS Calc: $0.78
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $100.23
  • Target stock price: $62.24

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