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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

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

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) $423.49
Target stock price (averages with growth) $494.14
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $324.08
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $373.74

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

Alliance Data Systems Corporation is a provider of transaction-based, data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions serving consumer-based businesses in a variety of industries. The Company offers a portfolio of integrated outsourced marketing solutions, including customer loyalty programs, database marketing services, marketing strategy consulting, analytics and creative services, direct marketing services and private label and co-brand retail credit card programs. It focuses on facilitating and managing interactions between its clients and their customers through all consumer marketing channels, including in-store, on-line, catalog, mail, telephone and email, and emerging channels, such as mobile and social media. Its products and services operate under three segments: LoyaltyOne, Epsilon and Private Label Services and Credit.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Alliance Data Systems Corporation.

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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: $274.23

Growth: 0.17

Current EPS (TTM): $7.42

P/E: 37

Future EPS Calc: $16.26

Future Stock Price Calc: $601.91

Target stock price: $373.74

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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

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) $39.71
Target stock price (averages with growth) $42.95
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $18.38
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $39.77

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

ABIOMED, Inc. is a provider of mechanical circulatory support devices and offers a continuum of care to heart failure patients. The Company develops, manufactures and markets products that is designed to enable the heart to rest, heal and recover by improving blood flow and/or performing the pumping function of the heart. The Company’s products are used in the cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab) by interventional cardiologists and in the heart surgery suite by heart surgeons for patients who are in need of hemodynamic support prophylactically or emergently before, during or after angioplasty or heart surgery procedures. In September 2012, the Company announced that its Impella CP product received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for partial circulatory support for up to six hours.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in ABIOMED, 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: $25.7

Growth: 0.2

Current EPS (TTM): $0.18

P/E: 143

Future EPS Calc: $0.44

Future Stock Price Calc: $64.04

Target stock price: $39.76

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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

Company name Analog Devices, Inc.
Stock ticker ADI
Live stock price [stckqut]ADI[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $51.77
Target stock price (averages with growth) $63.48
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $53.75
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $52.8

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

Analog Devices, Inc. (Analog Devices) is engaged in the design, manufacture and marketing of a range of analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits (ICs). The Company has focused on solving the engineering challenges associated with signal processing in electronic equipment. The Company’s signal processing products play a fundamental role in converting, conditioning, and processing real-world phenomena, such as temperature, pressure, sound, light, speed and motion into electrical signals to be used in a wide array of electronic devices. As new generations of digital applications evolve, new needs for highanalog signal processing and digital signal processing (DSP) technology are generated. In November 2013, Analog Devices, Inc completed the sale of the assets of its microphone product line to InvenSense, Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Analog Devices, Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I just recently added Analog Devices, Inc. to my Watch List and based on their latest financial reports and this analysis, I am going to remove the company. There are simply better companies to invest in at this time.

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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: $52.84

Growth: 0.1

Current EPS (TTM): $2.2

P/E: 24

Future EPS Calc: $3.54

Future Stock Price Calc: $85.03

Target stock price: $52.8

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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

Company name Apple Inc.
Stock ticker AAPL
Live stock price [stckqut]AAPL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

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) $822.4
Target stock price (averages with growth) $1310.57
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $1250.59
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $654.62

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

Apple Inc. (Apple) designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players, and a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. The Company’s products and services include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, the iOS and OS X operating systems, iCloud, and a variety of accessory, service and support offerings. The Company also delivers digital content and applications through the iTunes Store, App StoreSM, iBookstoreSM, and Mac App Store. The Company distributes its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, and direct sales force, as well as through third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers. In February 2012, the Company acquired app-search engine Chomp.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Apple 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: $536.86

Growth: 0.15

Current EPS (TTM): $40.32

P/E: 13

Future EPS Calc: $81.09

Future Stock Price Calc: $1054.27

Target stock price: $654.62

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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

Company name Agilent Technologies Inc.
Stock ticker A
Live stock price [stckqut]A[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $84.49
Target stock price (averages with growth) $102.93
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $77.33
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $67.75

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AA&sq=a&sp=2&ei=bmE5U5rfMYetqgG4Nw

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Agilent) is a measurement company providing bio-analytical and electronic measurement solutions to the communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis industries. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2011 (fiscal 2011), it had three business segments: electronic measurement business, chemical analysis business and life sciences business. Its electronic measurement business addresses the communications, electronics and other industries. Agilent’s chemical analysis business focuses on the petrochemical, environmental, forensics and food safety industries. Its life sciences business focuses on the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic and Government, bio-agriculture and food safety industries. In addition to its three businesses, it conducts research through Agilent Technologies Laboratories (Agilent Labs). In June 2012, the Company acquired cancer diagnostics company, Dako. In August 2012, the Company acquired Aurora SFC Systems, Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Agilent Technologies Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. While Agilent Technologies has dropped to a Fair company, I am leaving it on my Watch List for now.

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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: $54.69

Growth: 0.15

Current EPS (TTM): $2.17

P/E: 25

Future EPS Calc: $4.36

Future Stock Price Calc: $109.11

Target stock price: $67.75

I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]