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Company name Lam Research Corporation
Stock ticker LRCX
Live stock price [stckqut]LRCX[/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) $288.36
Target stock price (averages with growth) $186.38
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $186.38
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $201.14

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

Lam Research Corporation, incorporated on October 8, 1989, is a supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. The Company designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes and services semiconductor processing systems that are used in the fabrication of integrated circuits (ICs). The Company operates through manufacturing and servicing of wafer processing semiconductor manufacturing equipment segment. The Company’s products are designed to enable its customers build a range of devices that are used in a range of electronic products, including cell phones, tablets, computers, storage devices and networking equipment. The Company’s customer base includes semiconductor memory, foundry and integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) that make products, such as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), negative-AND (NAND) memory and logic devices. The Company offers a portfolio of products that are used in several areas of the semiconductor manufacturing process flow, including thin film deposition, plasma etch and single-wafer clean. The Company also offers a range of services, including customer service, spares, upgrades, and refurbishment of its deposition, etch and clean products. The Company also provides refurbished legacy products.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Lam Research Corporation 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: $186.68
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $16.02
  • P/E: 12
  • Future EPS Calc: $26.99
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $323.93
  • Target stock price: $201.13

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Company name LGI Homes Inc
Stock ticker LGIH
Live stock price [stckqut]LGIH[/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) $114.9
Target stock price (averages with growth) $103.05
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $103.05
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $107.29

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

LGI Homes, Inc., incorporated on June 26, 2013, is a homebuilder and land developer. The Company is engaged in the design, construction, marketing and sale of new homes in markets in Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, South Carolina, North Carolina, Colorado, Washington and Tennessee. The Company operates through five segments: the Texas division, the Southwest division, the Southeast division, the Florida division and the Northwest division. The Texas division includes homebuilding operations in Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin locations. The Southwest division includes homebuilding operations in Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque, Denver and Colorado Springs locations. The Southeast division includes homebuilding operations in Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville locations. The Florida division includes homebuilding operations in Tampa, Orlando, Fort Myers and Jacksonville locations. The Northwest division includes homebuilding operations in Seattle location.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in LGI Homes 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: $74.43
  • Growth: 0.18
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.81
  • P/E: 13
  • Future EPS Calc: $13.29
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $172.79
  • Target stock price: $107.29

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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 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) $42.8
Target stock price (averages with growth) $41.51
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $41.51
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $42.15

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.

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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: $27.64
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.48
  • P/E: 11
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.17
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $67.88
  • Target stock price: $42.14

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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) $193.92
Target stock price (averages with growth) $188.33
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $188.33
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $185.87

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.

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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: $125.55
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $8.02
  • P/E: 15
  • Future EPS Calc: $19.95
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $299.34
  • Target stock price: $185.86

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Company name Illumina, Inc.
Stock ticker ILMN
Live stock price [stckqut]ILMN[/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) $469.32
Target stock price (averages with growth) $473.94
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $473.94
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $446.85

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

Illumina, Inc. (Illumina), incorporated on May 16, 2000, is a provider of sequencing- and array-based solutions for genetic analysis. The Company operates through two segments: Core Illumina and the consolidated variable interest entities (VIEs), which include the activities of GRAIL, Inc. (GRAIL) and Helix Holdings I, LLC (Helix). Core Illumina consists of its core operations. Core Illumina’s products and services serve customers in the research, clinical and applied markets, and enable the adoption of a range of genomic solutions. GRAIL is engaged in developing a blood test for early-stage cancer detection. Helix was established to enable individuals to explore their genetic information by providing sequencing and database services for consumers through third-party partners.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Illumina, 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: $306.91
  • Growth: 0.19
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.69
  • P/E: 53
  • Future EPS Calc: $13.57
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $719.65
  • Target stock price: $446.84

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