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Company name Netflix, Inc.
Stock ticker NFLX
Live stock price [stckqut]NFLX[/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) $614.72
Target stock price (averages with growth) $904.97
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $614.72
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $614.1

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

Netflix, Inc., incorporated on August 29, 1997, is a provider an Internet television network. The Company operates through three segments: Domestic streaming, International streaming, and Domestic DVD. The Domestic streaming segment includes services that streams content to its members in the United States. The International streaming segment includes services that streams content to its members outside the United States. The Domestic DVD segment includes services, such as digital optical disc (DVD)-by-mail.

The Company’s members can watch original series, documentaries, feature films, as well as television shows and movies directly on their Internet-connected screen, televisions, computers and mobile devices. It offers its streaming services both domestically and internationally. In the United States, its members can receive DVDs delivered to their homes. The Company had members streaming in over 190 countries, as of December 31, 2016. Its subsidiaries include Netflix Entretenimento Brasil LTDA, Netflix K.K., Netflix International B.V., Netflix Streaming Services, Inc., NetflixCS, Inc. and Netflix Studios, LLC.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Netflix, 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: $398.18
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.67
  • P/E: 238
  • Future EPS Calc: $4.15
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $989
  • Target stock price: $614.09

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Company name Micron Technology, Inc.
Stock ticker MU
Live stock price [stckqut]MU[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $84.18
Target stock price (averages with growth) $123.93
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $84.18
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $83.87

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

Micron Technology, Inc., incorporated on April 6, 1984, is engaged in semiconductor systems. The Company’s portfolio of memory technologies, including dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), negative-AND (NAND) Flash, and NOR Flash are the basis for solid-state drives, modules, multi-chip packages and other system solutions. Its business segments include Compute and Networking Business Unit (CNBU), which includes memory products sold into compute, networking, graphics and cloud server markets; Mobile Business Unit (MBU), which includes memory products sold into smartphone, tablet and other mobile-device markets; Storage Business Unit (SBU), which includes memory products sold into enterprise, client, cloud and removable storage markets, and SBU also includes products sold to Intel through its Intel/Micron Flash Technology (IMFT) joint venture, and Embedded Business Unit (EBU), which includes memory products sold into automotive, industrial, connected home and consumer electronics markets. The Company’s memory solutions enable computing, consumer, enterprise storage, networking, mobile, embedded and automotive applications. The Company markets its products through internal sales force, independent sales representatives and distributors primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and retailers located around the world.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Micron Technology, Inc. as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

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 Micron Technology, 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: $54.48
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $9.87
  • P/E: 5.5
  • Future EPS Calc: $24.55
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $135.07
  • Target stock price: $83.87

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Company name Merck & Co., Inc.
Stock ticker MRK
Live stock price [stckqut]MRK[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $91.88
Target stock price (averages with growth) $101.76
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $69.62
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $76.43

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

Merck & Co., Inc., incorporated in 1970, is a global healthcare company. The Company offers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies and animal health products. It operates through four segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, Healthcare Services, and Alliances. The Company’s Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products marketed either directly by the Company or through joint ventures. Human health pharmaceutical products consist of therapeutic and preventive agents, generally sold by prescription, for the treatment of human disorders. The Company sells its human health pharmaceutical products primarily to drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies and managed healthcare providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions. Vaccine products consist of preventive pediatric, adolescent and adult vaccines, primarily administered at physician offices.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Merck & Co., Inc. as long as the price is correct and the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I think there are better investments on the market so I am removing Merck from my Watch List.

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How was this analysis of Merck & Co., 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: $60.46
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.53
  • P/E: 40
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.07
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $123.09
  • Target stock price: $76.43

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Company name MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
Stock ticker MKTX
Live stock price [stckqut]MKTX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $213.48
Target stock price (averages with growth) $266.3
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $213.03
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $218.96

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

MarketAxess Holdings Inc., incorporated on April 11, 2000, operates an electronic trading platform that enables fixed-income market participants to trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments using its trading technology. Institutional investor and broker-dealer firms are the users of its trading platform, accessing global liquidity in the United States corporate bonds, emerging markets and high-yield bonds, European bonds, the United States agency bonds, municipal bonds, credit default swaps and other fixed-income securities. Through its Open Trading protocols, the Company executes trades in certain bonds between and among institutional investor and broker-dealer clients in an all-to-all trading environment on a matched-principal basis. The Company also offers trading-related products and services, including market data to assist clients with trading decisions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; technology services to optimize trading environments, and execution services for exchange-traded fund managers and other clients. Through its Trax division, the Company also offers a range of pre- and post-trade services, including trade matching, regulatory transaction reporting, and market and reference data across a range of fixed-income and other products.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in MarketAxess Holdings Inc. as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

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 MarketAxess 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: $200.72
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.35
  • P/E: 46
  • Future EPS Calc: $7.66
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $352.64
  • Target stock price: $218.96

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Company name Middleby Corp
Stock ticker MIDD
Live stock price [stckqut]MIDD[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $76.31
Target stock price (averages with growth) $86.09
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $80.24
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $90.57

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

The Middleby Corporation (Middleby), incorporated on March 12, 1985, is engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of commercial foodservice, food processing equipment and residential kitchen equipment. The Company operates in three segments: the Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group, the Food Processing Equipment Group and the Residential Kitchen Equipment Group. The Company is also engaged in the design, manufacture, marketing, distribution and service of a range of foodservice equipment used in commercial restaurants and institutional kitchens; food preparation, cooking, baking, chilling and packaging equipment for food processing operations, and kitchen equipment, including ranges, ovens, refrigerators, ventilation and dishwashers used in the residential market. The Company’s subsidiary is Middleby Marshall Inc. The Company manufactured and assembled the equipment at 28 facilities in the United States, and 23 international manufacturing facilities as of December 31, 2016.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Middleby Corp as long as the price is correct and the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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 Middleby 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: $103.21
  • Growth: 0.07
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.2
  • P/E: 20
  • Future EPS Calc: $7.29
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $145.86
  • Target stock price: $90.57

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