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Company name Skyworks Solutions Inc
Stock ticker SWKS
Live stock price [stckqut]SWKS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

 

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

 

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $195.3
Target stock price (averages with growth) $163.25
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $124.94
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $135.51

 

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

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary semiconductor products, including intellectual property worldwide. Its product portfolio includes amplifiers, antenna tuners, attenuators, circulators/isolators, DC/DC converters, demodulators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, diversity receive modules, filters, front-end modules, hybrids, LED drivers, low noise amplifiers, mixers, modulators, optocouplers/optoisolators, phase locked loops, phase shifters, power dividers/combiners, receivers, switches, synthesizers, technical ceramics, voltage controlled oscillators/synthesizers, and voltage regulators, as well as wireless radio integrated circuits. The company provides its products for use in the aerospace, automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, industrial, medical, military, smartphone, tablet, and wearable markets. It sells its products through direct sales force, electronic component distributors, and independent sales representatives. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Skyworks Solutions 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.

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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: $126.41
  • Growth: 0.145
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.065929
  • P/E: 21.8908716449913
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.96
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $218.24
  • Target stock price: $135.51

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Company name Visa Inc
Stock ticker V
Live stock price [stckqut]V[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

 

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

 

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $262.31
Target stock price (averages with growth) $224.65
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $180.68
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $199.15

 

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

Visa Inc. operates as a payments technology company worldwide. The company facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, strategic partners, and government entities. It operates VisaNet, a processing network that enables authorization, clearing, and settlement of payment transactions. In addition, the company offers card products, as well as value-added services. It provides its services under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink, V PAY, and PLUS brands. Visa Inc. has a strategic partnership with NovoPayment to enable financial institutions and merchants to deploy Visa’s digital solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean; and a strategic agreement with Intuit Inc. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Visa 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 Visa 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: $194.99
  • Growth: 0.122478914708533
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.814509
  • P/E: 30.9549878231515
  • Future EPS Calc: $10.36
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $320.72
  • Target stock price: $199.14

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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 Starbucks Corporation
Stock ticker SBUX
Live stock price [stckqut]SBUX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

 

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

 

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $117.87
Target stock price (averages with growth) $5844.91
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $103.61
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $117.22

 

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

Starbucks Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a roaster, marketer, and retailer of specialty coffee worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Americas; International; and Channel Development. Its stores offer coffee and tea beverages, roasted whole bean and ground coffees, single-serve and ready-to-drink beverages, and iced tea; and various food products, such as pastries, breakfast sandwiches, and lunch items. The company also licenses its trademarks through licensed stores, and grocery and foodservice accounts. It offers its products under the Starbucks, Teavana, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Evolution Fresh, Ethos, Starbucks Reserve, and Princi brand names. As of October 30, 2019, the company operated approximately 31,000 stores. Starbucks Corporation was founded in 1971 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Starbucks Corporation 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.

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How was this analysis of Starbucks Corporation 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: $76.31
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.81
  • P/E: 27
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.99
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $188.78
  • Target stock price: $117.22

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