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Company name Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Stock ticker TMO
Live stock price [stckqut]TMO[/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 Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $161.81
Target stock price (averages with growth) $144.44
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $70.41
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $139.85

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

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is a provider of analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, software and services for research, manufacturing, analysis, discovery and diagnostics. The company operates through four segments: Life Sciences Solutions, provides reagents, instruments and consumables used in biological and medical research, discovery and production of new drugs and vaccines as well as diagnosis of disease; Analytical Instruments, provides instruments, consumables, software and services that are used in the laboratory; Specialty Diagnostics, offers diagnostic test kits, reagents, culture media, instruments and associated products, and Laboratory Products and Services, offers self-manufactured and sourced products for the laboratory.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. as long as the price is correct. 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: $123.24
  • Growth: 0.13
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.89
  • P/E: 25
  • Future EPS Calc: $9
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $225.23
  • Target stock price: $139.85

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Company name Gentherm Inc
Stock ticker THRM
Live stock price [stckqut]THRM[/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 Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $69.63
Target stock price (averages with growth) $76.95
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $34.93
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $68.14

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

Gentherm Incorporated (Gentherm) is engaged in the design, development and manufacturing of thermal management technologies. The Company’s segments are: Automotive, Industrial. The Automotive segment represents Gentherm’s three geographic operating segments: North America, Europe and Asia. The Automotive segment includes automotive seat comfort systems, specialized automotive cable systems, and other automotive and non-automotive thermal convenience products. The Industrial segment includes Gentherm Global Power Technologies (GPT) and Gentherm’s advanced research and product development division. The advanced research and product development division is engaged in projects to improve the efficiency of thermal management technologies and to develop, market and distribute products based on these new technologies.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Gentherm Inc as long as the price is correct. 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: $45.09
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.1
  • P/E: 21
  • Future EPS Calc: $5.22
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $109.73
  • Target stock price: $68.13

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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 Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $129.96
Target stock price (averages with growth) $143.8
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $65.48
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $129.85

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

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Skyworks) is engaged in the production of analog semiconductors. The Company supports automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, energy management, Global Positioning System (GPS), industrial, medical, military, wireless networking, smartphone and tablet applications. The Company’s portfolio consists of amplifiers, attenuators, battery chargers, circulators, DC/DC (direct current/direct current) converters, demodulators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, front-end modules, hybrids, infrastructure radio frequency subsystems, isolators, LED (light emitting diodes) drivers, mixers, modulators, optocouplers, optoisolators, phase shifters, PLLs (Phase Locked Loops)/synthesizers/VCOs (voltage controlled oscillator, power dividers/combiners, power management devices, receivers, switches, technical ceramics and voltage regulators.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Skyworks Solutions 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: $84.17
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.82
  • P/E: 22
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.5
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $209.11
  • Target stock price: $129.84

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Company name Constellation Brands, Inc.
Stock ticker STZ
Live stock price [stckqut]STZ[/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) $692.89
Target stock price (averages with growth) $392.58
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $97.14
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $182.36

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

Constellation Brands, Inc. is an international beverage alcohol company. The Company’s operating segments include Beer, Wine and Spirits and Corporate Operations and Other. The Company’s wine portfolio is complemented by select spirits brands and other select beverage alcohol products. It is a multi-category supplier (beer, wine and spirits) of beverage alcohol in the United States. The Company’s customers include wholesale distributors, retailers, on premise locations and government alcohol beverage control agencies. In the United States, the Company operates 19 wineries using varieties of grapes grown in the Napa, Sonoma, Monterey and San Joaquin regions of California. It also operates eight wineries in Canada, four wineries in New Zealand and five wineries in Italy. The Company’s Canadian whisky requirements are produced and aged at its Canadian distillery in Lethbridge, Alberta.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Constellation Brands, 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: $122.42
  • Growth: 0.19
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.97
  • P/E: 31
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.47
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $293.68
  • Target stock price: $182.35

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Company name SanDisk Corporation
Stock ticker SNDK
Live stock price [stckqut]SNDK[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $20.62
Target stock price (averages with growth) $13.46
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $10.48
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $34.33

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

SanDisk Corporation provides flash storage solutions. The Company designs, develops and manufactures data storage solutions in a variety of form factors using flash memory, controller, firmware and software technologies. The Company’s solutions include a range of solid state drives (SSD), embedded products, removable cards, universal serial bus (USB), drives, wireless media drives, digital media players, and wafers and components. The SSD products are used in enterprise data centers and client computing platforms. Its embedded flash products are used in mobile phones, tablets, computing platforms, imaging devices and automobiles. The Company’s removable cards are used in a range of applications, such as mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, gaming devices, personal computers (PC) and automobiles. It also offers software solutions, which are used in conjunction with flash storage products.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in SanDisk Corporation. I am removing the stock from my Watch List.

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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: $48.75
  • Growth: 0.03
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.51
  • P/E: 19
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.9
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $55.28
  • Target stock price: $34.32

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