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Company name Nordson Corporation
Stock ticker NDSN
Live stock price [stckqut]NDSN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $74.06
Target stock price (averages with growth) $76.5
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $41.9
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $76.34

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

Nordson Corporation (Nordson) is a manufacturer of equipment used for precision material dispensing, testing and inspection, surface preparation and curing. Nordson’s solutions portfolio also includes test and inspection equipment, and curing and surface preparation systems. It serves a wide variety of consumer non-durable, consumer durable and technology end markets including packaging, nonwovens, electronics, medical, appliances, energy, transportation, building and construction, and general product assembly and finishing. The Company operates through three segments: Adhesive Dispensing Systems, Advanced Technology Systems and Industrial Coating Systems. The Adhesive Dispensing Systems segment provides precision dispensing and processing technology. The Advanced Technology Systems segment integrates Nordson’s proprietary product technologies to check quality. The Industrial Coating Systems segment offers standard and customized equipment for the consumer durables market.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Nordson Corporation as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. Also the market is currently pretty accurately pricing this stock. For this reason, I am going to remove it 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: $74.08
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.84
  • P/E: 19
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.47
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $122.94
  • Target stock price: $76.33

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $90.67
Target stock price (averages with growth) $76.6
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $36.24
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $72.61

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

Merck & Co., Inc. is a global health care company. The Company offers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies and animal health products, which it markets directly and through its joint ventures. 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 these human health pharmaceutical products primarily to drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies and managed health care providers. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures and markets animal health products, including vaccines. The Company’s animal health products are sold to veterinarians, distributors and animal producers.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Merck & Co., 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: $58.63
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.42
  • P/E: 17
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.87
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $116.94
  • Target stock price: $72.61

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Company name Monster Beverage 1990 Corp
Stock ticker MNST
Live stock price [stckqut]MNST[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $189.95
Target stock price (averages with growth) $216.72
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $102.08
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $188.57

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

Monster Beverage Corporation is a holding company. The Company develops, markets, sells and distributes alternative beverage category beverages under the brand names, which include Monster Energy, Hansen’s, Monster Rehab, Hansen’s Natural Cane Soda, Monster Energy Extra Strength Nitrous Technology, Junior Juice, Peace Tea and Juice Monster, among others. The Company operates through two segments: Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and Warehouse. The DSD segment develops, markets and sells products through a distributor network. The Company’s DSD segment consists of energy drinks, which include Monster Energy Brand Energy Drinks, Java Monster Coffee + Energy Drinks, Muscle Monster Energy Shakes, Monster Energy Extra Strength Nitrous Technology Energy Drinks, Monster Rehab Tea + Energy Drinks and Peace Tea Iced Teas and Juice Drinks. The Warehouse segment develops, markets and sells products directly to retailers. The Company’s Warehouse segment consists of juice-based and soda beverages.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Monster Beverage 1990 Corp.

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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: $133.53
  • Growth: 0.18
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.25
  • P/E: 59
  • Future EPS Calc: $5.14
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $303.69
  • Target stock price: $188.57

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $88.61
Target stock price (averages with growth) $72.39
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $33.39
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $88.51

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

MetLife, Inc. (MetLife) is a provider of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management. The Company’s segments include Retail; Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits, and Corporate Benefit Funding. Its three geographic segments are Latin America (collectively, the Americas); Asia, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In addition, MetLife’s Corporate & Other includes MetLife Home Loans LLC (MLHL), the surviving, non-bank entity of the merger of MetLife Bank, National Association (MetLife Bank) with and into MLHL, and other business activities. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, it operates in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The Company‘s businesses in the Americas offer a range of protection products and services.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Metlife 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: $57.37
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $6.16
  • P/E: 9.3
  • Future EPS Calc: $15.32
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $142.55
  • Target stock price: $88.51

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Company name Methode Electronics Inc.
Stock ticker MEI
Live stock price [stckqut]MEI[/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) $65.83
Target stock price (averages with growth) $65.33
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $29.46
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $55.57

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

Methode Electronics, Inc. is a manufacturer of component and subsystem devices. The Company designs, manufactures and markets devices employing electrical, radio remote control, electronic, wireless and sensing technologies. The Company operates through four segments: Automotive, Interconnect, Power Products and Other. The Automotive segment supplies electronic and electro-mechanical devices and related products to automobile original equipment manufacturers. The Interconnect segment provides copper and fiber-optic interconnect and interface solutions for the aerospace, appliance, commercial, computer, construction, consumer, material handling, medical, military, mining, networking, storage, and telecommunications markets. The Power Products segment manufactures braided flexible cables, current-carrying laminated bus devices, custom power-product assemblies, high-current low voltage flexible power cabling systems and powder coated bus bars.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Methode Electronics 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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How was this analysis of Methode Electronics 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: $42.65
  • Growth: 0.17
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.14
  • P/E: 13
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.88
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $89.49
  • Target stock price: $55.56

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