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Company name EOG Resources Inc
Stock ticker EOG
Live stock price [stckqut]EOG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $154.81
Target stock price (averages with growth) $88.75
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $40.6
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $105.56

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

EOG Resources, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (collectively, EOG), explores for, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas. The Company operates in producing basins in the United States, Canada, The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad), the United Kingdom, The People’s Republic of China (China) and the Argentine Republic (Argentina), among others. EOG’s total estimated net proved reserves were approximately 2,119 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe), of which approximately 901 million barrels (MMBbl) were crude oil and condensate reserves, approximately 377 MMBbl were natural gas liquids (NGLs) reserves and approximately 5,045 billion cubic feet, or 841 MMBoe, were natural gas reserves. In the Eagle Ford, the Company produced net volumes of approximately 142 thousand barrels per day (MBbld) of crude oil and condensate. The Company is also engaged in drilling in the The Rocky Mountain area.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in EOG Resources 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: $100.23
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.31
  • P/E: 19
  • Future EPS Calc: $8.94
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $170
  • Target stock price: $105.56

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Company name Deckers Outdoor Corp
Stock ticker DECK
Live stock price [stckqut]DECK[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $76.87
Target stock price (averages with growth) $69.9
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $37.88
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $75.5

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

Deckers Outdoor Corporation is engaged in designing, marketing and distributing footwear, apparel and accessories developed for both everyday casual lifestyle use and high performance activities. The Company markets its products under three brands: UGG, Teva, and Sanuk. The UGG brand provides a line of footwear, with product offerings to women, men and children. Teva is its active lifestyle brand. The Teva product line includes casual sandals, shoes, boots and amphibious footwear. Sanuk is lifestyle footwear brand. The Sanuk brand is known for the SIDEWALK SURFERS shoe. Other primary offerings include the Beer Cozy and Yoga Mat sandal collections made from yoga mat material. In addition to its primary brands, the Company’s other brands include TSUBO, a line of mid and high-end dress and dress casual footwear; Ahnu, a line of outdoor performance and lifestyle footwear; MOZO, a line of footwear crafted for culinary professionals; Hoka, a line of footwear for all capacities of runners.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Deckers Outdoor Corp as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I am leaving the company on my Watch List but may take it off in the future if performance doesn’t improve.

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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: $74.26
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.51
  • P/E: 16
  • Future EPS Calc: $7.59
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $121.59
  • Target stock price: $75.5

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Company name 3D Systems Corporation
Stock ticker DDD
Live stock price [stckqut]DDD[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $38.91
Target stock price (averages with growth) $42.99
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $19.5
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $31.46

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

3D Systems Corporation is a holding company. The Company is a provider of three-dimensional (3D) printing centric solutions. It provides 3D design-to-manufacturing solutions, including 3D printers, print materials and cloud sourced custom parts. Its healthcare solutions include end-to-end simulation, training and planning and printing of surgical instruments and devices for personalized surgery and patient specific medical and dental devices. It also provides software and haptic and perceptual devices for design, including 3D digital design, scan-to-computer-aided design (CAD), scan-to-print, reverse engineering, inspection, sculpting and medical modeling and simulation applications. For its healthcare customers it also offers virtual surgical planning and medical modeling services, digitizing scanners and simulation products. The Company operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific regions.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in 3D Systems Corporation.

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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: $24.92
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.11
  • P/E: 229
  • Future EPS Calc: $0.22
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $50.66
  • Target stock price: $31.45

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Company name Darling Ingredients Inc
Stock ticker DAR
Live stock price [stckqut]DAR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $21.48
Target stock price (averages with growth) $15.4
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $7.04
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $18.58

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

Darling Ingredients Inc., formerly Darling International Inc., is a developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients, creating a range of ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the food, pet food, pharmaceutical, feed, fuel, bioenergy and fertilizer industries. The Company operates in three segments: Feed Ingredients, which includes the edible and inedible animal by-products, bakery and hides business lines; Food Ingredients, which includes the gelatin, casings and edible fats business lines, and Fuel Ingredients, which includes the biofuel and bioenergy business lines. With operations on five continents, the Company recycles all aspects of animal by-product streams into useable and specialty ingredients, such as gelatin, tallow, feed-grade fats, meat and bone meal, poultry meal, yellow grease, fuel feed stocks, green energy, natural casings and hides.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Darling Ingredients Inc as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I am removing the company 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: $13.86
  • Growth: 0.17
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.39
  • P/E: 35
  • Future EPS Calc: $0.85
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $29.92
  • Target stock price: $18.58

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Company name Catamaran Corp (USA)
Stock ticker CTRX
Live stock price [stckqut]CTRX[/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) $92.07
Target stock price (averages with growth) $100.44
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $46.13
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $92.19

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

Catamaran Corporation (Catamaran), formerly SXC Health Solutions Corp. is a provider of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services and healthcare information technology (HCIT) solutions to the healthcare benefit management industry. The Company’s PBM services are marketed under the Catamaran PBM brand, includes electronic point-of-sale pharmacy claims management, retail pharmacy network management, mail pharmacy claims management, specialty pharmacy claims management, Medicare Part D services, benefit design consultation, and reporting and information analysis. Its HCIT solutions include: RxCLAIM, an on-line transaction processing system that provides instant adjudication of prescription drug claims; RxMAX, rebate management system; RxTRACK, data warehouse and analysis system, and Zynchros, formulary management tools. Its customers include organizations in the pharmaceutical supply chain.

 

Confident Investor comments: Catamaran is in the process of being acquired. I think the stock is worth more than is being offered but I would not vote against the acquisition. I am removing this stock from my Watch List as it really isn’t a long term investment.

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How was this analysis of Catamaran Corp (USA) 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: $59.47
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.53
  • P/E: 39
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.8
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $148.47
  • Target stock price: $92.19

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