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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $65.69
Target stock price (averages with growth) $59.08
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $26.84
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $44.07

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

Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom) is a global semiconductor solution for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile environment. The Company provides system-on-a-chip (SoC), and software solutions. The Company’s segment includes Broadband Communications, Mobile and Wireless and Infrastructure and Networking. Broadcom’s broadband communications segment offers a range of solutions for set-top boxes and broadband access. Broadcom’s mobile and wireless segment offers products that enable wireless and cellular connectivity at home, at work and on-the-go. Through its infrastructure and networking reportable segment, the Company designs and develops silicon and software infrastructure solutions for service provider, data center, and enterprise and small-to-medium business networks.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Broadcom Corporation as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I am removing Broadcom 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: $42.47
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.08
  • P/E: 39
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.81
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $70.97
  • Target stock price: $44.06

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $459.86
Target stock price (averages with growth) $551.39
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $275.93
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $457.02

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

BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) is an investment management firm. The Company provides a range of investment and risks management services. The Company’s clients include retail, high net worth (HNW) and institutional investors, consists of pension funds, official institutions, endowments, insurance companies, corporations, financial institutions, central banks and sovereign wealth funds. The Company’s product range includes single- and multi-asset class portfolios investing in equities, fixed income, alternatives and/or money market instruments. The Company offers the products directly and through intermediaries in a variety of vehicles, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other exchange-traded products, collective investment funds and separate accounts. The Company also offer the BlackRock Solutions (BRS) risk management and advisory services primarily to institutional investors.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in BlackRock, Inc.

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How was this analysis of BlackRock, 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: $372.84
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $19.26
  • P/E: 19
  • Future EPS Calc: $38.73
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $736.03
  • Target stock price: $457.02

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

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) $74.17
Target stock price (averages with growth) $56.89
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $27.67
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $66.67

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

Balchem Corporation is engaged in the development, manufacture, distribution and marketing of specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical and medical sterilization industries. The Company operates in three segments. The Company’s Specialty Products segment operates in industry as ARC Specialty Products. The SensoryEffects segment supplies ingredients in the food and beverage industry; providing customized solutions in powder and liquid flavor delivery systems, spray dried emulsified powder systems and cereal systems. The Animal Nutrition & Health segment provides the animal nutrition market with nutritional products derived from its microencapsulation and chelation technologies in addition to basic choline chloride. The Company operates two domestic subsidiaries which are wholly-owned, BCP Ingredients, Inc. (BCP) and Aberco, Inc. (Aberco). It also operates two wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe: Balchem BV and Balchem Italia Srl.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Balchem Corporation 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 Balchem 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: $56.38
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.69
  • P/E: 33
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.25
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $107.38
  • Target stock price: $66.67

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

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) $56.56
Target stock price (averages with growth) $56.34
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $25.68
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $45.96

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

Aspen Technology, Inc. is a global provider of process optimization software solutions, which are designed to manage and optimize plant and process design, operational performance and supply chain planning. The Company’s aspenONE software and related services have been developed specifically for companies in the process industries, including the energy, chemicals, and engineering and construction industries. The Company has developed its applications to design and optimize processes across three principal business areas: engineering, manufacturing and supply chain. The Company has three operating segments: license; software maintenance and support (SMS), training and other, and professional services. The Company provides integrated process optimization software solutions designed and developed specifically for the process industries.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Aspen Technology, 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: $36.63
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.15
  • P/E: 32
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.31
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $74.01
  • Target stock price: $45.95

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Company name Apache Corporation
Stock ticker APA
Live stock price [stckqut]APA[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Apache Corporation (Apache) is an independent energy company, which explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. As of December 31, 2013, Apache had exploration and production interests in six countries: the United States, Canada, Egypt, Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea, and Argentina. During the year ended December 31, 2013, it participated in drilling 1,591 gross wells, with 1,520 (96%) completed as producers. As of December 31, 2013, in addition to its completed wells, several wells had not reached completion: 160 in the United States (115.4 net); 17 in Egypt (17.0 net); and two in Argentina (0.3 net). The Company’s operations in United States and Canada are constituted under its North America business, while its International business constitutes its operations in Egypt, Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea, and Argentina.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Apache Corporation. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable. I am removing Apache Corporation from my Watch List.
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