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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) $84.85
Target stock price (averages with growth) $69.44
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $32.04
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $67.18

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. MetLife operates through six segments: Retail; Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits; Corporate Benefit Funding; and Latin America (collectively, the Americas); Asia; and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Retail segment is engaged in selling a range of annuities and other insurance products. The Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits segment is engaged in insurance protection products and services to individuals and corporations, as well as other institutions and their respective employees. The Corporate Benefit Funding segment provides a range of annuity and investment products for corporates. The Company is involved in providing insurance products to individuals and institutions in the Latin American, Asia and EMEA markets. It also owns the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C., which is located in the West End of the capital next to historic Georgetown.

 

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: $54.89
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.89
  • P/E: 11
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.83
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $108.19
  • Target stock price: $67.17

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Company name Newmont Mining Corp
Stock ticker NEM
Live stock price [stckqut]NEM[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Newmont Mining Corporation is primarily a gold producer with operations and/or assets in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, New Zealand and Mexico. As of December 31, 2012, Newmont had attributable and probable gold reserves of 99.2 million ounces and an aggregate land position of approximately 29,000 square miles (75,000 square kilometers). Newmont is also engaged in the production of copper, principally through Batu Hijau in Indonesia and Boddington in Australia. Its operating segments include North America, South America, Asia Pacific and Africa. In February 2014, Klondex Mines Ltd closed the acquisition of the Midas mine and related ore milling facility located in the State of Nevada from a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corp. In May 2014, the Company sold its 5.4% holding in Paladin. In July 2014, Northern Star Resources Limited completed the acquisition of the Jundee Gold Mine from Newmont Mining Corporation.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Newmont Mining Corp. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $25.79
Target stock price (averages with growth) $21.93
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $11
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $21.63

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

NVIDIA Corporation (NVIDIA) is engaged in creating the graphics chips used in personal computers (PCs). The Company operates in three segments: graphics processing unit (GPU) Business, professional solutions business (PSB) and consumer products business (CPB). Its mobile processors are used in cell phones, tablets and auto infotainment systems. Designers use GPUs to create visual effects in movies and create everything from golf clubs to jumbo jets. NVIDIA solutions are based on two technologies: the GPU and the mobile processor. GPUs are the engines of visual computing, the science and art of using computers to understand, create and enhance images. It has three GPU product brands: GeForce, Quadro and Tesla. During the fiscal year ended January 29, 2012 (fiscal 2012), it acquired Icera Inc. In fiscal 2012, it launched Project Maximus. Effective July 29, 2013, NVIDIA Corp acquired Portland Group Inc, a wholesaler of parallel computing software, from STMicroelectronics NV.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in NVIDIA 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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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: $21.06
  • Growth: 0.1
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.03
  • P/E: 21
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.65
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $34.83
  • Target stock price: $21.63

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Company name Norfolk Southern Corp.
Stock ticker NSC
Live stock price [stckqut]NSC[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $97.17
Target stock price (averages with growth) $89.39
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $52.08
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $99.57

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

Norfolk Southern Corporation (Norfolk Southern) is a Virginia based company that controls a railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway Company. Norfolk Southern Railway Company is primarily engaged in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods primarily in the Southeast, East, and Midwest and, via interchange with rail carriers, to and from the rest of the United States. Norfolk Southern also transports overseas freight through several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. It provides logistics services and offers intermodal network in the eastern half of the United States.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Norfolk Southern 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: $111.11
  • Growth: 0.08
  • Current EPS (TTM): $6.42
  • P/E: 17
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.43
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $160.36
  • Target stock price: $99.57

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Company name Mondelez International Inc
Stock ticker MDLZ
Live stock price [stckqut]MDLZ[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $27.79
Target stock price (averages with growth) $28.67
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $18.01
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $33.78

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

Mondelez International, Inc. (Mondelez International) is a snack manufacturing company. The Company manufactures and markets food and beverage products for consumers in approximately 165 countries globally. The Company’s portfolio includes nine brands including Oreo, Nabisco and LU biscuits; Milka, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Cadbury chocolates; Trident gum; Jacobs coffee; and Tang powdered beverage. The Company’s portfolio of snack foods and refreshments also includes 53 brands. The Company operates in five segments: Latin America, Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Europe and North America. The Company has operations in more than 80 countries and sells its products in approximately 165 countries. On February 22, 2013, it acquired the remaining interest in a biscuit operation in Morocco, which is a wholly owned subsidiary within its EEMEA segment.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Mondelez International Inc.

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How was this analysis of Mondelez International 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: $38.62
  • Growth: 0.09
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.04
  • P/E: 34
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.6
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $54.4
  • Target stock price: $33.78

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