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Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $195.5700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $257.0600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $287.9700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $276.0200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $125.1500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $41.9800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMN AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. $52.8800 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1878.2700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ANET Arista Networks Inc $246.3800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $276.5100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $165.8000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $1845.4700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc $94.1300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
COHR Coherent, Inc. $128.0600 Strong Buy or Hold
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $40.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $94.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $277.1400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EA Electronic Arts Inc. $96.9000 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $188.8400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1087.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $16.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $358.0800 Strong Buy or Hold
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $136.5000 Strong Buy or Hold
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $29.5500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $68.9700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $175.8200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $177.2600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $259.7300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $73.5500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $319.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $47.6600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $360.3000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NSP Insperity Inc $120.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $151.4800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $98.5200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $44.9700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $114.4400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $84.2500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $183.9000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $128.3300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $74.3200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $14.7200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
THRM Gentherm Inc $40.3200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $74.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $67.1900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $348.6900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $247.6600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
V Visa Inc $171.2800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
WCG WellCare Health Plans, Inc. $290.2200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon

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Symbol Stock Price change today
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 3.9525%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 1.5365%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 1.4565%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 1.0096%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.7173%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 0.6204%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) 0.6152%
COHR Coherent, Inc. 0.2427%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 0.095%
AMN AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. -0.0945%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc -0.3599%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -0.7083%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -0.773%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -0.7931%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -0.8116%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -0.8268%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -0.9635%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -1.1125%
HZO MarineMax Inc -1.1522%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -1.2708%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc -1.3221%
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc -1.3545%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd -1.3682%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -1.4412%
V Visa Inc -1.4783%
AAPL Apple Inc. -1.5158%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc -1.6639%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -1.7682%
WCG WellCare Health Plans, Inc. -1.8267%
NSP Insperity Inc -1.8405%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -1.8616%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -1.8981%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -1.9522%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. -2.0183%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -2.0946%
MA Mastercard Inc -2.0995%
EA Electronic Arts Inc. -2.1212%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -2.1761%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -2.2651%
THRM Gentherm Inc -2.4201%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -2.6077%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -2.8946%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -2.9457%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -3.0066%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -3.0192%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. -3.5157%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -3.6193%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -3.8804%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -3.9684%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -4.1979%

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Company name WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
Stock ticker WCG
Live stock price [stckqut]WCG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $450.76
Target stock price (averages with growth) $279.32
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $450.76
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $453.89

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/wcg

WellCare Health Plans, Inc., incorporated on February 5, 2004, is a managed care company. The Company focuses on government-sponsored managed care services, primarily through Medicaid, Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs), to families, children, seniors and individuals with medical needs. The Company operates in three segments: Medicaid Health Plans, Medicare Health Plans and Medicare PDPs. As of December 31, 2016, it served approximately 3.9 million members in 50 states and the District of Columbia. As of December 31, 2016, it operated Medicaid health plans in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and South Carolina. As of December 31, 2016, it offered MA coordinated care plans (CCPs) in certain counties in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. As of December 31, 2016, it also offered standalone Medicare PDPs in 50 states and the District of Columbia.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in WellCare Health Plans, Inc. as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor. You can review the best companies that I have found (and I probably invest my own money in most of these companies) in my Watch List.

How was this analysis of WellCare Health Plans, 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: $291.57
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $10.13
  • P/E: 29
  • Future EPS Calc: $25.2
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $730.99
  • Target stock price: $453.88

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $244.44
Target stock price (averages with growth) $74.48
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $230.21
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $223.41

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/v

Visa Inc. (Visa), incorporated on May 25, 2007, is a payments technology company that connects consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, strategic partners and government entities to electronic payments. The Company operates through payment services segment. The Company enables global commerce through the transfer of value and information among the participants. The Company’s transaction processing network facilitates authorization, clearing and settlement of payment transactions and enables to provide its financial institution and merchant clients a range of products, platforms and value-added services. The Company is a retail electronic payment network based on payments volume, number of transactions and number of cards in circulation. The Company operates in party models, which include card issuing financial institutions, acquirers and merchants. The Company’s products/services include core products, processing infrastructure, transaction processing services, digital products, merchant products, and risk products and payment security initiatives.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Visa Inc as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor. You can review the best companies that I have found (and I probably invest my own money in most of these companies) in my Watch List.

How was this analysis of Visa 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: $172.23
  • Growth: 0.16
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.63
  • P/E: 37
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.72
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $359.8
  • Target stock price: $223.41

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Company name UnitedHealth Group Inc
Stock ticker UNH
Live stock price [stckqut]UNH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $265.24
Target stock price (averages with growth) $94.52
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $277.76
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $267.79

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/unh

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, incorporated on July 1, 2015, is a health and well-being company. The Company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, OptumHealth, OptumInsight and OptumRx. The Company conducts its operations through two business platforms: health benefits operating under UnitedHealthcare and health services operating under Optum. UnitedHealthcare provides healthcare benefits to an array of customers and markets, and includes UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement, UnitedHealthcare Community & State, and UnitedHealthcare Global businesses. Optum is a health services business serving the healthcare marketplace, including payers, care providers, employers, governments, life sciences companies and consumers, through its OptumHealth, OptumInsight and OptumRx businesses.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in UnitedHealth Group Inc as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor. You can review the best companies that I have found (and I probably invest my own money in most of these companies) in my Watch List.

How was this analysis of UnitedHealth Group 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: $248.76
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $12.88
  • P/E: 19
  • Future EPS Calc: $22.69
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $431.28
  • Target stock price: $267.79

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