Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $175.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $202.3200 Strong Buy or Hold
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $185.3400 Strong Buy or Hold
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $264.7600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $241.0700 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $122.8000 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $54.6000 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1229.1400 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $236.7700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $185.3600 Strong Buy or Hold
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $190.7000 Strong Buy or Hold
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $78.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CEVA CEVA, Inc. $48.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $101.4300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $26.3200 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $53.8900 Strong Buy or Hold
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $156.8500 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $200.3000 Strong Buy or Hold
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $115.8600 Strong Buy or Hold
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $83.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook Inc $186.8500 Strong Buy or Hold
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. $74.5200 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1110.2900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $81.6400 Strong Buy or Hold
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $6.2500 Strong Buy or Hold
HSKA Heska Corp $76.7200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $18.6000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $75.2500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $228.1700 Strong Buy or Hold
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $77.4300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $196.4000 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $79.4300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MCK McKesson Corporation $157.1600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $41.2500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MIDD Middleby Corp $136.2900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $207.2300 Strong Buy or Hold
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $56.9900 Strong Buy or Hold
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $45.8000 Strong Buy or Hold
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $209.9900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $215.4000 Strong Buy or Hold
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1823.5400 Strong Buy or Hold
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $385.1000 Strong Buy or Hold
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $59.6100 Strong Buy or Hold
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $52.0100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $219.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $89.9100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $101.2300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $22.9900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
THRM Gentherm Inc $31.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $202.3900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $64.6000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TNET TriNet Group Inc $44.3800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $237.9600 Strong Buy or Hold

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $173.0300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $199.2500 Strong Buy or Hold
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $183.2200 Strong Buy or Hold
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $264.0500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $233.3000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $122.6900 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $54.2900 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1209.5900 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $232.6900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $180.6000 Strong Buy or Hold
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $185.7100 Strong Buy or Hold
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $78.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CEVA CEVA, Inc. $47.3000 Strong Buy or Hold
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $101.4200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $25.8600 Some Concerns, may need to wait
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $53.8600 Strong Buy or Hold
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $153.9000 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $197.2900 Strong Buy or Hold
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $115.4100 Strong Buy or Hold
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $84.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook Inc $184.3300 Strong Buy or Hold
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. $73.9000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1095.7600 Strong Buy or Hold
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $81.8700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $6.2300 Strong Buy or Hold
HSKA Heska Corp $77.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $18.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $75.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $232.9900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $75.4800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $193.3800 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $79.8500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MCK McKesson Corporation $155.0600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.5000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $135.6700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $206.5400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $57.0500 Strong Buy or Hold
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $46.8800 Strong Buy or Hold
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $205.6300 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $213.5900 Strong Buy or Hold
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1807.2500 Strong Buy or Hold
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $382.9500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $58.9300 Strong Buy or Hold
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $51.8100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $225.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $90.5600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $100.7700 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $22.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $33.5000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $198.9800 Strong Buy or Hold
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $63.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $43.6200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $244.8800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns

Symbol Stock Price change today
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 4.2241%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. 3.3167%
THRM Gentherm Inc 3.0769%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 2.9375%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 2.7869%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. 1.9912%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc 1.8157%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 1.7516%
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. 1.6663%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 1.6209%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 1.6033%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation 1.5304%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.2518%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 1.2042%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 1.1593%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.9293%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 0.9083%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.8788%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 0.8406%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp 0.7156%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) 0.7042%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 0.5743%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp 0.5629%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.5271%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 0.4963%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.4645%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 0.4571%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 0.4476%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc 0.3884%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.3747%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 0.2829%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. 0.1953%
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) 0.1937%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.0979%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. -0.1644%
FB Facebook Inc -0.1841%
MIDD Middleby Corp -0.2866%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. -0.2962%
HSKA Heska Corp -0.3077%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. -0.7516%
HZO MarineMax Inc -0.7937%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc -0.927%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc -0.959%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. -1.0179%
MCK McKesson Corporation -1.0845%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -1.2351%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -1.3078%
CEVA CEVA, Inc. -1.3556%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -1.8087%
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. -1.8169%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -2.7027%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc -2.7503%
IBP Installed Building Products Inc -2.9639%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -4.1767%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $172.2300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $195.8200 Strong Buy or Hold
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $181.0400 Strong Buy or Hold
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $260.0700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $231.2000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $124.9500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $53.9800 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1204.2000 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $235.6000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $177.6400 Strong Buy or Hold
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $184.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $79.0700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CEVA CEVA, Inc. $47.9500 Strong Buy or Hold
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $99.4400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $25.8100 Some Concerns, may need to wait
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $54.0200 Strong Buy or Hold
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $153.6000 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $191.6600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $111.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $85.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook Inc $181.4200 Strong Buy or Hold
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. $74.1000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1073.2100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.7000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $80.3900 Strong Buy or Hold
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $6.0300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HSKA Heska Corp $78.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $18.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $77.6000 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $230.3200 Strong Buy or Hold
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $78.7700 Strong Buy or Hold
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $192.5000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $78.5900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MCK McKesson Corporation $156.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $136.0600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $203.6300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $56.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $43.6700 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $201.0700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $199.3500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1784.7500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $382.6000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $57.6300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $51.4400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $226.5600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SUI Sun Communities Inc $91.7000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $98.4300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $22.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $32.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $192.9800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $64.0400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TNET TriNet Group Inc $43.4400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $229.6300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon

Company name ABIOMED, Inc.
Stock ticker ABMD
Live stock price [stckqut]ABMD[/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) $153.31
Target stock price (averages with growth) $169.57
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $77.13
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $151.03

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

Abiomed, Inc. is a provider of temporary percutaneous mechanical circulatory support devices. The Company offers care to heart failure patients. The Company’s products include Impella 2.5, a percutaneous micro heart pump with an integrated motor and sensors; Impella CP, which is primarily used by either interventional cardiologists to support patients in the catheter lab or by surgeons in the heart surgery suite; Impella 5.0 and Impella LD, a percutaneous micro heart pumps with integrated motors and sensors for use primarily in the heart surgery suite; Impella RP, a percutaneous catheter-based axial flow pump that is designed to allow greater than four liters of flow per minute; AB5000, a circulatory support system for the temporary support of acute heart failure patients in profound shock, and Symphony, a minimally invasive implantable cardiac assist device.

 

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

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How was this analysis of ABIOMED, 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: $99.23
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.85
  • P/E: 115
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.11
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $243.23
  • Target stock price: $151.02

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