Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $175.0300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $285.3800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $216.8600 Strong Buy or Hold
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $235.3800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $262.9000 Strong Buy or Hold
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $118.3800 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $59.4200 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1545.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $291.5800 Strong Buy or Hold
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $146.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $189.0500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $78.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CEVA CEVA, Inc. $39.4500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $97.6300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $30.0400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $43.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $175.8000 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $222.9600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $137.7700 Strong Buy or Hold
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $86.1900 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook Inc $183.7100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. $79.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1115.0400 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $13.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $71.3200 Some Concerns, may need to wait
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $6.1700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HSKA Heska Corp $69.7700 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
HZO MarineMax Inc $20.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $62.1000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $241.2000 Strong Buy or Hold
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $62.1300 Some Concerns, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $211.7400 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $81.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MCK McKesson Corporation $151.7500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.5500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MIDD Middleby Corp $124.3000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $212.4800 Strong Buy or Hold
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $54.4700 Some Concerns, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $53.9700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $321.1600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $241.8400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1905.6400 Strong Buy or Hold
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $334.4100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $57.0300 Strong Buy or Hold
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $55.4300 Strong Buy or Hold
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $223.9100 Strong Buy or Hold
SUI Sun Communities Inc $87.2500 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $111.5400 Strong Buy or Hold
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $20.3600 Some Concerns, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $33.4000 Strong Buy or Hold
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $212.1600 Strong Buy or Hold
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $64.5600 Strong Buy or Hold
TNET TriNet Group Inc $47.7000 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $201.0700 Some Concerns, may need to wait

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $172.4300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $267.7400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $201.5600 Strong Buy or Hold
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $244.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $251.5000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $120.4700 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $55.0300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1448.6900 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $249.4900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $151.1400 Some Concerns, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $183.6800 Some Concerns, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $80.8500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CEVA CEVA, Inc. $35.4500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $99.5300 Some Concerns, may need to wait
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $31.0000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $41.7700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $169.0500 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $220.7400 Strong Buy or Hold
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $133.8200 Strong Buy or Hold
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $82.2000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
FB Facebook Inc $177.3600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. $80.7000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1095.5000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $15.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $73.3500 Some Concerns, may need to wait
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $6.1300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
HSKA Heska Corp $61.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $21.5000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $69.8500 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $229.2000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $65.7700 Some Concerns, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $187.9100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $81.4000 Strong Buy or Hold
MCK McKesson Corporation $150.5000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.6000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MIDD Middleby Corp $135.0000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $201.4000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $56.2900 Some Concerns, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $44.2100 Strong Buy or Hold
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $278.5200 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $243.8400 Strong Buy or Hold
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1885.0000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $332.1500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $56.4800 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $52.1700 Some Concerns, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $219.4500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SUI Sun Communities Inc $87.2400 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $104.1100 Strong Buy or Hold
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $22.0000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $31.6500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $210.6100 Some Concerns, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $60.0600 Some Concerns, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $41.6600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $203.1500 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 5.8132%
MCK McKesson Corporation 2.6526%
HSKA Heska Corp 2.4592%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 2.1089%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 1.9645%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) 1.8696%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. 1.5566%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.4424%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 1.3853%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 1.345%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 1.1869%
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. 1.1654%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 0.9973%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.8857%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. 0.7002%
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. 0.5593%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.2649%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.2638%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 0.2569%
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp 0.2528%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 0.2387%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 0.1356%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. 0.1103%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.0238%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc 0.0044%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc 0.0036%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -0.026%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.059%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.5082%
FB Facebook Inc -0.5464%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp -0.629%
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) -0.7059%
MIDD Middleby Corp -0.7736%
IBP Installed Building Products Inc -0.8219%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -0.8809%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. -0.958%
CEVA CEVA, Inc. -0.9698%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. -1.0277%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc -1.0466%
THRM Gentherm Inc -1.0622%
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc -1.1149%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. -1.1306%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -1.2871%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -1.3279%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -1.3339%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -1.3485%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. -2.1978%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. -2.2052%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -2.4167%
HZO MarineMax Inc -2.551%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -2.7144%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd -2.8702%
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation -6.6216%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -8.0556%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $174.2900 Strong Buy or Hold
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $208.1400 Strong Buy or Hold
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $187.1100 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $272.0900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $248.3100 Strong Buy or Hold
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $121.4600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $53.3000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1254.3300 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ANET Arista Networks Inc $252.2800 Strong Buy or Hold
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $158.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $189.7900 Strong Buy or Hold
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. $79.2600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CEVA CEVA, Inc. $46.1000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $103.1400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $25.0100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $51.4700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $158.1500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $200.0900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $118.5000 Strong Buy or Hold
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $82.3600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook Inc $187.8400 Strong Buy or Hold
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. $78.7100 Strong Buy or Hold
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $1110.1400 Strong Buy or Hold
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.6000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $82.3800 Strong Buy or Hold
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $6.2900 Strong Buy or Hold
HSKA Heska Corp $78.8400 Some Concerns, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $19.0500 Some Concerns, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $72.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $242.5900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $73.6500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $191.6600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $78.8600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MCK McKesson Corporation $160.6700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $131.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $206.3800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $57.3000 Strong Buy or Hold
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $43.2900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $212.5200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $223.6800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1872.9100 Strong Buy or Hold
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $366.4600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $59.8200 Strong Buy or Hold
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp $53.5600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $219.3600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $88.6300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $98.6000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $22.0300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $32.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $206.2900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc $63.8900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $41.4800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $230.4500 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Company name Merck & Co., Inc.
Stock ticker MRK
Live stock price [stckqut]MRK[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $62.11
Target stock price (averages with growth) $66.59
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $52.4
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $56.14

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=mrk

Merck & Co., Inc. is a global healthcare company. The Company offers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies and animal health products. It operates through four segments: Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, Healthcare Services and Alliances. The Company’s Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products marketed either directly by the Company or through joint ventures. Human health pharmaceutical products consist of therapeutic and preventive agents, generally sold by prescription, for the treatment of human disorders. The Company sells its human health pharmaceutical products primarily to drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies and managed healthcare providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers and other institutions. Vaccine products consist of preventive pediatric, adolescent and adult vaccines, primarily administered at physician offices.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Merck & Co., Inc. as long as the price is correct and the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. Because of those concerns, I am removing Merck from my Watch List.

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How was this analysis of Merck & Co., 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: $56.27
  • Growth: 0.1
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.03
  • P/E: 54.5
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.65
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $90.4
  • Target stock price: $56.13

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