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Company name ABIOMED, Inc.
Stock ticker ABMD
Live stock price [stckqut]ABMD[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $237.
Target stock price (averages with growth) $262.38
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $119.66
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $47.28

 

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 operates in the segment of the research, development and sale of medical devices to assist or replace the pumping function of the failing heart. The Company develops, manufactures and markets products that are designed to enable the heart to rest, heal and recover by improving blood flow to the coronary arteries and end-organs and/or temporarily performing the pumping function of the heart. The Company’s product portfolio includes the Impella 2.5, Impella CP, Impella RP, Impella LD, Impella 5.0 and AB5000. The Company’s products are used in the cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab), by interventional cardiologists, the electrophysiology lab, the hybrid lab and in the heart surgery suite by heart surgeons.

 

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: $152.98
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.7
  • P/E: 18
  • Future EPS Calc: $4.23
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $76.14
  • Target stock price: $47.27

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Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $156.3900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $151.0100 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $169.3000 Strong Buy or Hold
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $136.6400 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $42.8200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $987.5800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $199.8700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AZPN Aspen Technology, Inc. $57.7900 Strong Buy or Hold
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $153.3300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $112.5500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $97.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $84.4100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $57.4500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $136.5000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $196.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $116.1900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $77.7500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FB Facebook Inc $169.6200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $945.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $13.5000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $66.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $7.9300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $48.3400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HSKA Heska Corp $98.7500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HZO MarineMax Inc $15.5500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $152.6000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $34.6600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $61.7600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MCK McKesson Corporation $154.6900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $38.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MET Metlife Inc $53.9200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $128.3500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $52.7100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $63.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $180.2700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $167.2100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $2032.7700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $468.7600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $148.4500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $55.4400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $193.8200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $88.4300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $102.5500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
THRM Gentherm Inc $31.5000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $176.3300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $28.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UA Under Armour Inc $16.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $250.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait

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One of the biggest challenges in investing in the stock market is picking the best stocks. In my book, “The Confident Investor” I teach my readers how to pick Good Companies. This page is designed to show the raw performance of these companies. It is not designed to show my personal portfolio, which may or may not exceed the performance stated here. Since I use the trading system described in my book, you can assume that I beat the performance recorded here.

I must caution you, I do not actually propose that you “buy and hold” any given stock, but rather you should “buy to hold” the stock. My investing technique teaches you to efficiently move your money to the stocks that are currently increasing in value the most. I use my Watch List for this work, these are Good Companies that I wait for great buying opportunities. This strategy is well described in my book, “The Confident Investor” and tends to be a very safe strategy in bear markets while typically still providing above market returns in a bull or flat market.

My Short Term Watch List are 15 companies that are hot right now. I select this list every quarter. I evenly divide a portion of my portfolio among these 15 companies. The next quarter, I add or delete companies as necessary and then re-balance the portfolio. This tends to be a more risky strategy because I don’t bail out on bad stock movement (at least until the end of the quarter). In a bull market or a flat market, these very well-run and high-performing companies tend to beat the general market by a significant margin.

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WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker		 Company
name		 Current
price		 Year
ago		 Year ago
change		 Month
ago		 Month ago
change		 Week
ago		 Week ago
change
AAPL Apple Inc. $156.39 $106.03 47.49% $142.73 9.57% $149.50 4.61%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $151.01 $120.25 25.58% $139.96 7.90% $146.25 3.25%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $169.30 $91.83 84.36% $149.74 13.06% $173.06 -2.17%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $136.64 $137.11 -0.34% $121.09 12.84% $137.99 -0.98%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $42.82 $26.50 61.57% $42.11 1.69% $45.25 -5.37%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $987.58 $765.98 28.93% $965.14 2.33% $1,020.04 -3.18%
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $199.87 $267.01 -25.15% $198.89 0.49% $204.11 -2.08%
AZPN Aspen Technology, Inc. $57.79 $42.03 37.50% $55.33 4.45% $56.61 2.08%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $153.33 $84.59 81.26% $142.20 7.83% $157.56 -2.68%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $112.55 $171.36 -34.32% $125.70 -10.46% $108.48 3.75%
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $97.04 $134.17 -27.67% $102.78 -5.58% $98.42 -1.40%
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $84.41 $66.79 26.38% $81.72 3.29% $84.57 -0.19%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $57.45 $50.46 13.85% $62.59 -8.21% $62.16 -7.58%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $136.50 $97.30 40.29% $127.30 7.23% $127.80 6.81%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $196.79 $144.79 35.91% $208.84 -5.77% $183.09 7.48%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $116.19 $113.23 2.61% $117.08 -0.76% $115.51 0.59%
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $77.75 $79.10 -1.71% $75.91 2.42% $77.92 -0.22%
FB Facebook Inc $169.62 $125.15 35.53% $148.82 13.98% $172.45 -1.64%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $945.79 $806.93 17.21% $927.69 1.95% $958.33 -1.31%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $13.50 $11.23 20.21% $13.50 0.00% $15.05 -10.30%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $66.95 $65.26 2.59% $68.21 -1.85% $65.17 2.73%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $7.93 $4.76 66.60% $8.90 -10.90% $7.96 -0.38%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $48.34 $52.12 -7.25% $52.84 -8.52% $48.86 -1.06%
HSKA Heska Corp $98.75 $49.64 98.93% $102.29 -3.46% $106.80 -7.54%
HZO MarineMax Inc $15.55 $20.24 -23.17% $19.40 -19.85% $14.85 4.71%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $152.60 $109.05 39.94% $159.26 -4.18% $167.52 -8.91%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $34.66 $33.74 2.72% $34.49 0.49% $35.52 -2.42%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $61.76 $77.80 -20.62% $57.97 6.54% $61.83 -0.11%
MCK McKesson Corporation $154.69 $193.29 -19.97% $163.08 -5.14% $162.51 -4.81%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $38.95 $35.28 10.41% $39.61 -1.67% $39.65 -1.77%
MET Metlife Inc $53.92 $39.88 35.22% $55.47 -2.79% $54.84 -1.68%
MIDD Middleby Corp $128.35 $122.10 5.12% $121.93 5.27% $129.20 -0.66%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $52.71 $54.17 -2.70% $50.33 4.73% $53.41 -1.31%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $63.10 $61.99 1.79% $63.10 0.00% $64.11 -1.58%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $180.27 $97.03 85.79% $146.25 23.26% $184.04 -2.05%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $167.21 $57.87 188.92% $143.48 16.54% $164.39 1.72%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $2,032.77 $1,414.22 43.74% $1,872.30 8.57% $2,024.06 0.43%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $468.76 $423.00 10.82% $490.19 -4.37% $508.71 -7.85%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $148.45 $179.45 -17.28% $132.80 11.78% $154.05 -3.64%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $55.44 $55.17 0.49% $57.60 -3.75% $54.00 2.67%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $193.82 $161.38 20.10% $193.76 0.03% $194.59 -0.40%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $88.43 $74.57 18.59% $86.69 2.01% $89.62 -1.33%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $102.55 $65.72 56.04% $97.49 5.19% $105.43 -2.73%
THRM Gentherm Inc $31.50 $31.95 -1.41% $37.80 -16.67% $34.78 -9.43%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $176.33 $156.90 12.38% $175.04 0.74% $175.97 0.20%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $28.22 $23.05 22.45% $27.54 2.47% $27.44 2.84%
UA Under Armour Inc $16.61 $36.17 -54.08% $19.10 -13.04% $17.36 -4.32%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $250.20 $262.35 -4.63% $273.24 -8.43% $248.60 0.64%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 21.37%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned 3.24%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned -1.19%

 

SHORT TERM WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker		 Company
name		 Current
price		 Year
ago		 Year ago
change		 Month
ago		 Month ago
change		 Week
ago		 Week ago
change
AAPL Apple Inc. $156.39 $106.03 47.49% $142.73 9.57% $149.50 4.61%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $151.01 $120.25 25.58% $139.96 7.90% $146.25 3.25%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $169.30 $91.83 84.36% $149.74 13.06% $173.06 -2.17%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $42.82 $26.50 61.57% $42.11 1.69% $45.25 -5.37%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $987.58 $765.98 28.93% $965.14 2.33% $1,020.04 -3.18%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $153.33 $84.59 81.26% $142.20 7.83% $157.56 -2.68%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $57.45 $50.46 13.85% $62.59 -8.21% $62.16 -7.58%
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $136.50 $97.30 40.29% $127.30 7.23% $127.80 6.81%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $196.79 $144.79 35.91% $208.84 -5.77% $183.09 7.48%
FB Facebook Inc $169.62 $125.15 35.53% $148.82 13.98% $172.45 -1.64%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $7.93 $4.76 66.60% $8.90 -10.90% $7.96 -0.38%
HSKA Heska Corp $98.75 $49.64 98.93% $102.29 -3.46% $106.80 -7.54%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $180.27 $97.03 85.79% $146.25 23.26% $184.04 -2.05%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $167.21 $57.87 188.92% $143.48 16.54% $164.39 1.72%
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $2,032.77 $1,414.22 43.74% $1,872.30 8.57% $2,024.06 0.43%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 45.46%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned 6.93%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned -0.35%

Short Term List returned 45%
High growth stock: NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) at 189%
Total Execution Time: 64.14252114296 Sec

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Symbol Stock Price change today
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. 2.21%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. 2.11%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. 2.08%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C 1.65%
HSKA Heska Corporation 1.62%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 1.06%
MET MetLife Inc. 0.79%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. 0.73%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc 0.69%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. 0.63%
FB Facebook Inc. 0.61%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.58%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. 0.58%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A 0.53%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.53%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 0.52%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.44%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. 0.40%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. 0.38%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.35%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 0.34%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. 0.28%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. 0.24%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. 0.23%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. 0.15%
CBPO CHINA BIOLOGIC SHS 0.10%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.07%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A 0.01%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.00%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. -0.06%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp -0.07%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati -0.21%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio -0.22%
MCK McKesson Corporation -0.42%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -0.43%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. -0.43%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. (new) -0.66%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. -0.68%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc -0.73%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In -0.74%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation -0.81%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. -0.84%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. -0.90%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories Inc. -0.97%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation -1.09%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) -1.66%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. -2.63%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) -4.89%

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Symbol Stock Price change today
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) 10.10%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc 3.06%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio 1.93%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories Inc. 1.90%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 1.47%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. 1.33%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 1.27%
AZPN Aspen Technology Inc. 1.23%
CBPO CHINA BIOLOGIC SHS 1.19%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. 0.99%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A 0.93%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A 0.92%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. 0.80%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.45%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. 0.40%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. 0.33%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. 0.33%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation 0.19%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. (new) 0.13%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. 0.09%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. -0.07%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. -0.24%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp -0.40%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc -0.40%
FB Facebook Inc. -0.42%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. -0.58%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. -0.77%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C -0.79%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. -0.80%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati -0.84%
NFLX Netflix Inc. -0.84%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. -0.90%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. -0.91%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation -0.95%
AAPL Apple Inc. -1.00%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. -1.15%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. -1.19%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. -1.50%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. -2.04%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) -2.14%
THRM Gentherm Inc -2.33%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. -2.53%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc -2.57%
MCK McKesson Corporation -2.68%
MET MetLife Inc. -2.87%
HSKA Heska Corporation -4.05%
GTN Gray Communications Systems In -5.88%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. -6.90%