ABB Ltd (ADR) ($ABB) Confident Investor Rating: Poor
| Company name | ABB Ltd (ADR) |
| Stock ticker | ABB |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]ABB[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Fair |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Fair |
| Sales growth | Poor |
| EPS growth | Fair |
| P/E growth | Fair |
| EBIT growth | Fair |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Poor |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $23.57 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $33.67 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $33.2 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $22.69 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=abb
ABB Ltd (ABB) is engaged in power and automation technologies committed to improving performance and lowering the environmental impact for utility and industry customers. The Company provides a broad range of products, systems, solutions and services that are designed to power grid reliability boost industrial productivity and enhance energy efficiency. The Company’s power businesses focus on power transmission, distribution and power-plant automation, and support electric, gas and water utilities, as well as industrial and commercial customers. Effective September 27, 2013, ABB Ltd acquired Baldor Electric India Pvt Ltd.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in ABB Ltd (ADR).
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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: $24.87
Growth: 0.09
Current EPS (TTM): $1.25
P/E: 19
Future EPS Calc: $1.92
Future Stock Price Calc: $36.54
Target stock price: $22.68
I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]