Wisconsin Energy Corporation ($WEC) Confident Investor Rating: Poor
| Company name | Wisconsin Energy Corporation |
| Stock ticker | WEC |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]WEC[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Fair |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Good |
| Sales growth | Poor |
| EPS growth | Fair |
| P/E growth | Poor |
| EBIT growth | Fair |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Poor |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $32.39 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $37.14 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $35.64 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $32.95 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=wec
Wisconsin Energy Corporation is a diversified holding company. The Company operates primarily through two segments: a utility energy segment and a non-utility energy segment. Its primary subsidiaries are Wisconsin Electric Power Company (Wisconsin Electric), Wisconsin Gas LLC (Wisconsin Gas) and W.E. Power, LLC (We Power). Its utility energy segment consists of Wisconsin Electric and Wisconsin Gas, operating together under the trade name of We Energies. Its non-utility energy segment derives its revenues primarily from the ownership of electric power generating facilities for long-term lease to Wisconsin Electric. Its non-utility energy segment derives its revenues primarily from the ownership of electric power generating facilities for long-term lease to Wisconsin Electric. As of December 31, 2012, the Company have a 26.2% interest in ATC.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Wisconsin Energy Corporation.
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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: $42.16
Growth: 0.05
Current EPS (TTM): $2.31
P/E: 18
Future EPS Calc: $2.94
Future Stock Price Calc: $53.06
Target stock price: $32.95
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