| Company name | FLIR Systems, Inc. |
| Stock ticker | FLIR |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]FLIR[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Good |
| Sales growth | Poor |
| EPS growth | Fair |
| P/E growth | Poor |
| EBIT growth | Poor |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Poor |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $22.62 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $34.73 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $35.37 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $24.92 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=flir
FLIR Systems, Inc. (FLIR), is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of thermal imaging systems. The Company’s advanced sensors and integrated sensor systems enable the gathering and analysis of critical information through a range of applications in commercial, industrial, and government markets worldwide. Its business is organized into two divisions: Commercial Systems and Government Systems. Commercial Systems division includes Thermal Vision & Measurement and Raymarine. Government Systems division include Surveillance, Detection, and Integrated Systems. It offers a range of sensor products, including infrared imaging cameras and systems, detector cores, CBRNE threat detectors, test and measurement instruments, radars, maritime electronics, and related products and solutions. In August 2013, Tessera Technologies Inc announced that FLIR Systems, Inc. acquired a portion of the assets of Tessera’s Micro-Optics business based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in FLIR Systems, Inc..
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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: $28.54
Growth: 0.07
Current EPS (TTM): $1.59
P/E: 18
Future EPS Calc: $2.23
Future Stock Price Calc: $40.14
Target stock price: $24.92
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