Company name Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc
Stock ticker QCOR
Live stock price [stckqut]QCOR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $142.3
Target stock price (averages with growth) $163.05
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $80.93
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $133.25

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=qcor

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Questcor) is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the treatment of patients with serious, difficult-to-treat autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Its primary product is H.P. Acthar Gel (repository corticotropin injection), or Acthar, an injectable drug that is approved by the United States food and drug administration (FDA), for the treatment of 19 indications. Its research and development program is focused on: the evaluation of the use of Acthar for certain on-label indications; the investigation of other potential uses of Acthar for indications not FDA approved; and the expansion of its understanding of how Acthar works in the human body (pharmacology), and ultimately, its mechanisms of action in the disease states for which it is used, or may be used in the future. The Company sells Doral to pharmaceutical wholesalers, which resell Doral primarily to retail pharmacies and hospitals.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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How was this analysis of Questcor Pharmaceuticals 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: $92.08

Growth: 0.19

Current EPS (TTM): $5.29

P/E: 17

Future EPS Calc: $12.62

Future Stock Price Calc: $214.6

Target stock price: $133.25

I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]

Company name QUALCOMM, Inc.
Stock ticker QCOM
Live stock price [stckqut]QCOM[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $103.13
Target stock price (averages with growth) $141.72
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $118.54
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $98.09

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=qcom

QUALCOMM Incorporated (Qualcomm) is engaged in designing and manufacturing of digital communications products and services based on code division multiple access (CDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDMA) and other technologies. The Company operates in four segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); Qualcomm Wireless & Internet (QWI), and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The Company develops and supply integrated circuits and system software based on CDMA, OFDMA and other technologies for uses in voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia and global positioning system products. In November 2013, the Company sold its subsidiary, Omnitracs, Inc to Vista Equity Partners.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in QUALCOMM, Inc.

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How was this analysis of QUALCOMM, 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: $79.81

Growth: 0.15

Current EPS (TTM): $3.74

P/E: 21

Future EPS Calc: $7.52

Future Stock Price Calc: $157.97

Target stock price: $98.08

I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]