Whole Foods Market, Inc. ($WFM) Possible Buy to $44 Confident Investor Rating: Good
| Company name | Whole Foods Market, Inc. |
| Stock ticker | WFM |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]WFM[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Fair |
| Sales growth | Fair |
| EPS growth | Good |
| P/E growth | Fair |
| EBIT growth | Good |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Good |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $29.62 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $48.08 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $51.67 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $46.83 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=wfm
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (Whole Foods Market), is a retailer of natural and organic foods. The Company operates in one segment: natural and organic foods supermarkets. As of September 29, 2013, it operated 362 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Company’s stores average 38,000 square feet in size and are supported by its Austin headquarters, regional offices, distribution centers, bakehouse facilities, commissary kitchens, seafood-processing facilities, meat and produce procurement centers, and a specialty coffee and tea procurement and roasting operation. In February 2014, Whole Foods Market Inc acquired leases from Safeway Inc for seven locations formerly operated as Dominick’s stores.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Whole Foods Market, Inc.
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How was this analysis of Whole Foods Market, 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: $37.78
Growth: 0.15
Current EPS (TTM): $1.5
P/E: 25
Future EPS Calc: $3.01
Future Stock Price Calc: $75.42
Target stock price: $46.83
I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]
