Catamaran Corp (USA) ($CTRX) Possible Buy to $58 Confident Investor Rating: Good
| Company name | Catamaran Corp (USA) |
| Stock ticker | CTRX |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]CTRX[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Fair |
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) | $65.83 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $70.03 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $31.67 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $59.89 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ctrx
Catamaran Corporation (Catamaran), formerly SXC Health Solutions Corp., is a provider of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services and healthcare information technology (HCIT) solutions to the healthcare benefit management industry. The Company’s product offerings and solutions combine a range of applications and PBM services designed to assist its customers in reducing the cost and managing the complexity of their prescription drug programs. The Company’s customers include organizations in the pharmaceutical supply chain, such as pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations, self-insured employer groups, unions, third party health care plan administrators, and state and federal government entities. In January 2012, the Company completed its acquisition of HealthTran LLC (HealthTran). On July 2, 2012, the Company acquired Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. On October 1, 2013, the Company acquired RESTAT, LLC.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Catamaran Corp (USA).
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How was this analysis of Catamaran Corp (USA) 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: $42.7
- Growth: 0.18
- Current EPS (TTM): $1.36
- P/E: 31
- Future EPS Calc: $3.11
- Future Stock Price Calc: $96.45
- Target stock price: $59.88
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