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Company name Affymetrix, Inc.
Stock ticker AFFX
Live stock price [stckqut]AFFX[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Affymetrix, Inc. (Affymetrix) is engaged in the development, manufacture, sale and service of consumables and systems for genetic analysis in the life sciences and clinical healthcare markets. Affymetrix has developed its GeneChip system and related microarray technology as a platform for acquiring, analyzing and managing genetic information. The Company offers a line of products for two principal applications: genotyping and gene expression. Related microarray technology also offered by Affymetrix includes licenses for fabricating, scanning, collecting and analyzing results from complementary technologies. The Company also sells some of its products through life science supply specialists acting as authorized distributors in Latin America, India, the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions, including China. In October 2013, StoneCalibre announced that the completion of the acquisition of Anatrace, a part of Affymetrix, Inc.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Affymetrix, Inc. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.
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Company name Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Stock ticker DAL
Live stock price [stckqut]DAL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $50.86
Target stock price (averages with growth) $46.19
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $19.22
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $45.41

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

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta) provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo throughout the United States and around the world. The Company’s route network gives it a presence in every domestic and international market. Delta’s route network is centered around the hub system it operate at airports in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita. Each of these hub operations includes flights that gather and distribute traffic from markets in the geographic region surrounding the hub to domestic and international cities and to other hubs. The Company’s network is supported by a fleet of aircraft that is varied in terms of size and capabilities. In June 2013, Delta Air Lines Inc acquired a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Delta Air Lines, Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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How was this analysis of Delta Air Lines, 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: $32.91
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $12.66
  • P/E: 3
  • Future EPS Calc: $24.37
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $73.12
  • Target stock price: $45.4

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