| Company name | Cummins Inc. |
| Stock ticker | CMI |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]CMI[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Poor |
| Sales growth | Poor |
| EPS growth | Poor |
| P/E growth | Poor |
| EBIT growth | Poor |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Poor |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $76.8 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $56.45 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $36.08 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $73.91 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=cmi
Cummins Inc. is a manufacturer of diesel engines. The Company operates through four segments: Engine, Distribution, Components and Power Generation. Its Engine segment manufactures and markets a range of diesel and natural gas-powered engines under the Cummins brand name, as well as certain customer brand names for the heavy-and medium-duty truck, bus, recreational vehicle (RV), light-duty automotive, agricultural and governmental equipment markets. Its Distribution segment consists of various businesses, which service and/or distribute a range of its products and services, such as parts and filtration, power generation, engines and service. Its Components segment supplies products, including after treatment systems, turbochargers, filtration products and fuel systems for commercial diesel applications. The Power Generation segment provides power generation systems, components and services for a customer base, including power solutions and mobile power solutions.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Cummins Inc. I am removing the company from my Watch List
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How was this analysis of Cummins 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: $110.61
- Growth: 0.01
- Current EPS (TTM): $7.55
- P/E: 15
- Future EPS Calc: $7.93
- Future Stock Price Calc: $119.02
- Target stock price: $73.9
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