Company name | Align Technology, Inc. |
Stock ticker | ALGN |
Live stock price | [stckqut]ALGN[/stckqut] |
P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity | Poor |
Sales growth | Good |
EPS growth | Good |
P/E growth | Good |
EBIT growth | Good |
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating | Good |
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $148.03 |
Target stock price (averages with growth) | $163.83 |
Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $74.65 |
Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $146.41 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ALGN
Align Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a system of clear aligner therapy, intra-oral scanners and computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) digital services used in dentistry, orthodontics and dental records storage. The Company operates through two segments: Clear Aligner segment and Scanner and Services (Scanner) segment. The Clear Aligner segment consists of its Invisalign System, which includes Invisalign Full, Express/Lite, Teen, Assist and Vivera Retainers, along with its training and ancillary products for treating malocclusion. The Scanner segment consists of intra-oral scanning systems and other services available with the intra-oral scanners that provide digital alternatives to the traditional cast models. The Company’s iTero scanner is used by dental professionals, and labs and services for restorative and orthodontic digital procedures, as well as Invisalign digital impression submission.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Align Technology, Inc. I am adding this company to my Watch List.
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How was this analysis of Align Technology, 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: $95.67
- Growth: 0.2
- Current EPS (TTM): $2.06
- P/E: 46
- Future EPS Calc: $5.12
- Future Stock Price Calc: $235.79
- Target stock price: $146.4
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