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GTN Gray Communications Systems In 5.83%
AYI Acuity Brands Inc (Holding Comp 5.11%
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc. (The) 3.50%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 2.94%
HSKA Heska Corporation 2.17%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories Inc. 1.95%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporatio 1.84%
ABMD ABIOMED Inc. 1.79%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 1.67%
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. 1.61%
CBPO CHINA BIOLOGIC SHS 1.40%
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc. 1.13%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc. 1.05%
SUI Sun Communities Inc. 0.97%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.87%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.84%
MIDD The Middleby Corporation 0.74%
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc 0.73%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc. 0.69%
CRUS Cirrus Logic Inc. 0.55%
MRK Merck & Company Inc. (new) 0.36%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.32%
MET MetLife Inc. 0.23%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.09%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited A 0.08%
HDSN Hudson Technologies Inc. 0.00%
COF Capital One Financial Corporati -0.03%
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation -0.09%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -0.11%
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc. -0.13%
MCK McKesson Corporation -0.25%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. -0.25%
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc. -0.35%
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. -0.46%
THRM Gentherm Inc -0.54%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. -0.55%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza Inc -0.58%
HZO MarineMax Inc. (FL) -0.58%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.65%
CVCO Cavco Industries Inc. -0.88%
FB Facebook Inc. -0.91%
TRN Trinity Industries Inc. -1.11%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class A -1.14%
LULU lululemon athletica inc. -1.41%
UA Under Armour Inc. Class C -1.51%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. -1.80%
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. -4.81%

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Company name Genesee & Wyoming Inc
Stock ticker GWR
Live stock price [stckqut]GWR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $84.97
Target stock price (averages with growth) $71.4
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $37.07
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $76.67

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

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. owns and operates freight railroads across the world. As of December 31, 2016, the Company owned or leased 122 freight railroads worldwide that are organized in 10 operating regions. The Company operates through three segments, which include North American Operations, Australian Operations and U.K./European Operations. In North America, the Company has operations in eight regions, such as Central, Coastal (which includes industrial switching and port operations), Midwest, Mountain West (which includes industrial switching operations), Northeast, Pacific, Southern and Canada. Outside the United States, the Company has operations in two regions: Australia and the United Kingdom/Europe (which consists of operations in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland, as well as the provision of management and technical support through Freightliner to Saudi Arabia Railway Company).

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Genesee & Wyoming Inc as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I am removing this company from my Watch List as I think there are better places to invest.

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How was this analysis of Genesee & Wyoming 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: $73.51
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.29
  • P/E: 32
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.85
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $123.48
  • Target stock price: $76.67

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Company name Gray Television, Inc.
Stock ticker GTN
Live stock price [stckqut]GTN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $85.99
Target stock price (averages with growth) $49.45
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $12.64
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $17.68

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

Gray Television, Inc. is a television broadcast company. The Company owns and operates television stations and digital assets in various markets across the United States. As of February 21, 2017, the Company owned and/or operated television stations in 54 television markets broadcasting over 200 separate programming streams, including 37 affiliates of the CBS Network (CBS), 29 affiliates of the NBC Network (NBC), 20 affiliates of the ABC Network (ABC) and 15 affiliates of the FOX Network (FOX). In addition to a primary broadcast channel, each of its stations can also broadcast additional secondary digital channels within a market by utilizing the same bandwidth, but with different programming from the primary channel. The Company also broadcasts local news/weather channels in certain of its existing markets. Along with affiliations with ABC, CBS and FOX, the Company’s secondary channels are affiliated with various smaller networks and program services.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Gray Television, Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of Gray Television, Inc. are good, in fact the company ranks as a Good company, but there are some concerns with the price of the stock.

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How was this analysis of Gray Television, 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: $15.45
  • Growth: 0.13
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.61
  • P/E: 9.6
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.96
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $28.47
  • Target stock price: $17.68

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Company name Alphabet Inc
Stock ticker GOOGL
Live stock price [stckqut]GOOGL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $1192.52
Target stock price (averages with growth) $1314.43
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $659.59
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $1207.31

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

Alphabet Inc. is a holding company. The Company’s businesses include Google Inc. (Google) and its Internet products, such as Access, Calico, CapitalG, GV, Nest, Verily, Waymo and X. The Company’s segments include Google and Other Bets. The Google segment includes its Internet products, such as Search, Ads, Commerce, Maps, YouTube, Google Cloud, Android, Chrome and Google Play, as well as its hardware initiatives. The Google segment is engaged in advertising, sales of digital content, applications and cloud offerings, and sales of hardware products. The Other Bets segment is engaged in the sales of Internet and television services through Google Fiber, sales of Nest products and services, and licensing and research and development (R&D) services through Verily. It offers Google Assistant, which allows users to type or talk with Google; Google Maps, which helps users navigate to a store, and Google Photos, which helps users store and organize all of their photos.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Alphabet Inc.

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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: $972.08
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $27.62
  • P/E: 35
  • Future EPS Calc: $55.55
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $1944.37
  • Target stock price: $1207.3

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AAPL Apple Inc. $154.4800 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $168.7800 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $186.4500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $141.4800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $51.8400 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN $957.1000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
AYI Acuity Brands, Inc. $169.6600 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $178.5600 Strong Buy or Hold
BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings $104.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Inc $95.6900 Strong Buy or Hold
COF Capital One Financial Corp. $86.3700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $54.4700 Some Concerns, may need to wait
CVCO Cavco Industries, Inc. $152.7500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $202.8100 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $108.2300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $79.0200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook Inc $169.9600 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
GOOGL Alphabet Inc $972.0800 Strong Buy or Hold
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $15.4500 Strong Buy or Hold
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $73.5100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $7.8300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc $48.9500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HSKA Heska Corp $89.4400 Some Concerns, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $17.1000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $154.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc $38.7300 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $62.2200 Strong Buy or Hold
MCK McKesson Corporation $153.9900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $43.4500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MET Metlife Inc $52.4000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MIDD Middleby Corp $127.8900 Strong Buy or Hold
MNST Monster Beverage Corporation $55.2700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $64.3700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $179.1900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $179.3700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1867.6500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $455.6300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SAM Boston Beer Company Inc $161.5000 Strong Buy or Hold
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $53.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $199.0800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $86.3900 Some Concerns, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $102.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $37.2500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $190.3300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TRN Trinity Industries Inc $35.0700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
UA Under Armour Inc $15.2600 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $227.6200 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns