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DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 2.6113%
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ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 1.43%
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ANET Arista Networks Inc 1.3419%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 1.2998%
HZO MarineMax Inc 1.2136%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 1.2012%
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MA Mastercard Inc 0.9277%
V Visa Inc 0.9071%
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NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.3205%
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COHR Coherent, Inc. 0.0585%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 0.0224%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 0.0209%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.0612%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc -0.1153%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -0.1856%
WCG WellCare Health Plans, Inc. -0.3079%
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. -0.3379%
AMN AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. -0.386%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd -0.4446%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.5445%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) -0.6743%
THRM Gentherm Inc -0.8978%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -1.2447%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. -1.8908%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -3.535%
EA Electronic Arts Inc. -4.4879%

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Company name SINA Corp
Stock ticker SINA
Live stock price [stckqut]SINA[/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) $65.35
Target stock price (averages with growth) $81.46
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $66.57
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $54.01

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/sina

Sina Corporation, incorporated on July 9, 1997, is an online media company serving China and the global Chinese communities. The Company’s digital media network of SINA.com (portal), SINA mobile (mobile portal and mobile applications) and Weibo (social media) enables Internet users to access professional media and user generated content (UGCs) in multi-media formats from personal computers and mobile devices, and share their interests with friends and acquaintances. The Company’s segments include Portal advertising, Weibo Corporation (Weibo) and Others.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in SINA Corp as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

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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: $43.38
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.73
  • P/E: 25
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.47
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $86.99
  • Target stock price: $54.01

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Company name MKS Instruments, Inc.
Stock ticker MKSI
Live stock price [stckqut]MKSI[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $121.84
Target stock price (averages with growth) $137.2
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $121.52
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $85.82

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/mksi

MKS Instruments, Inc., incorporated on June 14, 1961, is a global provider of instruments, subsystems and process control solutions that measures, controls, powers, delivers, monitors and analyzes critical parameters of advanced manufacturing processes. The Company operates through two segments, including the Vacuum & Analysis segment and the Light & Motion segment. The Vacuum & Analysis segment provides a range of instruments, components, subsystems and software, which are derived from its core competencies in pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, residual gas analysis, leak detection, control and information technology, ozone generation and delivery, radio frequency (RF) and direct current (DC) power, reactive gas generation and vacuum technology. The Light & Motion segment provides a range of instruments, components and subsystems, which are derived from its core competencies in lasers, photonics and optics.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in MKS Instruments, Inc. as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

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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: $78.87
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $7.13
  • P/E: 11
  • Future EPS Calc: $12.56
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $138.22
  • Target stock price: $85.82

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Company name E*TRADE Financial Corp
Stock ticker ETFC
Live stock price [stckqut]ETFC[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

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) $70.32
Target stock price (averages with growth) $161.82
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $53.77
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $51.03

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/etfc

E*Trade Financial Corporation, incorporated on September 4, 2003, is a financial services company. The Company provides online brokerage and related products and services primarily to individual retail investors under the brand E*TRADE Financial. The Company also provides investor-focused banking products, primarily sweep deposits, to retail investors. It provides its services to customers through its digital platforms and network of industry-licensed customer service representatives and Financial Consultants, over the phone and by e-mail. It operates federally chartered savings banks with the primary purpose of maximizing the value of deposits generated through its brokerage business. The Company’s hybrid service delivery model is delivered through various digital platforms: E*TRADE and OptionsHouse products. It offers trading applications for smartphones, tablets and watches, which manages accounts and offers stock and portfolio alerts. Its active trading platform is a software-based trading application that offers trading tools, idea generation and analysis, and advanced portfolio and market tracking. Its digital platforms are complemented by its offline channels, which include its network of customer service representatives and financial consultants and its round the clock customer service available via phone, e-mail and online.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in E*TRADE Financial Corp as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor. You can review the best companies that I have found (and I probably invest my own money in most of these companies) in my Watch List.

How was this analysis of E*TRADE Financial Corp 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: $45.53
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.88
  • P/E: 11
  • Future EPS Calc: $7.47
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $82.17
  • Target stock price: $51.02

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

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) $137.75
Target stock price (averages with growth) $104.58
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $80.4
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $97.65

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/evr

Evercore Inc, formerly Evercore Partners Inc., incorporated on July 21, 2005, is a global independent investment banking advisory company. The Company advises a diverse set of investment banking clients on a wide range of transactions and issues and provides institutional investors with high quality equity research, sales and trading execution that is free of the conflicts created by proprietary activities. The Firm also offers investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors. The Company has 28 offices and affiliate offices in North America, Europe, South America and Asia and has the scale and strength to serve clients globally through a focused and tailored approach designed to meet their unique needs.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Evercore Inc as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

If you would like to understand how to evaluate companies like I do on this site, please read my book, The Confident Investor. You can review the best companies that I have found (and I probably invest my own money in most of these companies) in my Watch List.

How was this analysis of Evercore 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: $89.18
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $8.34
  • P/E: 10.7
  • Future EPS Calc: $14.69
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $157.26
  • Target stock price: $97.65

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