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AAPL Apple Inc. $204.4100 Strong Buy or Hold
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $261.3300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $305.7000 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $275.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $44.6700 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1939.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $268.8600 Strong Buy or Hold
ATHM Autohome Inc $ Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $284.8900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $174.6700 Strong Buy or Hold
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $1919.6500 Strong Buy or Hold
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc $95.2900 Strong Buy or Hold
COHR Coherent, Inc. $136.8600 Strong Buy or Hold
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $96.1800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $280.9600 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $ Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $ Very Concerned, may need to wait
EVR Evercore Inc $ Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $197.2000 Strong Buy or Hold
FIVE Five Below Inc $ Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $ Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1122.9900 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.8800 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
HZO MarineMax Inc $16.6800 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $377.8200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $143.2400 Strong Buy or Hold
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $33.2200 Strong Buy or Hold
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $73.1400 Strong Buy or Hold
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $184.8600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $183.9900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MA Mastercard Inc $273.0800 Strong Buy or Hold
MEOH Methanex Corporation $ Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $78.8700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $338.5000 Strong Buy or Hold
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $52.1300 Strong Buy or Hold
MTCH Match Group Inc $ Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $381.7200 Strong Buy or Hold
NSP Insperity Inc $128.5100 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $162.7500 Strong Buy or Hold
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $110.4200 Strong Buy or Hold
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $48.0500 Strong Buy or Hold
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $117.6800 Strong Buy or Hold
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $87.7900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SINA SINA Corp $ Very Concerned, may need to wait
SIVB SVB Financial Group $ Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $199.9000 Strong Buy or Hold
SUI Sun Communities Inc $133.5400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $80.6900 Strong Buy or Hold
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $14.7300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
THRM Gentherm Inc $40.8400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $75.8200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $69.0900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $345.4300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $245.2100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $176.8700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
WCG WellCare Health Plans, Inc. $281.6900 Very Concerned, may need to wait

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Company name Methanex Corporation
Stock ticker MEOH
Live stock price [stckqut]MEOH[/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) $69.3
Target stock price (averages with growth) $21.33
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $31.35
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $50.43

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

Methanex Corporation, incorporated on March 5, 1992, is a producer and supplier of methanol to a range of international markets in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and South America. The Company operates production sites in Canada, Chile, Egypt, New Zealand, the United States, and Trinidad and Tobago. Its global operations are supported by a global supply chain of terminals, storage facilities and a fleet of methanol ocean tankers. Its global supply chain and distribution network provides its customers with supply of methanol. Its subsidiary, Waterfront Shipping Company Limited, operates its fleet, which is made up of approximately 20 vessels ranging from 3,000 to 50,000 deadweight tons of capacity. It has over three production facilities in New Zealand that supply methanol primarily to customers in Asia Pacific. The Company operates over two plants in Trinidad, Titan and Atlas, which supply methanol to markets in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and South America.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Methanex Corporation 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: $44.86
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $7.03
  • P/E: 6
  • Future EPS Calc: $13.53
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $81.21
  • Target stock price: $50.42

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Company name EPAM Systems Inc
Stock ticker EPAM
Live stock price [stckqut]EPAM[/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) $274.14
Target stock price (averages with growth) $200.37
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $192.66
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $270.6

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

EPAM Systems, Inc. (EPAM), incorporated on December 18, 2002, is a global provider of software product development and digital platform engineering services to clients located around the world, primarily in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Company’s service offerings cover the full software product development lifecycle from digital strategy and customer experience design to enterprise application platforms implementation and program management services and from complex software development services to maintenance, support, custom application development, application testing, and infrastructure management. Its service offerings include Software Product Development Services, Custom Application Development Services, Application Testing Services, Enterprise Application Platforms, Application Maintenance and Support, and Infrastructure Management Services. The Company offers its solutions and services to industries, such as financial services, media and entertainment, travel and consumer, software and hi-tech, and life sciences and healthcare.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in EPAM Systems 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 EPAM Systems 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: $177.39
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.17
  • P/E: 42
  • Future EPS Calc: $10.37
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $435.8
  • Target stock price: $270.6

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Company name SVB Financial Group
Stock ticker SIVB
Live stock price [stckqut]SIVB[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $337.17
Target stock price (averages with growth) $195.23
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $195.69
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $335.77

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

SVB Financial Group (SVB Financial), incorporated on March 22, 1999, is a diversified financial services company, as well as a bank holding and a financial holding company. The Company operates through three segments: Global Commercial Bank, SVB Private Bank and SVB Capital. The Company, through its subsidiaries and divisions, offers a range of banking and financial products and services to clients across the United States. The Company offers services in the technology, life science/healthcare, private equity/venture capital and wine industries.

The Company offers commercial and private banking products and services through its principal subsidiary, Silicon Valley Bank (the Bank), which is a California state-chartered bank. The Bank and its subsidiaries, also offer asset management, private wealth management, brokerage and other investment services. Through SVB Financial’s other subsidiaries and divisions, it also offers non-banking products and services, such as funds management and business valuation services. Its investment securities are categorized as available-for-sale and held-to-maturity. As of December 31, 2016, the Company’s investment securities amounted to $21.7 billion. The Company’s loan portfolio includes commercial loans, real estate secured loans, construction loans and consumer loans. As of December 31, 2016, the Company’s total loans, net of unearned income, amounted to $19.9 billion. As of December 31, 2016, The Company’s total deposits amounted to $39 billion

 

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

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How was this analysis of SVB Financial Group 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: $218.27
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $18.11
  • P/E: 12
  • Future EPS Calc: $45.06
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $540.76
  • Target stock price: $335.77

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Company name Match Group Inc
Stock ticker MTCH
Live stock price [stckqut]MTCH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $110.5
Target stock price (averages with growth) $96.6
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $85.25
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $108.77

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

Match Group, Inc., incorporated on February 13, 2009, is a provider of dating products. The Company operates in the Dating segment. The Dating segment consists of all of its dating businesses across the globe. As of March 31, 2017, the Company operated a portfolio of over 45 brands, including Match, Tinder, PlentyOfFish, Meetic, OkCupid, Pairs, Twoo, OurTime, BlackPeopleMeet and LoveScout24, each designed to manage its users’ likelihood of finding a romantic connection. As of March 31, 2017, the Company offered its dating products in 42 languages across more than 190 countries.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Match Group 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: $71.54
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.6
  • P/E: 44
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.98
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $175.17
  • Target stock price: $108.77

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