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Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $325.1200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $238.0400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $389.9200 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $268.3500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $57.8100 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $2478.4000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ANET Arista Networks Inc $231.2700 Strong Buy or Hold
ATHM Autohome Inc $83.6900 Strong Buy or Hold
AVGO Broadcom Inc $309.5300 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $218.6100 Strong Buy or Hold
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $1725.9700 Strong Buy or Hold
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc $109.9400 Strong Buy or Hold
COHR Coherent, Inc. $152.5900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $59.7500 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $390.1400 Strong Buy or Hold
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $48.2800 Strong Buy or Hold
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $228.9100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
EVR Evercore Inc $61.7900 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $230.1600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FIVE Five Below Inc $107.8700 Strong Buy or Hold
FTNT Fortinet Inc $142.8900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1439.2500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $15.4400 Strong Buy or Hold
HZO MarineMax Inc $22.0200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $358.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $118.7400 Strong Buy or Hold
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $40.0800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $90.6600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $286.8900 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $323.7400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MA Mastercard Inc $307.0700 Strong Buy or Hold
MEOH Methanex Corporation $19.4200 Strong Buy or Hold
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $109.2000 Strong Buy or Hold
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $521.1100 Strong Buy or Hold
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $44.1600 Strong Buy or Hold
MTCH Match Group Inc $94.0100 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $421.9700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $57.5700 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $350.7800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $92.8500 Strong Buy or Hold
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $54.2900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $156.7800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $79.5800 Strong Buy or Hold
SINA SINA Corp $33.2100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SIVB SVB Financial Group $219.9900 Strong Buy or Hold
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $174.8200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SUI Sun Communities Inc $142.6800 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $127.2600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $5.7500 Strong Buy or Hold
THRM Gentherm Inc $42.6900 Strong Buy or Hold
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $101.2100 Strong Buy or Hold
TNET TriNet Group Inc $58.0200 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $252.3000 Strong Buy or Hold
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $305.3500 Strong Buy or Hold
V Visa Inc $196.8700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon

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HZO MarineMax Inc 10.3206%
MEOH Methanex Corporation 7.6497%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 7.3713%
EVR Evercore Inc 6.5345%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 6.3939%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 5.6841%
SIVB SVB Financial Group 4.8071%
NSP Insperity Inc 4.6727%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 4.6278%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 4.5933%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 4.5405%
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc 4.2882%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 4.288%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 3.8482%
COHR Coherent, Inc. 3.7886%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 3.6631%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 3.6207%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 3.2982%
SINA SINA Corp 3.2328%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 3.1995%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp 2.8986%
FIVE Five Below Inc 2.8803%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 2.8197%
THRM Gentherm Inc 2.7684%
ATHM Autohome Inc 2.5361%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 2.3142%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.9969%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 1.9434%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 1.8956%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 1.7306%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 1.4259%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 1.3719%
MA Mastercard Inc 1.1463%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 0.9981%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 0.9179%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 0.7967%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 0.7381%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.5505%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 0.3558%
V Visa Inc 0.2597%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 0.2423%
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc -0.0545%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -0.1332%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -0.2122%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -0.3134%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc -0.3233%
MTCH Match Group Inc -0.3709%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -0.4508%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -0.6317%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -0.7295%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -1.1%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -1.2497%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc -1.5991%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -2.1117%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) -3.6851%

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Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $323.3400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $230.6600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $390.4400 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $263.7850 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $55.7900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $2472.4100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ANET Arista Networks Inc $230.4500 Strong Buy or Hold
ATHM Autohome Inc $81.6200 Strong Buy or Hold
AVGO Broadcom Inc $298.0600 Strong Buy or Hold
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $214.3300 Strong Buy or Hold
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $1655.0000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc $110.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
COHR Coherent, Inc. $147.0200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $58.9100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $384.8600 Strong Buy or Hold
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $46.9200 Strong Buy or Hold
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $232.6300 Strong Buy or Hold
EVR Evercore Inc $58.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $232.7200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FIVE Five Below Inc $104.8500 Strong Buy or Hold
FTNT Fortinet Inc $143.9400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1442.3100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.3800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
HZO MarineMax Inc $19.9600 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $366.0500 Strong Buy or Hold
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $117.8700 Strong Buy or Hold
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $40.2100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $86.6500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $271.4600 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $312.3000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MA Mastercard Inc $303.5900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MEOH Methanex Corporation $18.0400 Strong Buy or Hold
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $104.7100 Strong Buy or Hold
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $515.9600 Strong Buy or Hold
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $42.7500 Strong Buy or Hold
MTCH Match Group Inc $94.3600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $427.3100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $55.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $353.0100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $87.2700 Strong Buy or Hold
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $53.2800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $157.4900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $77.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SINA SINA Corp $32.1700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SIVB SVB Financial Group $209.9000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $173.2300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $139.9600 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $123.7700 Strong Buy or Hold
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $5.9700 Strong Buy or Hold
THRM Gentherm Inc $41.5400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $100.4100 Strong Buy or Hold
TNET TriNet Group Inc $55.5000 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $241.2200 Strong Buy or Hold
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $306.3100 Strong Buy or Hold
V Visa Inc $196.3600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon

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Company name Applied Materials, Inc.
Stock ticker AMAT
Live stock price [stckqut]AMAT[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good


MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Fair
Price growth Fair
R&D growth Poor
Income growth Good
Assets growth Fair
Return on Assets growth Good
Income / Rev growth Good
TWCA Plus Good
Standard TWCA Good
Weighted ann. stock price increase Poor

 

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $86.21
Target stock price (averages with growth) $148.24
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $85.09
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $77.62

The following company description is from Reuters: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/amat/profile?p=amat

Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation and nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices, as well as equipment for flexible substrates. The company serves manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, liquid crystal and organic light-emitting diode displays, and other electronic devices. It operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Applied Materials, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Applied Materials, Inc. as long as the price is correct and the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good, but there are some concerns.

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.

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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: $55.79
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.14
  • P/E: 16
  • Future EPS Calc: $7.81
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $125.01
  • Target stock price: $77.62

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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
Price growth Good
R&D growth Good
Income growth Good
Assets growth Good
Return on Assets growth Poor
Income / Rev growth Poor
TWCA Plus Good
Standard TWCA Good
Weighted ann. stock price increase Good


ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $407.56
Target stock price (averages with growth) $203.07
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $150.75
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $405.34

The following company description is from Reuters: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/algn/profile?p=algn

Align Technology, Inc., a medical device company, designs, manufactures, and markets Invisalign clear aligners and iTero intraoral scanners and services for orthodontists and general practitioner dentists, and restorative and aesthetic dentistry. It operates in two segments, Clear Aligner; and Scanners and Services. The Clear Aligner segment consists of comprehensive products, including Invisalign Comprehensive treatment that addresses the orthodontic needs of teenage patients, such as mandibular advancement, compliance indicators, and compensation for tooth eruption; and Invisalign First Phase I and Invisalign First Comprehensive Phase 2 package for younger patients generally between the ages of seven and ten years, which is a mixture of primary/baby and permanent teeth. This segment’s non-comprehensive products comprise Invisalign Moderate, Lite and Express packages, and Invisalign Go; and non-case products include retention products, Invisalign training fees, and sales of ancillary products, such as cleaning material, and adjusting tools used by dental professionals during the course of treatment. The Scanners and Services segment offers iTero Scanner, a single hardware platform with software options for restorative or orthodontic procedures; restorative software for general practitioner dentists, prosthodontists, periodontists, and oral surgeons; software for orthodontists for digital records storage, orthodontic diagnosis, and for the fabrication of printed models and retainers; computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing services and ancillary products, such as disposable sleeves for the wand; and iTero applications and tools. The company sells its products in the United States, the Netherlands, China, and internationally. Align Technology, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Align Technology, 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: $263.79
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $23.85
  • P/E: 11
  • Future EPS Calc: $59.34
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $652.81
  • Target stock price: $405.34

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