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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $71.8
Target stock price (averages with growth) $57.97
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $30.26
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $69.16

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

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. owns and operates over 120 freight railroads across the world, which are organized in approximately 10 regions. The Company operates through three segments, which include North American Operations, Australian Operations and U.K./European Operations. In the United States, the Company has over eight regions, such as Central, Coastal (which includes industrial switching and port operations), Midwest, Mountain West (which includes industrial switching operations), Northeast, Ohio Valley, Pacific and Southern. Outside the United States, the Company has approximately three regions, such as Canada (which includes a contiguous railroad located in the United States), Australia, and U.K./Europe (which consists of operations in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom). The Company provides rail services at over 40 ports in North America, Australia and Europe and perform contract coal loading and railcar switching for industrial customers.

 

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.

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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: $64.48
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.95
  • P/E: 16
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.96
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $111.37
  • Target stock price: $69.15

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $15.52
Target stock price (averages with growth) $13.17
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $6.37
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $21.6

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 markets across the United States. The Company owns and/or operates television stations in approximately 50 television markets broadcasting over 180 separate programming streams, including approximately 40 affiliates of the CBS Network (CBS), over 30 affiliates of the NBC Network (NBC), approximately 20 affiliates of the ABC Network (ABC) and over 10 affiliates of the FOX Network (FOX). Along with primary broadcast channels, the Company can also broadcast secondary digital channels within a market. Its secondary digital channels are generally affiliated with networks different from those affiliated with its primary broadcast channels. It also broadcasts local news/weather channels in certain of its existing markets. Its television stations include WVLT and WBXX in Knoxville, Tennessee; WOWT in Omaha, Nebraska, and WDBJ in Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia.

 

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 this company are good but there are some concerns.

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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: $10.04
  • Growth: 0.13
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.59
  • P/E: 32
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.08
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $34.78
  • Target stock price: $21.59

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Company name Capital One Financial Corp.
Stock ticker COF
Live stock price [stckqut]COF[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $80.48
Target stock price (averages with growth) $66.41
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $33.96
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $64.69

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

Capital One Financial Corporation is a financial services holding company. The Company offers a range of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through branches, the Internet and other distribution channels. The Company’s segments include Credit Card, which consists of its domestic consumer and small business card lending, and the international card lending businesses in Canada and the United Kingdom; Consumer Banking, which consists of its branch-based lending and deposit gathering activities for consumers and small businesses, national deposit gathering, national auto lending and consumer home loan lending and servicing activities; Commercial Banking, which consists of its lending, deposit gathering and treasury management services to commercial real estate, and commercial and industrial customers, and Other, which includes management of its corporate investment portfolio and asset/liability management.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Capital One Financial Corp. as long as the price is correct. 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.

How was this analysis of Capital One 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: $61.28
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $6.87
  • P/E: 9
  • Future EPS Calc: $11.57
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $104.18
  • Target stock price: $64.69

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Company name Colfax Corp
Stock ticker CFX
Live stock price [stckqut]CFX[/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 Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $40.65
Target stock price (averages with growth) $32.82
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $14.83
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $27.94

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

Colfax Corporation is an industrial manufacturing and engineering company. The Company provides gas and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products and services to commercial and governmental customers around the world under Howden, ESAB and Colfax Fluid Handling brand names. The Company’s segments include Gas and Fluid Handling, and Fabrication Technology. The Gas and Fluid Handling segment supplies a range of products, including heavy-duty centrifugal and axial fans, rotary heat exchangers, gas compressors, pumps, fluid-handling systems and controls and specialty valves, which serves customers in the power generation, oil, gas and petrochemical, mining, marine (including defense), and general industrial and other end markets. The Fabrication technology segment develops, manufactures and supplies consumable products and equipment for the cutting and joining of steels, aluminum, and other metals and metal alloys.

 

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

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 Colfax 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: $26.32
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.11
  • P/E: 23
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.95
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $44.99
  • Target stock price: $27.93

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Company name Cerner Corporation
Stock ticker CERN
Live stock price [stckqut]CERN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $55.86
Target stock price (averages with growth) $58.18
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $32.57
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $58.1

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

Cerner Corporation is a supplier of healthcare information technology (HCIT). The Company offers a range of intelligent solutions and services that support the clinical, financial and operational needs of organizations. Its segments include Domestic and Global. The Domestic segment includes the business activity in the United States. The Global segment includes the business activity in Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Guam, India, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. It offers software, hardware, professional and managed services. Its solutions are offered on the unified Cerner Millennium architecture and on the HealtheIntent cloud-based platform. Its solutions include Cerner ITWorks, Cerner RevWorks, PowerWorks and CommunityWorks, among others.

 

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

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 Cerner Corporation 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: $58.8
  • Growth: 0.1
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.66
  • P/E: 35
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.67
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $93.57
  • Target stock price: $58.1

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