Company name Sun Communities Inc
Stock ticker SUI
Live stock price [stckqut]SUI[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $202.15
Target stock price (averages with growth) $51.47
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $151.01
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $149.50

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

Sun Communities, Inc., incorporated on July 23, 1993, is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is a fully integrated real estate company, which, together with its affiliates and predecessors, has been in the business of acquiring, operating, developing, and expanding manufactured housing (MH) and recreational vehicle (RV). As of December 31, 2016, it owned and operated or had an interest in a portfolio of properties located throughout the United States and Ontario, Canada, including 226 MH communities, 87 RV communities, and 28 properties containing both MH and RV sites. The Company operates through two segments: Real Property Operations and Home Sales and Rentals. The Real Property Operations segment owns, operates, or has an interest in a portfolio, and develops MH communities and RV communities throughout the United States and is in the business of acquiring, operating, and expanding MH and RV communities. The Home Sales and Rentals segment offers MH and RV park model sales and leasing services to tenants and prospective tenants of its communities.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Sun Communities 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: $130.31
  • Growth: 0.13
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.32
  • P/E: 11
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.43
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $26.75
  • Target stock price: $16.61

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Company name Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A
Stock ticker STZ
Live stock price [stckqut]STZ[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $280.02
Target stock price (averages with growth) $209.08
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $209.08
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $195.43

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

Constellation Brands, Inc., incorporated on December 4, 1972, is an international beverage alcohol company. The Company is a producer and marketer of beer, wine and spirits with operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Italy. The Company’s segments include Beer, Wine and Spirits, and Corporate Operations and Other. The Company’s wine portfolio is complemented by select spirits brands and other select beverage alcohol products. It is a multi-category supplier (beer, wine and spirits) of beverage alcohol in the United States.

The Company owns principal facilities, including the Nava Brewery in Nava, Coahuila, Mexico; the glass production plant in Nava, Coahuila, Mexico; wineries in California, which include the Woodbridge Winery in Acampo and the Mission Bell winery in Madera; the Canandaigua winery in Canandaigua, New York, and the distillery in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. It operates over four facilities in the San Diego, California area that produce its Ballast Point brand, including Miramar, which serves as the primary production site for the brand. In the United States, the Company operates over 20 wineries using varieties of grapes grown in the Napa, Sonoma, Monterey and San Joaquin regions of California. It also operates over four wineries in New Zealand and approximately five wineries in Italy. The Company’s Canadian whisky requirements are produced and aged at its Canadian distillery in Lethbridge, Alberta.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 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 Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 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: $181.26
  • Growth: 0.13
  • Current EPS (TTM): $15.53
  • P/E: 11
  • Future EPS Calc: $28.61
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $314.74
  • Target stock price: $195.43

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Company name Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc
Stock ticker REGN
Live stock price [stckqut]REGN[/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) $392.29
Target stock price (averages with growth) $298.11
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $298.11
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $378.92

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

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., incorporated on January 11, 1988, is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, invents, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. The Company commercializes medicines for eye diseases, high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and an inflammatory condition and have product candidates in development in other areas, including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, pain, cancer, and infectious diseases. The Company’s marketed products include EYLEA (aflibercept) Injection, Praluent (alirocumab) Injection, ARCALYST (rilonacept) Injection for Subcutaneous Use, Kevzara (sarilumab) Solution for Subcutaneous Injection and ZALTRAP (ziv-aflibercept) Injection for intravenous infusion. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had 16 product candidates in clinical development, which consisted of a Trap-based clinical program and 15 fully human monoclonal antibody product candidates. Its antibodies are generated using its VelocImmune technology.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc are good, in fact the company ranks as a Good company, but there are some concerns with the price of the stock and I am removing it from my Watch List.

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How was this analysis of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 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: $320.26
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $21.13
  • P/E: 15
  • Future EPS Calc: $40.68
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $610.26
  • Target stock price: $378.92

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Company name Paypal Holdings Inc
Stock ticker PYPL
Live stock price [stckqut]PYPL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $179.39
Target stock price (averages with growth) $179.39
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $179.39
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $180.08

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

PayPal Holdings, Inc., incorporated on January 30, 2015, is a technology platform and digital payments company that enables digital and mobile payments on behalf of consumers and merchants. The Company’s combined payment solutions, including its PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom and Paydiant products, compose its Payments Platform. The Company operates a two-sided global technology platform that links its customers, both merchants and consumers, around the globe to facilitate the processing of payment transactions, allowing it to connect merchants and consumers. The Company allows its customers to use their account for both purchase and paying for goods, as well as to transfer and withdraw funds. The Company enables consumers to exchange funds with merchants using a range of funding sources, which include a bank account, a PayPal account balance, a PayPal Credit account, a credit and debit card or other stored value products, such as coupons and gift cards. The Company offers consumers person-to-person (P2P) payment solutions through its PayPal Website and mobile application, Venmo and Xoom.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Paypal Holdings 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 Paypal Holdings 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: $116.21
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.85
  • P/E: 63
  • Future EPS Calc: $4.6
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $290.01
  • Target stock price: $180.07

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Company name Patrick Industries, Inc.
Stock ticker PATK
Live stock price [stckqut]PATK[/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) $74.24
Target stock price (averages with growth) $51.88
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $51.88
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $60.67

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

Patrick Industries, Inc. (Patrick), incorporated on January 3, 1961, is a manufacturer of component products and distributor of building products and materials for the recreational vehicle (RV) and manufactured housing (MH) industrial markets for customers throughout the United States and Canada. In addition, the Company is a supplier to certain other industrial markets, such as kitchen cabinet, office and household furniture, fixtures and commercial furnishings, marine, and other industrial markets. The Company operates in two segments: Manufacturing and Distribution. The Company manufactures a range of products, which include decorative vinyl and paper laminated panels, solid surface, granite and quartz countertops, fabricated aluminum products, wrapped vinyl, paper and hardwood profile mouldings, slide-out trim and fascia, cabinet doors and components, hardwood furniture, fiberglass bath fixtures, fiberglass and plastic component products including front and rear caps and marine helms, softwoods lumber, interior passage doors, RV painting, and slotwall panels and components, among others. As of December 31, 2016, the Company maintained 56 manufacturing plants and 22 warehouse and distribution facilities in 16 states

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Patrick Industries, 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 Patrick Industries, 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: $48.09
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.62
  • P/E: 12
  • Future EPS Calc: $8.14
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $97.7
  • Target stock price: $60.66

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