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Company name MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
Stock ticker MKTX
Live stock price [stckqut]MKTX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

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) $517.1
Target stock price (averages with growth) $445.77
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $445.77
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $434.27

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

MarketAxess Holdings Inc., incorporated on April 11, 2000, operates an electronic trading platform that enables fixed-income market participants to trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments using its trading technology. Institutional investor and broker-dealer firms are the users of its trading platform, accessing global liquidity in the United States corporate bonds, emerging markets and high-yield bonds, European bonds, the United States agency bonds, municipal bonds, credit default swaps and other fixed-income securities. Through its Open Trading protocols, the Company executes trades in certain bonds between and among institutional investor and broker-dealer clients in an all-to-all trading environment on a matched principal basis. The Company also offers trading-related products and services, including market data to assist clients with trading decisions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; technology services to optimize trading environments, and execution services for exchange-traded fund managers and other clients. Through its Trax division, the Company also offers a range of pre- and post-trade services, including trade matching, regulatory transaction reporting, and market and reference data across a range of fixed-income and other products.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in MarketAxess Holdings 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: $334.61
  • Growth: 0.16
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.69
  • P/E: 71
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.85
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $699.39
  • Target stock price: $434.26

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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 Poor
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $113.89
Target stock price (averages with growth) $82.07
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $82.07
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $88.65

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: $73.76
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.46
  • P/E: 13
  • Future EPS Calc: $10.98
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $142.76
  • Target stock price: $88.64

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Company name Methode Electronics Inc.
Stock ticker MEI
Live stock price [stckqut]MEI[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $18.41
Target stock price (averages with growth) $13.51
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $13.51
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $19.24

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

Methode Electronics, Inc. (Methode), incorporated on April 27, 1966, is a manufacturer of component and subsystem devices. The Company designs, manufactures and markets devices employing electrical, radio remote control, electronic, wireless and sensing technologies. The Company operates through segments, including Automotive, Interface, Power Products and Other. The Company has manufacturing, design and testing facilities in China, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Company’s components are found in end markets of the aerospace, appliance, automotive, battery storage, construction, consumer and industrial equipment, communications (including information processing and storage, medical device, networking equipment, wireless and terrestrial voice/data systems), rail and other transportation industries.

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Methode Electronics 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. I am going to take Methode Electronics off of 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: $25.57
  • Growth: 0.03
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.97
  • P/E: 9
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.44
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $30.98
  • Target stock price: $19.24

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $410.92
Target stock price (averages with growth) $397.73
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $397.73
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $407.21

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

MasterCard Incorporated, incorporated on May 9, 2001, is a technology company that connects consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses across the world, enabling them to use electronic forms of payment. The Company operates through Payment Solutions segment. The Company allows user to make payments by creating a range of payment solutions and services using its brands, which include MasterCard, Maestro and Cirrus.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Mastercard 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: $265.8
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.99
  • P/E: 44
  • Future EPS Calc: $14.9
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $655.82
  • Target stock price: $407.21

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Company name Lululemon Athletica inc.
Stock ticker LULU
Live stock price [stckqut]LULU[/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) $266.73
Target stock price (averages with growth) $260.19
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $260.19
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $266.51

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

Lululemon athletica inc., incorporated on November 21, 2005, is a designer, distributor and retailer of athletic apparel. The Company operates through two segments: Company-operated stores and Direct to consumer. The Company is also engaged in the sale from outlets, showrooms, sales from temporary locations, sales to wholesale accounts, warehouse sales, and license and supply arrangements. As of January 29, 2017, the Company had operated 406 stores located in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Germany, Puerto Rico and Switzerland. Its direct to consumer segment generates revenue from its lululemon and ivivva e-commerce Websites, www.lululemon.com and www.ivivva.com, and other country and region specific Websites. The Company operates and distributes finished products from its owned or leased distribution facilities in the United States, Canada and Australia. The Company owns its distribution center in Columbus, Ohio, and leases its other distribution facilities.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Lululemon Athletica inc. 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 Lululemon Athletica 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: $172.49
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.67
  • P/E: 47
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.13
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $429.21
  • Target stock price: $266.5

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