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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $85.93
Target stock price (averages with growth) $123.53
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $97.18
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $68.53

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

Starbucks Corporation is the premier roaster, marketer and retailer of specialty coffee in the world, operating in 65 countries. The Company purchases and roasts high-quality coffees, along with handcrafted coffee, tea and other beverages and fresh food items, through company-operated stores. The Company sells goods and services under the brands including Teavana, Tazo, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Evolution Fresh, La Boulange and Ethos. The Company has four operating segments: Americas, which is inclusive of the US, Canada, and Latin America; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); China/Asia Pacific (CAP) and Channel Development. The Company sells Starbucks and Seattle’s Best Coffee roasted whole bean and ground coffees, Tazo teas, Starbucks VIA Ready Brew, and other coffee and tea related products to institutional foodservice companies that service business and industry, education, healthcare, office coffee distributors, hotels, restaurants, airlines and other retailers.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Starbucks Corporation.

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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: $55.77
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.77
  • P/E: 31
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.56
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $110.36
  • Target stock price: $68.52

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Company name Facebook Inc
Stock ticker FB
Live stock price [stckqut]FB[/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) $137.5
Target stock price (averages with growth) $151.73
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $68.59
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $136.51

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

Facebook, Inc. is a social networking company. The Company is engaged in developing products that enables users to connect and share through mobile devices and personal computers. It offers various services focused on people, marketers and developers. It offers various platforms for people to share their opinions, ideas, photos and videos, and to engage in other activities. Its products include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. The Facebook mobile app and Website enables people to connect, share, discover and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers. Its Messenger is a mobile-to-mobile messaging application available on iOS and Android phones. Instagram is a mobile application and Website that enables people to take photos or videos, and share them with friends and followers. WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging application and allows people to exchange messages on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Nokia devices.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Facebook Inc.

How was this analysis of Facebook 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: $89.21
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.95
  • P/E: 93
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.36
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $219.84
  • Target stock price: $136.5

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Company name China Biologic Products Inc
Stock ticker CBPO
Live stock price [stckqut]CBPO[/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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $1400.03
Target stock price (averages with growth) $480.53
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $67.67
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $125.74

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

China Biologic Products, Inc. (China Biologic) is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is principally engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and sales of human plasma-based biopharmaceutical products in China. China Biologic has a product portfolio with over 20 different dosage forms of plasma products. The Company’s principal products are human albumin and immunoglobulin for intravenous injection (IVIG). China Biologic operates its business through two subsidiaries, namely, Shandong Taibang Biological Products Co. Ltd. and Guizhou Taibang Biological Products Co., Ltd. The Company also holds an interest in Xi’an Huitian Blood Products Co., Ltd., a plasma products company. Its products include human albumin, human immunoglobulin, IVIG, thymopolypeptides injection, human hepatitis B immunoglobulin, human rabies immunoglobulin, human tetanus immunoglobulin, placenta polypeptide, Factor VIII and human prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC).

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in China Biologic Products Inc.

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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: $82.62
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.13
  • P/E: 26
  • Future EPS Calc: $7.78
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $202.49
  • Target stock price: $125.73

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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 Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $19.07
Target stock price (averages with growth) $16.32
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $8.05
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $14.16

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

Gray Television Inc. (Gray) is a broadcast company, which owns and/or operates television stations and digital assets in markets throughout the United States. Gray owns and operates television stations in 44 television markets broadcasting 139 program streams including 76 affiliates of the Big Four networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX). Gray’s owned and/or operated stations include 26 channels affiliated with the CBS Network, 24 channels affiliated with the NBC Network, 16 channels affiliated with the ABC Network and 10 channels affiliated with the FOX Network. Gray reaches approximately 8.1% of total United States television households.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Gray Television, Inc.

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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: $12.3
  • Growth: 0.13
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.04
  • P/E: 11.9
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.91
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $22.8
  • Target stock price: $14.15

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Company name Yahoo! Inc.
Stock ticker YHOO
Live stock price [stckqut]YHOO[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $48.76
Target stock price (averages with growth) $19.48
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $9.03
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $31.69

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=yhoo
Yahoo! Inc. is a technology company. The Company is engaged in providing Internet search, communication and digital content. The Company manages its business geographically: the Americas; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific. The Company’s products include Search, Communications, Digital content, Flickr, and Tumblr. Yahoo Search is a search engine serves as a starting point to navigate the Internet and discover information, which is ranked and organized -based on their relevance to the query. Yahoo Mail connects users across mobile phones, tablets and PC. Yahoo.com offers news and information, including Yahoo original content and partner content. Flickr is a Web and mobile photo management and sharing service. Tumblr offers a Web platform and mobile applications (particularly on the iOS and Android platforms) that allow users to create, share and curate content. Yahoo is also a digital publisher and advertising technology provider.

 

 

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

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How was this analysis of Yahoo! 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: $31.58
  • Growth: 0.1
  • Current EPS (TTM): $6.89
  • P/E: 4.6
  • Future EPS Calc: $11.09
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $51.04
  • Target stock price: $31.69

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