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Company name Metlife Inc
Stock ticker MET
Live stock price [stckqut]MET[/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) $88.61
Target stock price (averages with growth) $72.39
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $33.39
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $88.51

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

MetLife, Inc. (MetLife) is a provider of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management. The Company’s segments include Retail; Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits, and Corporate Benefit Funding. Its three geographic segments are Latin America (collectively, the Americas); Asia, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In addition, MetLife’s Corporate & Other includes MetLife Home Loans LLC (MLHL), the surviving, non-bank entity of the merger of MetLife Bank, National Association (MetLife Bank) with and into MLHL, and other business activities. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, it operates in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The Company‘s businesses in the Americas offer a range of protection products and services.

 

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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: $57.37
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $6.16
  • P/E: 9.3
  • Future EPS Calc: $15.32
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $142.55
  • Target stock price: $88.51

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $324.54
Target stock price (averages with growth) $349.27
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $167.17
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $318.2

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

McKesson Corporation delivers pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and healthcare information technology. The Company operates in two segments. The McKesson Distribution Solutions segment distributes ethical and drugs and equipment and health and beauty care products throughout North America and internationally. This segment provides pharmaceutical solutions for biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturers, and practice management, technology, clinical support and business solutions to oncology and other specialty practices operating in the community setting. The McKesson Technology Solutions segment includes McKesson Health Solutions, which includes the Company’s InterQual clinical criteria solution, claims payment solutions and network performance tools. This segment delivers enterprise-wide clinical, patient care, financial, supply chain, strategic management software solutions, as well as connectivity, outsourcing and other services.

 

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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: $235.9
  • Growth: 0.17
  • Current EPS (TTM): $7.54
  • P/E: 31
  • Future EPS Calc: $16.53
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $512.46
  • Target stock price: $318.19

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Company name Harley-Davidson Inc
Stock ticker HOG
Live stock price [stckqut]HOG[/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) $70.08
Target stock price (averages with growth) $63.17
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $31.86
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $68.71

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

Harley-Davidson, Inc. is the parent company for the groups of companies doing business as Harley-Davidson Motor Company (HDMC) and Harley-Davidson Financial Services (HDFS). The Company operates in the Motorcycles and Related Products (Motorcycles) segment and the Financial Services (Financial Services) segment. The Motorcycles segment designs, manufactures and sells at wholesale street-legal Harley-Davidson motorcycles as well as a line of motorcycle parts, accessories, general merchandise and related services. The Company’s products are sold to retail customers through a network of independent dealers. The Company conducts business on a global basis, with sales in North America, Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA), Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The Financial Services segment consists of HDFS, which provides wholesale and retail financing and provides insurance and insurance-related programs primarily to Harley-Davidson dealers and their retail customers.

 

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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: $56.95
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.93
  • P/E: 14
  • Future EPS Calc: $7.9
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $110.66
  • Target stock price: $68.71

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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 Good
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $121.93
Target stock price (averages with growth) $114.84
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $54.28
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $121.88

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

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads, and provides railcar switching and other rail-related services in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium. The Company operates a longer-haul railroad that runs approximately 1,400 miles between Tarcoola in South Australia and Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. As of December 31, 2014, the Company operated in 41 states in the United States, four Australian states, one Australian territory and four Canadian provinces, and provided rail service at 37 ports in North America, Australia and Europe. As of December 31, 2014, the Company operated over approximately 15,600 miles of owned, jointly owned or leased track (inclusive of the Tarcoola to Darwin rail line operated under a concession agreement) and approximately 3,300 additional miles under other contractual track access arrangements.

 

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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: $85.24
  • Growth: 0.18
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.29
  • P/E: 20
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.81
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $196.28
  • Target stock price: $121.88

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Company name Gulfport Energy Corporation
Stock ticker GPOR
Live stock price [stckqut]GPOR[/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) $71.89
Target stock price (averages with growth) $79.4
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $35.98
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $72.03

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

Gulfport Energy Corporation is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company focused on the exploration, exploitation, acquisition and production of crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas in the United States. It has developed an oil and natural gas portfolio of proved reserves, as well as development and exploratory drilling opportunities on high potential conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas prospects. Its principal properties are located in the Utica Shale in Eastern Ohio and along the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the West Cote Blanche Bay, or WCBB, and Hackberry fields. The Company has producing properties in the Niobrara Formation of Northwestern Colorado and the Bakken Formation.

 

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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: $46.46
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.22
  • P/E: 21
  • Future EPS Calc: $5.52
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $116
  • Target stock price: $72.03

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