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Company name Google Inc
Stock ticker GOOG
Live stock price [stckqut]GOOG[/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) $652.53
Target stock price (averages with growth) $652.59
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $331.44
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $648.02

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

Google Inc. (Google) is a global technology company. The Company’s business is focused around areas, such as search and display advertising, the Android operating system platform, consumer content through Google Play, enterprise, commerce and hardware products. The Company generates revenue primarily by delivering online advertising. The Company provides its products and services in more than 100 languages and in more than 50 countries, regions, and territories. On www.google.com or one of its other Google domains, users can find information in different languages and in many different formats. Google Play is a cloud-based, digital entertainment store with more than a million apps and games plus millions of songs and books and movies. Chromecast is a small and affordable device that users plug into their high-definition (HD) TV and it allows users to use their phone, tablet or laptop to cast online content to their TV screen.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Google 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: $541.98
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $20.15
  • P/E: 26.9
  • Future EPS Calc: $38.79
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $1043.64
  • Target stock price: $648.01

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Company name Extra Space Storage, Inc.
Stock ticker EXR
Live stock price [stckqut]EXR[/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) $120.73
Target stock price (averages with growth) $95.63
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $40.57
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $80.48

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

Extra Space Storage Inc., is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. The Company owns, operates, manages, acquires, develops and redevelops professionally managed self-storage facilities. It operates through three segments, namely rental operations; tenant reinsurance; and property management, acquisition and development. As of December 31, 2013, it held ownership interests in 779 operating properties. Of these operating properties, 506 are wholly-owned, and 273 are owned in joint venture partnerships. An additional 250 operating properties are owned by third parties and operated by the company. These operating properties are located in 35 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico and contain approximately 75.7 million square feet of net rentable space in approximately 680,000 units and currently serve a customer base of approximately 600,000 tenants. All of the Company’s businesses are conducted through Extra Space Storage LP.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Extra Space Storage, 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: $67.28
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.53
  • P/E: 44
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.94
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $129.61
  • Target stock price: $80.48

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Company name EOG Resources Inc
Stock ticker EOG
Live stock price [stckqut]EOG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

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) $154.81
Target stock price (averages with growth) $88.75
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $40.6
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $105.56

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

EOG Resources, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (collectively, EOG), explores for, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas. The Company operates in producing basins in the United States, Canada, The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad), the United Kingdom, The People’s Republic of China (China) and the Argentine Republic (Argentina), among others. EOG’s total estimated net proved reserves were approximately 2,119 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe), of which approximately 901 million barrels (MMBbl) were crude oil and condensate reserves, approximately 377 MMBbl were natural gas liquids (NGLs) reserves and approximately 5,045 billion cubic feet, or 841 MMBoe, were natural gas reserves. In the Eagle Ford, the Company produced net volumes of approximately 142 thousand barrels per day (MBbld) of crude oil and condensate. The Company is also engaged in drilling in the The Rocky Mountain area.

 

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

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.

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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: $100.23
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.31
  • P/E: 19
  • Future EPS Calc: $8.94
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $170
  • Target stock price: $105.56

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Company name 3D Systems Corporation
Stock ticker DDD
Live stock price [stckqut]DDD[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

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) $38.91
Target stock price (averages with growth) $42.99
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $19.5
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $31.46

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

3D Systems Corporation is a holding company. The Company is a provider of three-dimensional (3D) printing centric solutions. It provides 3D design-to-manufacturing solutions, including 3D printers, print materials and cloud sourced custom parts. Its healthcare solutions include end-to-end simulation, training and planning and printing of surgical instruments and devices for personalized surgery and patient specific medical and dental devices. It also provides software and haptic and perceptual devices for design, including 3D digital design, scan-to-computer-aided design (CAD), scan-to-print, reverse engineering, inspection, sculpting and medical modeling and simulation applications. For its healthcare customers it also offers virtual surgical planning and medical modeling services, digitizing scanners and simulation products. The Company operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific regions.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in 3D Systems 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: $24.92
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.11
  • P/E: 229
  • Future EPS Calc: $0.22
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $50.66
  • Target stock price: $31.45

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Company name Catamaran Corp (USA)
Stock ticker CTRX
Live stock price [stckqut]CTRX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $92.07
Target stock price (averages with growth) $100.44
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $46.13
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $92.19

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

Catamaran Corporation (Catamaran), formerly SXC Health Solutions Corp. is a provider of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services and healthcare information technology (HCIT) solutions to the healthcare benefit management industry. The Company’s PBM services are marketed under the Catamaran PBM brand, includes electronic point-of-sale pharmacy claims management, retail pharmacy network management, mail pharmacy claims management, specialty pharmacy claims management, Medicare Part D services, benefit design consultation, and reporting and information analysis. Its HCIT solutions include: RxCLAIM, an on-line transaction processing system that provides instant adjudication of prescription drug claims; RxMAX, rebate management system; RxTRACK, data warehouse and analysis system, and Zynchros, formulary management tools. Its customers include organizations in the pharmaceutical supply chain.

 

Confident Investor comments: Catamaran is in the process of being acquired. I think the stock is worth more than is being offered but I would not vote against the acquisition. I am removing this stock from my Watch List as it really isn’t a long term investment.

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How was this analysis of Catamaran Corp (USA) 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: $59.47
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.53
  • P/E: 39
  • Future EPS Calc: $3.8
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $148.47
  • Target stock price: $92.19

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