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Company name Boston Beer Co Inc
Stock ticker SAM
Live stock price [stckqut]SAM[/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) $189.05
Target stock price (averages with growth) $167.2
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $94.19
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $201.47

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

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (Boston Beer) is a craft brewer in the United States. The Company is engaged in the business of producing and selling alcohol beverages primarily in the domestic market and in international markets. As of December 31, 2014, Boston Beer sold approximately 4.1 million barrels of its products. As of December 31, 2014, the Company sold over sixty beers under the Samuel Adams or the Sam Adams brand names, eleven flavored malt beverages under the Twisted Tea brand name, ten hard cider beverages under the Angry Orchard brand name, and over twenty beers under four of the brand names of its subsidiary, Alchemy & Science. Boston Beer produces malt beverages and hard cider at the Company-owned breweries and under contract arrangements at other brewery locations.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Boston Beer Co 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: $201.71
  • Growth: 0.1
  • Current EPS (TTM): $7.38
  • P/E: 27.3
  • Future EPS Calc: $11.88
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $324.47
  • Target stock price: $201.47

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Company name Royal Gold, Inc USA)
Stock ticker RGLD
Live stock price [stckqut]RGLD[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $35.85
Target stock price (averages with growth) $41.59
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $27.14
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $56.92

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

Royal Gold, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the business of acquiring and managing precious metals royalties, metal streams, and similar interests. The Company seeks to acquire existing royalty interests or to finance projects that are in production or in the development stage in exchange for royalty interests. The Company engages in a continual review of opportunities to acquire existing royalty interests, to create new royalty interests through the financing of mine development or exploration, or to acquire companies that hold royalty interests. The Company manages its business under a single operating segment, consisting of the acquisition and management of royalty interests. The Company’s revenue and long-lived assets are geographically distributed in Canada, Chile, Mexico, the United States, Australia, Africa and Other.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Royal Gold, Inc USA as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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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: $54.47
  • Growth: 0.11
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.8
  • P/E: 68
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.34
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $91.66
  • Target stock price: $56.91

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Company name REX American Resources Corp
Stock ticker REX
Live stock price [stckqut]REX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $77.16
Target stock price (averages with growth) $62.48
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $28.27
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $57.33

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

Rex Energy Corporation is an independent oil, natural gas liquid (NGL) and natural gas company. The Company has operations in the Appalachian Basin and Illinois Basin. In the Appalachian Basin, the Company is focused on its Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale and Upper Devonian (Burkett) Shale drilling and exploration activities. In the Illinois Basin, the Company is focused on its developmental oil drilling and the implementation of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) on its properties. In addition to its drilling and exploration activities, the Company is also engaged in oil and gas field services, where the Company provides water sourcing, water disposal and water transfer solutions for completion operations. The Company operates in two business segments: exploration and production and field services. Its core leasehold consists of interests in developed and undeveloped crude oil, NGL and natural gas resources located in the Appalachian and Illinois basins.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in REX American Resources Corp as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. Since this company is in a market that I do not want too much exposure to, I am removing REX from 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: $49.93
  • Growth: 0.13
  • Current EPS (TTM): $8.64
  • P/E: 5.8
  • Future EPS Calc: $15.91
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $92.32
  • Target stock price: $57.32

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Company name Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc
Stock ticker REGN
Live stock price [stckqut]REGN[/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) $903.84
Target stock price (averages with growth) $999.54
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $454.52
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $900.61

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

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an integrated biopharmaceutical company that discovers, invents, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. The Company commercializes medicines for eye diseases, colorectal cancer, and a rare inflammatory condition and has product candidates under development in other areas, including hypercholesterolemia, oncology, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), asthma and atopic dermatitis. The Company’s marketed products include EYLEA (aflibercept) injection, ZALTRAP (ziv-aflibercept) injection for intravenous infusion and ARCALYST (rilonacept) injection for subcutaneous use. The Company has 17 product candidates in clinical development. Its product candidates consist of two trap-based clinical programs and 15 human monoclonal antibody product candidates. The Company has generated each of the antibodies using its VelocImmune technology.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 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: $585.2
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.02
  • P/E: 145
  • Future EPS Calc: $10
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $1450.44
  • Target stock price: $900.61

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Company name QUALCOMM, Inc.
Stock ticker QCOM
Live stock price [stckqut]QCOM[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $48.22
Target stock price (averages with growth) $41.46
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $25.31
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $53.89

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

QUALCOMM Incorporated (Qualcomm) designs, manufactures and market digital communications products and services based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) and other technologies. The Company’s products consist of integrated circuits and system software used in mobile devices and in wireless networks. The Company operates in three segments, including Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL) and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). QCT develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software based on CDMA, OFDMA and other technologies. QTL segment provides rights to use portions of its property portfolio. QSI segment is focused on opening new opportunities for its technologies.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in QUALCOMM, Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns and I currently think the stock is overpriced at this level. I will be removing the stock from 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: $62.92
  • Growth: 0.07
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.64
  • P/E: 17
  • Future EPS Calc: $5.1
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $86.78
  • Target stock price: $53.88

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