Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $351.5900 Strong Buy or Hold
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $254.7300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $413.4900 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $262.2100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $60.0000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $2640.9800 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $226.5400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $313.4400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $60.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $380.6700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $49.1600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $242.2100 Strong Buy or Hold
EVR Evercore Inc $59.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $235.5300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FIVE Five Below Inc $112.4700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FTNT Fortinet Inc $135.4800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1452.5400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.4700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $360.6600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $110.4900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $40.9400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $91.7400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $313.7800 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $303.6900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MA Mastercard Inc $303.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEOH Methanex Corporation $20.5400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $109.7500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $508.9900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $43.4900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MTCH Match Group Inc $94.4700 Strong Buy or Hold
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $447.7700 Strong Buy or Hold
NSP Insperity Inc $60.0000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $369.4400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $86.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $59.7000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $163.8300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $77.1000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SINA SINA Corp $35.8100 Strong Buy or Hold
SIVB SVB Financial Group $219.1500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $178.7100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SUI Sun Communities Inc $146.6000 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $130.7400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $5.5500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $39.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $102.6300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $55.8600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $223.6500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $292.6000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $193.5600 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 2.717%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 2.7053%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 2.6689%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 2.494%
MTCH Match Group Inc 2.4398%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 2.2437%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 2.2222%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 2.004%
SINA SINA Corp 1.9067%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 1.8471%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 1.8304%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 1.6204%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 1.6189%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 1.5829%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 1.5499%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 0.9831%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 0.8754%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 0.7044%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 0.4421%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 0.4196%
V Visa Inc 0.3526%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.1255%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -0.0509%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -0.1317%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -0.1365%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.1392%
MA Mastercard Inc -0.2365%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -0.2527%
FIVE Five Below Inc -0.4426%
SUI Sun Communities Inc -0.7716%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -0.7894%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -0.9142%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -0.9507%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -0.9744%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -0.9769%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.996%
SIVB SVB Financial Group -1.1992%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) -1.2456%
NSP Insperity Inc -1.2833%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -1.3156%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -1.4364%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc -1.6578%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp -1.7193%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -2.0974%
THRM Gentherm Inc -2.1024%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -2.2279%
EVR Evercore Inc -2.8901%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -3.377%
MEOH Methanex Corporation -5.6933%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $352.0800 Strong Buy or Hold
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $249.1400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $411.6700 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $264.7900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $58.5400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $2615.2700 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $229.5600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $310.7200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $60.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $374.8600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $50.0200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $235.8300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
EVR Evercore Inc $61.5900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $235.6500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FIVE Five Below Inc $112.9700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FTNT Fortinet Inc $136.7300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1446.4700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $355.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $111.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $40.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $92.4700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $305.4800 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $310.6100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MA Mastercard Inc $304.4800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MEOH Methanex Corporation $21.7800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $108.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $498.9900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $45.0100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MTCH Match Group Inc $92.2200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $436.1300 Strong Buy or Hold
NSP Insperity Inc $60.7800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $362.7400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $88.0700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $60.5700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $161.2200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $77.8400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SINA SINA Corp $35.1400 Strong Buy or Hold
SIVB SVB Financial Group $221.8100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $177.4600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $147.7400 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $128.3900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $5.6200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $40.4300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $102.8900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $55.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $225.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $293.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $192.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 10.1297%
MEOH Methanex Corporation 6.8171%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 5.3205%
NSP Insperity Inc 4.5408%
MTCH Match Group Inc 4.3921%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 4.1481%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 3.9544%
EVR Evercore Inc 3.045%
FIVE Five Below Inc 2.859%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 2.8473%
AAPL Apple Inc. 2.6502%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 2.6262%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. 2.6117%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 2.5739%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 2.4982%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 2.4946%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp 2.479%
MA Mastercard Inc 2.4599%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 2.4234%
SIVB SVB Financial Group 2.3817%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc 2.3474%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 2.3294%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 2.3145%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) 2.1818%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 2.1803%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 2.1705%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 2.089%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 1.8971%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 1.811%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 1.6555%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 1.6427%
SINA SINA Corp 1.4141%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 1.3548%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 1.1435%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 1.1407%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 1.0209%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 0.9774%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 0.9038%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 0.6787%
FTNT Fortinet Inc 0.6033%
V Visa Inc 0.5841%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 0.5457%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 0.1818%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.1238%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 0.0677%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -0.427%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -0.8097%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -1.1473%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -1.71%

 

Company name Paypal Holdings Inc
Stock ticker PYPL
Live stock price [stckqut]PYPL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

 

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBITDA growth Good
Price growth Good
R&D growth Good
Income growth Good
Assets growth Fair
Return on Assets growth Good
Income / Rev growth Good
TWCA Plus Good
Standard TWCA Good
Weighted ann. stock price increase Good

 

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $249.12
Target stock price (averages with growth) $274.09
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $226.34
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $210.34

 

The following company description is from Reuters: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/pypl/profile?p=pypl

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates as a technology platform and digital payments company that enables digital and mobile payments on behalf of consumers and merchants worldwide. Its payment solutions include PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, and iZettle products. The company’s payments platform allows consumers to send and receive payments, withdraw funds to their bank accounts, and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in various currencies. It also offers gateway services that enable merchants to accept payments online with credit or debit cards, as well as digital wallets. PayPal Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Paypal Holdings 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 Paypal Holdings 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: $161.22
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.771101
  • P/E: 76.8654344902666
  • Future EPS Calc: $4.4
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $338.75
  • Target stock price: $210.33

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