Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $343.9900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $245.6200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $397.1600 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $279.7100 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $59.7900 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $2600.8600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ANET Arista Networks Inc $231.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $315.3200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $61.2500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $382.2200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $51.9700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $235.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
EVR Evercore Inc $65.0600 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $238.6700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FIVE Five Below Inc $103.9000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FTNT Fortinet Inc $135.9200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1452.0800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.1500 Strong Buy or Hold
HZO MarineMax Inc $22.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $357.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $113.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $40.0100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $87.1800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $302.3300 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $316.4000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MA Mastercard Inc $311.4900 Strong Buy or Hold
MEOH Methanex Corporation $23.3100 Strong Buy or Hold
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $113.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $499.9300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $44.3800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MTCH Match Group Inc $89.6900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $434.0500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
NSP Insperity Inc $60.6000 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $361.8400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $93.6700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $60.0400 Strong Buy or Hold
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $156.8600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $82.3700 Strong Buy or Hold
SINA SINA Corp $34.3500 Strong Buy or Hold
SIVB SVB Financial Group $234.3100 Strong Buy or Hold
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $183.4000 Strong Buy or Hold
SUI Sun Communities Inc $144.8300 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $134.5100 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $6.2100 Strong Buy or Hold
THRM Gentherm Inc $43.8100 Strong Buy or Hold
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $103.1900 Strong Buy or Hold
TNET TriNet Group Inc $58.5100 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $244.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $309.2100 Strong Buy or Hold
V Visa Inc $199.0800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon

Symbol Stock Price change today
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 3.4709%
AAPL Apple Inc. 3.1578%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 3.1417%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 3.0427%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 2.7371%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 2.3671%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 1.7029%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation 1.5928%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 1.5815%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 0.4933%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp 0.4639%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.3812%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 0.3489%
MA Mastercard Inc 0.3479%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 0.279%
MTCH Match Group Inc 0.2011%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -0.0872%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -0.1559%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -0.1683%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -0.1707%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -0.1836%
V Visa Inc -0.2605%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -0.2871%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -0.6929%
SIVB SVB Financial Group -0.7329%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -0.9768%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -1.1563%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -1.2158%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc -1.2522%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A -1.3607%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. -1.4048%
SINA SINA Corp -1.4064%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -1.4241%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc -1.6953%
THRM Gentherm Inc -1.9472%
HZO MarineMax Inc -2.5686%
NSP Insperity Inc -2.9624%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -2.9846%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -3.032%
FIVE Five Below Inc -3.2048%
EVR Evercore Inc -3.4145%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -3.4651%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -3.7358%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -3.885%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -4.0225%
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) -5.0459%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -5.2786%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -5.3323%
MEOH Methanex Corporation -5.8942%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc -7.1563%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $333.4600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $253.3000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $397.7800 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $289.7500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $59.9000 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $2524.0600 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $231.7900 Strong Buy or Hold
AVGO Broadcom Inc $317.5200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $64.7000 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $375.8200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $51.7300 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $237.9800 Strong Buy or Hold
EVR Evercore Inc $67.3600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $231.4000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FIVE Five Below Inc $107.3400 Strong Buy or Hold
FTNT Fortinet Inc $137.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1448.0400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $17.0500 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
HZO MarineMax Inc $22.5800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $358.8100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $111.2900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $40.7000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $88.0400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $297.5900 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $315.3000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MA Mastercard Inc $310.4100 Strong Buy or Hold
MEOH Methanex Corporation $24.7700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $114.6100 Strong Buy or Hold
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $488.3700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $46.2400 Strong Buy or Hold
MTCH Match Group Inc $89.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $419.4900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $62.4500 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $352.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $100.8900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $62.3700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $156.0900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $83.5600 Strong Buy or Hold
SINA SINA Corp $34.8400 Strong Buy or Hold
SIVB SVB Financial Group $236.0400 Strong Buy or Hold
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $185.9300 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
SUI Sun Communities Inc $144.2800 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $134.7400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $6.5400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
THRM Gentherm Inc $44.6800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $104.4600 Strong Buy or Hold
TNET TriNet Group Inc $60.3100 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $254.5700 Strong Buy or Hold
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $309.4800 Strong Buy or Hold
V Visa Inc $199.6000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon

Symbol Stock Price change today
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) 5.1447%
EVR Evercore Inc 4.2402%
HZO MarineMax Inc 4.1994%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 3.8462%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 3.2928%
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 2.4859%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 2.232%
MEOH Methanex Corporation 2.1022%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 1.7288%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 1.6536%
SINA SINA Corp 1.604%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. 1.3971%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. 1.3273%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp 1.3122%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 1.242%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 0.9878%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 0.9675%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 0.9607%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.5913%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 0.5569%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 0.5343%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 0.491%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 0.4163%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.3594%
SIVB SVB Financial Group 0.3571%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 0.273%
AVGO Broadcom Inc 0.1388%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 0.0577%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 0%
V Visa Inc -0.005%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -0.0262%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc -0.0294%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -0.1567%
MA Mastercard Inc -0.4713%
NSP Insperity Inc -0.4781%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -0.4818%
MTCH Match Group Inc -0.6438%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -0.76%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -1.0429%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -1.1197%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -1.2892%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -1.3881%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -1.401%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -1.4373%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -1.7633%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -2.1142%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -2.4039%
FIVE Five Below Inc -2.4625%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -2.5351%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -7.758%

 

Company name Alphabet Inc Class A
Stock ticker GOOGL
Live stock price [stckqut]GOOGL[/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
Price growth Fair
R&D growth Good
Income growth Fair
Assets growth Poor
Return on Assets growth Poor
Income / Rev growth Fair
TWCA Plus Good
Standard TWCA Good
Weighted ann. stock price increase Good

 

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $1741.1
Target stock price (averages with growth) $1179.74
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $1162.43
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $1463.34

 

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

Alphabet Inc. provides online advertising services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It offers performance and brand advertising services. The company operates through Google and Other Bets segments. The Google segment offers products, such as Ads, Android, Chrome, Google Cloud, Google Maps, Google Play, Hardware, Search, and YouTube, as well as technical infrastructure. It also offers digital content, cloud services, hardware devices, and other miscellaneous products and services. The Other Bets segment includes businesses, including Access, Calico, CapitalG, GV, Verily, Waymo, and X, as well as Internet and television services. Alphabet Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Alphabet Inc Class A as long as the price is correct and the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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How was this analysis of Alphabet Inc Class A 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: $1448.04
  • Growth: 0.15
  • Current EPS (TTM): $43.15
  • P/E: 27.1542541313155
  • Future EPS Calc: $86.79
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $2356.71
  • Target stock price: $1463.33

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