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

 

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
Price growth Good
R&D growth Good
Income growth Good
Assets growth Good
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) $212.86
Target stock price (averages with growth) $78.93
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $148.48
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $133.51

 

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

Fortinet, Inc. provides broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions worldwide. It offers FortiGate hardware and software licenses that provide various security and networking functions, including firewall, intrusion prevention, anti-malware, virtual private network, application control, Web filtering, anti-spam, and wide area network (WAN) acceleration. The company also provides FortiSwitch product family that offers secure switching solutions for connecting customers end devices; FortiAP product family, which provides secure wireless networking solutions; FortiExtender appliance provides a WAN connection to its FortiGate products; FortiAnalyzer product family, which offers centralized network logging, analyzing, and reporting solutions; and FortiManager product family that provides central and scalable management solution for its FortiGate products. It offers FortiWeb product family provides web application firewall solutions; FortiMail product family that secure email gateway solutions; FortiSandbox technology that delivers proactive detection and mitigation services; and FortiSIEM family of software solutions, which offers a cloud-ready security information and event management solutions, as well as FortiToken and FortiAuthenticator product families for multi-factor authentication to safeguard systems, assets, and data; and FortiNAC product family to implement zero trust network access strategies. The company provides security subscription, technical support, professional, and training services. It sells its security solutions to channel partners and directly to various customers in telecommunications, technology, government, financial services, education, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare industries. Fortinet, Inc. provides its products and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Fortinet Inc as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable.

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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: $137.51
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.74
  • P/E: 49.6634203942172
  • Future EPS Calc: $4.32
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $215.02
  • Target stock price: $133.51

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Company name Five Below Inc
Stock ticker FIVE
Live stock price [stckqut]FIVE[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

 

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

 

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $145.3
Target stock price (averages with growth) $134.71
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $119.51
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $113.35

 

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

Five Below, Inc. operates as a specialty value retailer in the United States. It offers accessories, including novelty socks, sunglasses, jewelry, scarves, gloves, hair accessories, athletic tops and bottoms, and T-shirts, as well as nail polishes, lip glosses, fragrances, and branded cosmetics; and items used to complete and personalize living space, including glitter lamps, posters, frames, fleece blankets, plush items, pillows, candles, incense, lighting, novelty décor, and related items, as well as provides storage options for the customers room. The company also provides sport balls; team sports merchandise and fitness accessories, such as hand weights, jump ropes, and gym balls; games, including name brand board games, puzzles, collectibles, and toys covering remote control; and pool, beach, and outdoor toys, as well as games and accessories. In addition, it offers accessories, such as cases, chargers, headphones, and other related items for cell phones, tablets, audio, and computers; books, video games, and DVDs; craft activity kits; arts and crafts supplies that consist of crayons, markers, and stickers; and trend-right items for school comprising backpacks, fashion notebooks and journals, novelty pens and pencils, locker accessories, and everyday name brand items. Further, the company provides party goods, decorations, gag gifts, and greeting cards, as well as every day and special occasion merchandise products; assortment of classic and novelty candy bars, movie-size box candy, seasonal-related candy, and gum and snack food; chilled drinks through coolers; and seasonally-specific items used to celebrate and decorate for events. It primarily serves tween and teen customers. As of February 1, 2020, Five Below, Inc. operated 900 stores in 36 states. The company was formerly known as Cheap Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Five Below, Inc. in August 2002. Five Below, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Five Below Inc 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 Five Below 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: $107.34
  • Growth: 0.160549836980051
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.84
  • P/E: 30.5324473047083
  • Future EPS Calc: $5.97
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $182.55
  • Target stock price: $113.35

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Company name Facebook, Inc. Common Stock
Stock ticker FB
Live stock price [stckqut]FB[/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
Price growth Good
R&D growth Good
Income growth Good
Assets growth Good
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) $356.61
Target stock price (averages with growth) $335.89
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $315.83
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $294.54

 

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

Facebook, Inc. develops products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and in-home devices worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. Facebook, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 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 Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 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: $230.75
  • Growth: 0.1879
  • Current EPS (TTM): $6.745
  • P/E: 29.7321716322261
  • Future EPS Calc: $15.95
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $474.35
  • Target stock price: $294.54

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Company name Evercore Inc
Stock ticker EVR
Live stock price [stckqut]EVR[/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 Good
Assets growth Good
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) $103.37
Target stock price (averages with growth) $53.56
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $64.94
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $84.31

 

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

Evercore Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent investment banking advisory firm in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Investment Banking and Investment Management. The Investment Banking segment offers advisory services on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, restructurings, shareholder activism and defense, and related corporate finance matters; and services related to securities underwriting, private placement services, and commissions for agency-based equity trading services and equity research. This segment also provides restructuring advice to companies in financial transition, as well as to creditors, shareholders, and potential acquirers; and macroeconomic, policy, and fundamental equity research and agency-based equity securities trading for institutional investors. In addition, it engages in the provision of capital markets advisory services and advisory services focused on secondary transactions for private funds interests; and raising funds for financial sponsors. The Investment Management segment offers investment advisory, wealth management, and fiduciary services for high net-worth individuals and related entities; and institutional asset management services, including financial assets management services for institutional investors. It also holds interests in private equity funds; and provides trust services. The company was formerly known as Evercore Partners Inc. and changed its name to Evercore Inc. in August 2017. Evercore Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Evercore 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 Evercore 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: $66.89
  • Growth: 0.18
  • Current EPS (TTM): $6.37
  • P/E: 9.31784197138279
  • Future EPS Calc: $14.57
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $135.78
  • Target stock price: $84.31

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

 

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

 

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $363.61
Target stock price (averages with growth) $294.21
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $273.39
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $276.71

 

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

EPAM Systems, Inc. provides digital platform engineering and software development services in North America, Europe, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Asia, and Australia. The company offers engineering services, including requirements analysis and platform selection, customization, cross-platform migration, implementation, and integration; infrastructure management services, such as software development, testing, and maintenance with private, public, and mobile infrastructures for application, database, network, server, storage, and systems operations management, as well as monitoring, incident notification, and resolution services; and maintenance and support services. It also provides operation solutions comprising integrated engineering practices and smart automation; and optimization solutions that include software application testing, test management, automation, and consulting services to enable customers enhance their existing software testing and quality assurance practices, as well as other testing services that identify threats and close loopholes to protect its customers’ business systems from information loss. In addition, the company offers industry, technology, experience, and technical advisory consulting services; and digital and service design solutions, which comprise strategy, design, creative, and program management services, as well as physical product development. It serves the financial services, travel and consumer, software and hi-tech, business information and media, life sciences and healthcare, and other industries. EPAM Systems, Inc. has a partnership with Curogram to help healthcare systems implement a simplified COVID-19 crisis response solution. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in EPAM Systems Inc 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.

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.

How was this analysis of EPAM Systems 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: $234.83
  • Growth: 0.192333333333333
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.245
  • P/E: 43.5640524616181
  • Future EPS Calc: $10.22
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $445.65
  • Target stock price: $276.71

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