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AAPL Apple Inc. $198.7800 Strong Buy or Hold
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $256.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $299.3300 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $283.5600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $132.3900 Strong Buy or Hold
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $42.9600 Strong Buy or Hold
AMN AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. $52.6900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1911.3000 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $253.3900 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
AVGO Broadcom Inc $273.9900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $167.5500 Strong Buy or Hold
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $1880.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc $95.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
COHR Coherent, Inc. $128.6900 Strong Buy or Hold
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $41.2600 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $98.9300 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $280.3300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EA Electronic Arts Inc. $95.3300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $191.1400 Strong Buy or Hold
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1125.3700 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.5700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $16.7700 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $361.5600 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $134.3700 Strong Buy or Hold
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $31.8900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $71.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $183.0300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $181.8700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MA Mastercard Inc $264.4700 Strong Buy or Hold
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $76.1600 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $333.0800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $48.0300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $369.2100 Strong Buy or Hold
NSP Insperity Inc $123.3600 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $151.7600 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $101.7200 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $48.0900 Strong Buy or Hold
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $116.2100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $83.8200 Strong Buy or Hold
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $183.7300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $129.8500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $75.2200 Strong Buy or Hold
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $14.7000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
THRM Gentherm Inc $41.1000 Strong Buy or Hold
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $75.7000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TNET TriNet Group Inc $69.3000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $355.8100 Strong Buy or Hold
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $252.2800 Strong Buy or Hold
V Visa Inc $173.4400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
WCG WellCare Health Plans, Inc. $299.2900 Strong Buy or Hold

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Company name Starbucks Corporation
Stock ticker SBUX
Live stock price [stckqut]SBUX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $129.45
Target stock price (averages with growth) $115.77
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $115.77
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $113.21

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/sbux

Starbucks Corporation (Starbucks), incorporated on November 4, 1985, is a roaster, marketer and retailer of coffee. As of October 2, 2016, the Company operated in 75 countries. The Company operates through four segments: Americas, which is inclusive of the United States, Canada, and Latin America; China/Asia Pacific (CAP); Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and Channel Development. The Company purchases and roasts coffees that it sells, along with handcrafted coffee, tea and other beverages and a range of fresh food items, including snack offerings, through Company-operated stores. The Company also sells a range of coffee and tea products and licenses its trademarks through other channels, such as licensed stores, grocery and foodservice accounts. In addition to its Starbucks Coffee brand, the Company sells goods and services under various brands, including Teavana, Tazo, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Evolution Fresh, La Boulange and Ethos.

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Starbucks Corporation 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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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: $83.82
  • Growth: 0.17
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.31
  • P/E: 36
  • Future EPS Calc: $5.06
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $182.32
  • Target stock price: $113.2

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Company name Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc
Stock ticker REGN
Live stock price [stckqut]REGN[/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) $392.29
Target stock price (averages with growth) $298.11
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $298.11
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $378.92

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/regn

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., incorporated on January 11, 1988, is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, invents, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. The Company commercializes medicines for eye diseases, high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and an inflammatory condition and have product candidates in development in other areas, including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, pain, cancer, and infectious diseases. The Company’s marketed products include EYLEA (aflibercept) Injection, Praluent (alirocumab) Injection, ARCALYST (rilonacept) Injection for Subcutaneous Use, Kevzara (sarilumab) Solution for Subcutaneous Injection and ZALTRAP (ziv-aflibercept) Injection for intravenous infusion. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had 16 product candidates in clinical development, which consisted of a Trap-based clinical program and 15 fully human monoclonal antibody product candidates. Its antibodies are generated using its VelocImmune technology.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc are good, in fact the company ranks as a Good company, but there are some concerns with the price of the stock and I am removing it from my Watch List.

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How was this analysis of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 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: $320.26
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $21.13
  • P/E: 15
  • Future EPS Calc: $40.68
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $610.26
  • Target stock price: $378.92

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $179.39
Target stock price (averages with growth) $179.39
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $179.39
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $180.08

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/pypl

PayPal Holdings, Inc., incorporated on January 30, 2015, is a technology platform and digital payments company that enables digital and mobile payments on behalf of consumers and merchants. The Company’s combined payment solutions, including its PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom and Paydiant products, compose its Payments Platform. The Company operates a two-sided global technology platform that links its customers, both merchants and consumers, around the globe to facilitate the processing of payment transactions, allowing it to connect merchants and consumers. The Company allows its customers to use their account for both purchase and paying for goods, as well as to transfer and withdraw funds. The Company enables consumers to exchange funds with merchants using a range of funding sources, which include a bank account, a PayPal account balance, a PayPal Credit account, a credit and debit card or other stored value products, such as coupons and gift cards. The Company offers consumers person-to-person (P2P) payment solutions through its PayPal Website and mobile application, Venmo and Xoom.

 

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.

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 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: $116.21
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.85
  • P/E: 63
  • Future EPS Calc: $4.6
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $290.01
  • Target stock price: $180.07

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $74.24
Target stock price (averages with growth) $51.88
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $51.88
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $60.67

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/patk

Patrick Industries, Inc. (Patrick), incorporated on January 3, 1961, is a manufacturer of component products and distributor of building products and materials for the recreational vehicle (RV) and manufactured housing (MH) industrial markets for customers throughout the United States and Canada. In addition, the Company is a supplier to certain other industrial markets, such as kitchen cabinet, office and household furniture, fixtures and commercial furnishings, marine, and other industrial markets. The Company operates in two segments: Manufacturing and Distribution. The Company manufactures a range of products, which include decorative vinyl and paper laminated panels, solid surface, granite and quartz countertops, fabricated aluminum products, wrapped vinyl, paper and hardwood profile mouldings, slide-out trim and fascia, cabinet doors and components, hardwood furniture, fiberglass bath fixtures, fiberglass and plastic component products including front and rear caps and marine helms, softwoods lumber, interior passage doors, RV painting, and slotwall panels and components, among others. As of December 31, 2016, the Company maintained 56 manufacturing plants and 22 warehouse and distribution facilities in 16 states

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Patrick Industries, 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 Patrick Industries, 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: $48.09
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.62
  • P/E: 12
  • Future EPS Calc: $8.14
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $97.7
  • Target stock price: $60.66

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