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Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $186.6000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $260.3400 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $278.0700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ADS Alliance Data Systems Corporation $146.8300 Some Concerns, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $319.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $128.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $41.2700 Some Concerns, may need to wait
AMN AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. $51.7800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $1857.5200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $252.9500 Some Concerns, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $275.3300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd $163.4300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $1772.1900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CBPO China Biologic Products Holdings Inc $91.6400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
COHR Coherent, Inc. $121.5200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CRTO Criteo SA (ADR) $20.1800 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. $41.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $94.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $284.9700 Strong Buy or Hold
EA Electronic Arts Inc. $95.6500 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $184.8200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1154.4400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $18.7700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HSKA Heska Corp $78.5700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $16.8800 Some Concerns, may need to wait
IBP Installed Building Products Inc $55.3800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $306.4700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $139.9100 Strong Buy or Hold
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $31.4400 Some Concerns, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $69.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $186.9100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $176.5300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MA Mastercard Inc $255.3600 Strong Buy or Hold
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $27.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $75.7700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $292.0400 Strong Buy or Hold
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $47.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $35.6400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $354.2700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $116.5300 Some Concerns, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $155.0600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $105.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $44.5400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $112.4300 Strong Buy or Hold
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $309.9500 Some Concerns, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $77.5300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A $205.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $124.3500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $69.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA (ADR) $11.9700 Strong Buy or Hold
THRM Gentherm Inc $39.1700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $77.1500 Strong Buy or Hold
TNET TriNet Group Inc $62.1300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $353.1600 Strong Buy or Hold
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $249.9400 Strong Buy or Hold
V Visa Inc $163.8600 Strong Buy or Hold
WCG WellCare Health Plans, Inc. $279.6500 Strong Buy or Hold

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Company name Alliance Data Systems Corporation
Stock ticker ADS
Live stock price [stckqut]ADS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $73.77
Target stock price (averages with growth) $93.53
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $93.53
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $90.74

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

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, incorporated on February 23, 1995, is a provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions serving consumer-based businesses in a range of industries. The Company offers a portfolio of integrated outsourced marketing solutions, including customer loyalty programs, database marketing services, end-to-end marketing services, analytics and creative services, direct marketing services, and private label and co-brand retail credit card programs. The Company operates through three segments: LoyaltyOne, which provides coalition and short-term loyalty programs through the Company’s Canadian AIR MILES Reward Program and BrandLoyalty Group B.V. (BrandLoyalty); Epsilon, which provides end-to-end, integrated direct marketing solutions, and Card Services, which provides risk management solutions, account origination, funding, transaction processing, customer care, collections and marketing services for the Company’s private label and co-brand retail credit card programs. Its client base is diversified across a range of end-markets, including financial services, specialty retail, grocery and drugstore chains, petroleum retail, automotive, hospitality and travel, telecommunications, insurance and healthcare.

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

Since ADS is only a Fair company and I know there are many Good Companies out there so I will be removing Alliance Data from my Watch List and finding another company to add to it in its place.

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 Alliance Data Systems Corporation 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: $146.83
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $17.38
  • P/E: 51
  • Future EPS Calc: $43.24
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $2205.59
  • Target stock price: $1369.5

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

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) $429.26
Target stock price (averages with growth) $415.4
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $415.4
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $425.51

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

Adobe Inc., formerly Adobe Systems Incorporated, incorporated on May 9, 1997, is a software company. The Company offers a line of products and services used by professionals, marketers, knowledge workers, application developers, enterprises and consumers for creating, managing, delivering, measuring, optimizing and engaging with compelling content and experiences across multiple operating systems, devices and media. The Company operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Experience and Publishing. The Company markets and licenses its products and services directly to enterprise customers through its sales force and to end users through application stores and its own Website at www.adobe.com. It offers various products through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model or a managed services model (both of which are referred to as a hosted or cloud-based model), as well as through term subscription and pay-per-use models.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Adobe 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 Adobe 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: $278.07
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.4
  • P/E: 51
  • Future EPS Calc: $13.43
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $685.28
  • Target stock price: $425.5

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $402.18
Target stock price (averages with growth) $402.18
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $402.18
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $398.72

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

ABIOMED, Inc., incorporated on June 4, 1987, is a provider of temporary percutaneous mechanical circulatory support devices. The Company offers care to heart failure patients. The Company operates in the segment of the research, development and sale of medical devices to assist or replace the pumping function of the failing heart. The Company develops, manufactures and markets products that are designed to enable the heart to rest, heal and recover by improving blood flow to the coronary arteries and end-organs and/or temporarily performing the pumping function of the heart. The Company’s product portfolio includes the Impella 2.5, Impella CP, Impella RP, Impella LD, Impella 5.0 and AB5000. Its products are used in the cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab), by interventional cardiologists, the electrophysiology lab, the hybrid lab and in the heart surgery suite by heart surgeons.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in ABIOMED, 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 ABIOMED, 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: $260.34
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.61
  • P/E: 46
  • Future EPS Calc: $13.95
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $642.13
  • Target stock price: $398.71

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Company name Apple Inc.
Stock ticker AAPL
Live stock price [stckqut]AAPL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $212.15
Target stock price (averages with growth) $208.12
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $208.12
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $195.16

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

Apple Inc., incorporated on January 3, 1977, designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers and portable digital music players. The Company sells a range of related software, services, accessories, networking solutions and third-party digital content and applications. The Company’s segments include the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Japan and Rest of Asia Pacific. The Americas segment includes both North and South America. The Europe segment includes European countries, India, the Middle East and Africa. The Greater China segment includes China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Rest of Asia Pacific segment includes Australia and the Asian countries not included in the Company’s other operating segments. The Company’s products and services include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple Watch, Apple TV, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, iPhone OS (iOS), OS X and watchOS operating systems, iCloud, Apple Pay and a range of accessory, service and support offerings.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Apple 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 Apple 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: $186.6
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $11.89
  • P/E: 15
  • Future EPS Calc: $20.95
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $314.31
  • Target stock price: $195.16

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