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Company name MKS Instruments, Inc.
Stock ticker MKSI
Live stock price [stckqut]MKSI[/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) $146.42
Target stock price (averages with growth) $193.68
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $131.56
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $144.42

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

MKS Instruments, Inc., incorporated on June 14, 1961, is a global provider of instruments, subsystems and process control solutions that measures, controls, powers, delivers, monitors and analyzes critical parameters of advanced manufacturing processes. The Company operates through two segments, including the Vacuum & Analysis segment and the Light & Motion segment. The Vacuum & Analysis segment provides a range of instruments, components, subsystems and software, which are derived from its core competencies in pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, residual gas analysis, leak detection, control and information technology, ozone generation and delivery, radio frequency (RF) and direct current (DC) power, reactive gas generation and vacuum technology. The Light & Motion segment provides a range of instruments, components and subsystems, which are derived from its core competencies in lasers, photonics and optics.

The Company groups its products into seven product groups, which include Analytical and Controls Solutions Products; Materials Delivery Solutions Products; Power, Plasma and Reactive Gas Solutions Products; Pressure and Vacuum Measurement Products; Photonics Products; Optics Products, and Laser Products. Its products are derived from its core competencies in automation and control, gas composition analysis, lasers, materials delivery, optics, photonics, pressure, power, reactive gas and vacuum. It also provides services relating to the maintenance and repair of its products, software, service and maintenance, installation services and training. Its primary served markets are manufacturers of capital equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, electronic thin films, life and health sciences, process and industrial technologies, as well as research and defense. Its manufacturing facilities are located in the United States, China, Mexico, Korea, Germany, Austria, France, Romania, the United Kingdom, Israel and Italy.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in MKS Instruments, Inc. as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding this company to my Watch List.

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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: $95.1
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $7.19
  • P/E: 13
  • Future EPS Calc: $17.89
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $232.58
  • Target stock price: $144.41

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $78.53
Target stock price (averages with growth) $105.64
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $71.76
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $79.72

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

MasTec, Inc., incorporated on April 8, 1998, is an infrastructure construction company. The Company operates primarily across North America through a range of industries. The Company operates through five segments: Communications, Oil and Gas, Electrical Transmission, Power Generation and Industrial, and Other. Its primary activities include the engineering, building, installation, maintenance and upgrade of communications, energy and utility infrastructure, such as wireless, wireline/fiber, satellite communications and customer fulfillment activities; petroleum and natural gas pipeline infrastructure; electrical utility transmission and distribution; conventional and renewable power generation, and industrial infrastructure. The Company offered its services primarily under the MasTec service mark and had operations across 510 locations as of December 31, 2016. It provides services under master service and other service agreements, which are generally multi-year agreements. It offers its service offerings in markets, including wireless services; wireline/fiber; customer fulfillment; natural gas and petroleum pipeline infrastructure; power generation, including renewables; and electrical transmission.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in MasTec, Inc. as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I will be adding MasTec to my Watch List.

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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: $50.85
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.58
  • P/E: 20
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.41
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $128.39
  • Target stock price: $79.72

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Company name Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc
Stock ticker KNX
Live stock price [stckqut]KNX[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $59.19
Target stock price (averages with growth) $87.14
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $59.19
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $56.24

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

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. is a publicly traded, American, truckload motor shipping carrier based in Phoenix, Arizona. Knight began transporting general commodities from Phoenix, Arizona, to Los Angeles, California. Starting with just a handful of trucks and one service center in Phoenix, Arizona, the company now runs a fleet of over 4,000 tractors and more than 8,700 trailers (dry, refrigerated, and brokerage). Revenues have grown from over 13 million in 1991 to over $866 million in 2011, with operating ratios at or near 80% year after year. They have grown from a few associates to more than 4,000, and from a family-owned business to a publicly held company trading on the New York Stock Exchange (KNX) in 1994.

Knight engages in the transportation of general commodities in the United States. It provides asset-based dry van truckload and temperature controlled truckload carrier services primarily to short to medium lengths of haul. The company also offers non-asset-based brokerage services. As of September 24, 2007, the company operates 27 regional dry van service centers, 6 regional temperature controlled service centers, 12 brokerage service centers, and 13 truck and trailer sales locations.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I am adding Knight Swift to my Watch List.

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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: $38.29
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.55
  • P/E: 8
  • Future EPS Calc: $11.32
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $90.57
  • Target stock price: $56.23

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Company name Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC
Stock ticker JAZZ
Live stock price [stckqut]JAZZ[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $267.2
Target stock price (averages with growth) $365.5
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $248.27
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $259.41

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

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company, incorporated on March 15, 2005, is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on developing and commercializing products that address unmet medical needs. The Company has a diverse portfolio of products and product candidates with a focus in the areas of sleep and hematology/oncology. The Company’s lead marketed products include Xyrem (sodium oxybate oral solution) for the treatment of both cataplexy and excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with narcolepsy; Erwinaze for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and Defitelio (defibrotide) for the treatment of severe hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD).

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I will be adding Jazz to my Watch List.

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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: $172.94
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $7.3
  • P/E: 23
  • Future EPS Calc: $18.16
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $417.78
  • Target stock price: $259.41

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $139.48
Target stock price (averages with growth) $197.55
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $138.03
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $136.94

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

Insperity, Inc. (Insperity), incorporated on August 9, 1995, provides a range of human resources (HR) and business solutions. The Company’s HR services offerings are provided through its Workforce Optimization and Workforce Synchronization solutions (together, its professional employer organization (PEO) HR Outsourcing solutions), which encompass a range of human resources functions, including payroll and employment administration, employee benefits, workers’ compensation, government compliance, performance management, and training and development services, along with its cloud-based human capital management platform, the Employee Service Center (ESC). In addition to its PEO HR Outsourcing solutions, the Company offers various other business performance solutions, including Human Capital Management, Payroll Services, Time and Attendance, Performance Management, Organizational Planning, Recruiting Services, Employment Screening, Financial and Expense Management Services, Retirement Services and Insurance Services, which are offered through desktop applications and cloud-based delivery models. These other products and services are offered separately, along with its PEO HR Outsourcing solutions or as a bundle, such as its Workforce Administration solution that provides a human capital management and payroll service solution.

The Company serves small and medium-sized businesses by providing its PEO HR Outsourcing solutions, which encompass a range of services. Both of its PEO HR Outsourcing solutions offer benefits and payroll administration; health and workers’ compensation insurance programs; personnel records management; employer liability management; assistance with government compliance; general HR advice, and access to the ESC for employees, managers and client owners. Its Workforce Optimization solution also provides additional services, including employee recruiting and support; employee performance management, and training and development services. The Company’s administrative functions encompass a range of processing and recordkeeping tasks, related to payroll administration and regulatory compliance, which include payroll processing, payroll tax deposits, quarterly payroll tax reporting, employee file maintenance, unemployment claims processing, and workers’ compensation claims reporting and monitoring.

 

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

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How was this analysis of Insperity 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: $96.25
  • Growth: 0.18
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.41
  • P/E: 40
  • Future EPS Calc: $5.51
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $220.53
  • Target stock price: $136.93

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