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Company name Adobe Systems Incorporated
Stock ticker ADBE
Live stock price [stckqut]ADBE[/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) $271.16
Target stock price (averages with growth) $362.76
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $246.41
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $267.12

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=adbe

Adobe Systems Incorporated is a software company. The Company offers 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. It operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Marketing, and Print and Publishing. Its Digital Media segment provides tools and solutions that enable individuals, small and medium businesses and enterprises to create, publish, promote and monetize their digital content. Its Digital Marketing segment provides solutions and services for how digital advertising and marketing are created, managed, executed, measured and optimized. Its Print and Publishing segment addresses market opportunities ranging from the diverse authoring and publishing needs of technical and business publishing to its legacy type and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) printing businesses.

 

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

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 Systems Incorporated 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: $175.24
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.39
  • P/E: 51
  • Future EPS Calc: $8.43
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $430.2
  • Target stock price: $267.12

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Company name Micron Technology, Inc.
Stock ticker MU
Live stock price [stckqut]MU[/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) $63.58
Target stock price (averages with growth) $93.59
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $63.58
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $63.77

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=mu

Micron Technology, Inc. is engaged in semiconductor systems. The Company’s portfolio of memory technologies, including dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), negative-AND (NAND) Flash and NOR Flash are the basis for solid-state drives, modules, multi-chip packages and other system solutions. Its business segments include Compute and Networking Business Unit (CNBU), which includes memory products sold into compute, networking, graphics and cloud server markets; Mobile Business Unit (MBU), which includes memory products sold into smartphone, tablet and other mobile-device markets; Storage Business Unit (SBU), which includes memory products sold into enterprise, client, cloud and removable storage markets, and SBU also includes products sold to Intel through its Intel/Micron Flash Technology (IMFT) joint venture, and Embedded Business Unit (EBU), which includes memory products sold into automotive, industrial, connected home and consumer electronics markets.

 

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

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 Micron Technology, 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: $41.12
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $6.35
  • P/E: 6.5
  • Future EPS Calc: $15.8
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $102.7
  • Target stock price: $63.77

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DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $186.9400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
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EXR Extra Space Storage, Inc. $85.6800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook Inc $181.4200 Strong Buy or Hold
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GTN Gray Television, Inc. $16.7000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc $80.3900 Strong Buy or Hold
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $6.2200 Strong Buy or Hold
HSKA Heska Corp $79.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
HZO MarineMax Inc $19.4000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $79.6900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MCK McKesson Corporation $159.0000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MEI Methode Electronics Inc. $40.5000 Some Concerns, may need to wait
MIDD Middleby Corp $135.2800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $56.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $201.0700 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $199.3500 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
PCLN Priceline Group Inc $1784.7500 Strong Buy or Hold
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc $382.6000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $57.6300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. $226.5600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SUI Sun Communities Inc $91.7000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $98.4300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
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TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $192.9800 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $229.6300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon

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Company name Ulta Beauty Inc
Stock ticker ULTA
Live stock price [stckqut]ULTA[/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) $243.92
Target stock price (averages with growth) $357.09
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $282.7
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $295.75

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=ulta

Ulta Beauty, Inc. is a holding company for the Ulta Beauty group of companies. The Company is a beauty retailer. The Company offers cosmetics, fragrance, skin, hair care products and salon services. The Company offers approximately 20,000 products from over 500 beauty brands across all categories, including the Company’s own private label. The Company also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring hair, skin and brow services. The Company operates approximately 970 retail stores across over 48 states and the District of Columbia and also distributes its products through its Website, which includes a collection of tips, tutorials and social content. The Company offers makeup products, such as foundation, face powder, concealer, color correcting, face primer, blush, bronzer, contouring, highlighter, setting spray, shampoos, conditioners, hair styling products, hair styling tools and perfumes. The Company also offers makeup brushes and tools, and makeup bags and cases.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Ulta Beauty 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 Ulta Beauty 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: $223.66
  • Growth: 0.16
  • Current EPS (TTM): $7.82
  • P/E: 29
  • Future EPS Calc: $16.42
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $476.31
  • Target stock price: $295.75

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Company name Trinity Industries Inc
Stock ticker TRN
Live stock price [stckqut]TRN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $57.75
Target stock price (averages with growth) $68.73
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $46.68
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $44.83

 

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://finance.google.com/finance?q=trn

Trinity Industries, Inc. is a diversified industrial company that owns businesses providing products and services to the energy, chemical, agriculture, transportation and construction sectors. The Company’s products and services include railcars and railcar parts; parts and steel components; the leasing, management and maintenance of railcars; highway products; construction aggregates; inland barges; structural wind towers; steel utility structures; storage and distribution containers, and trench shields and shoring products. The Company’s segments include the Rail Group, Construction Products Group, Inland Barge Group, Energy Equipment Group, Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group, and All Other. Its All Other segment includes its captive insurance and transportation companies, and other peripheral businesses. It manufactures a line of railcars, including autorack cars, box cars, covered hopper cars, gondola cars, intermodal cars, open hopper cars and tank cars.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Trinity Industries Inc. I am removing Trinity from my Watch List.

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How was this analysis of Trinity 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: $37.46
  • Growth: 0.14
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.5
  • P/E: 25
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.88
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $72.2
  • Target stock price: $44.83

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