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

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) $93.46
Target stock price (averages with growth) $96.97
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $43.98
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $93.01

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=abmd

ABIOMED, Inc. is a provider of mechanical circulatory support devices and offers a continuum of care to heart failure patients. The Company develops, manufacture and market products that are designed to enable the heart to rest, heal and recover by improving blood flow and/or performing the pumping function of the heart. The Company’s products are used in the cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab) by interventional cardiologists and in the heart surgery suite by heart surgeons for patients who are in need of hemodynamic support prophylactically or emergently before, during or after angioplasty or heart surgery procedures. The Impella 2.5 is introduced with normal interventional cardiology procedures and can pump up to 2.5 liters of blood per minute. The Company is conducting USpella, the United States multicenter observational registry collecting clinical data and outcomes for general use patients supported with Impella 2.5, CP and 5.0 during procedures.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in ABIOMED, Inc.

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: $60.39
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.43
  • P/E: 140
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.06
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $149.79
  • Target stock price: $93.01

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Company name Intrexon Corp
Stock ticker XON
Live stock price [stckqut]XON[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=xon

Intrexon Corporation is engaged in the business of synthetic biology. Using the Company’s suite of complementary technologies, it design, build and regulate gene programs, or sequences of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that control cellular function, and cellular systems, or activities that take place within a cell and the interaction of those systems in the greater cellular environment, to enable the development of new and improved products and manufacturing processes across a variety of end markets, including healthcare, food, energy and environmental sciences. Its technologies include the UltraVector gene design and fabrication platform; Cell Systems Informatics; LEAP-cell identification and selection, and mAbLogix-antibody discovery. In March 2014, the Company acquired Medistem, Inc. In March 2014, Intrexon Corp acquired laboratory operations in Budapest, Hungary from Codexis, Inc. In August 2014, it acquired Trans Ova Genetics, L.C.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Intrexon Corp. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.
Stock ticker MW
Live stock price [stckqut]MW[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $55.18
Target stock price (averages with growth) $44.92
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $30.7
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $53.58

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=mw

The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. is a specialty retailer of men’s suits and a provider of tuxedo rental product in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments: retail and corporate apparel. As of February 2, 2013, the Company operated 1,143 retail stores, with 1,023 stores in the United States and 120 stores in Canada. Its United States retail stores are operated under the brand names of Men’s Wearhouse (638 stores), Men’s Wearhouse and Tux (288 stores) and K&G (97 stores) in 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Company’s Canadian stores are operated under the brand name of Moores Clothing for Men (Moores) in 10 provinces. The Company also conducts retail dry cleaning, laundry and heirlooming operations through MW Cleaners in the Houston, Texas area. In June 2014, the Company acquired Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.

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 The Men’s Wearhouse, 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: $53.75
  • Growth: 0.1
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.41
  • P/E: 38
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.27
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $86.29
  • Target stock price: $53.58

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Company name Merge Healthcare Inc.
Stock ticker MRGE
Live stock price [stckqut]MRGE[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=mrge

Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Merge) develops software solutions that facilitate the sharing of images to create an electronic healthcare experience for patients and physicians. Its solutions are designed to help solve some of the challenges in health information exchange, such as the incorporation of medical images and diagnostic information into broader health information technology (IT) applications and the interoperability of software solutions. It provides enterprise imaging solutions for radiology, cardiology, orthopaedics and eye care; a suite of products for clinical trials; software for financial and pre-surgical management, and applications that fuel some of the modality vendors worldwide. It provides enterprise imaging solutions for radiology, cardiology, orthopaedics and eye care; a suite of products for clinical trials; software for financial and pre-surgical management, and applications. On August 4, 2011, it acquired Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS).

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Merge Healthcare Inc. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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lottery photoPerhaps good news has come your way and you just won the lottery. Maybe it wasn’t the big multi-million dollar payoff, but instead a smaller prize that still requires you to maintain employment. Maybe you just received an inheritance from a beloved family member. What should you do now? (Hint: it isn’t going on a shopping spree).

The stories of blowing this windfall of winning the lottery or receiving an inheritance are legendary. Everyone has heard of true or imaginary receivers of windfalls that are now dead broke.

I sincerely hope that you win the lottery. I just hope that you are not playing it as an investment but rather as pure entertainment. Playing the lottery is an incredibly bad investment, therefore, please do not take this article as an endorsement of playing the lottery to get rich. It should be purely done as a method of entertainment and NOT the way to prepare for retirement.

But perhaps you received a ticket as part of a Christmas gift and won $40,000. Maybe your Great Aunt Sally passed away at the age of 104 and left you an inheritance of $25,000. How should you deal with the windfall of “found” money?

Make a donation of a portion of the inheritance

The very first thing you need to do is to give 10% of this inheritance to one or more charities. I don’t care which one you prefer, but I have a list if you are looking. Giving away part of this money is imperative. You just received a gift, and you should help to take care of your fellow man by giving to someone that is less fortunate than you. Make this donation within one week of receiving the inheritance – do not wait. You won’t miss the money, and if you think of helping others first, you will be unbelievably rewarded in good will.

Make one special purchase with the inheritance

You now need to buy ONE thing that is slightly extravagant just for you and your immediate family. The luxury item should not be more than 20% of the lottery winnings that you just received. If you just received an inheritance, make it something that is permanent in your home so that you will always remember the deceased when walking by the item.

When my wife lost her grandmother, she received many pictures and a cedar chest that is still in our bedroom. She also received a small amount of money that we used to help with the purchase of a dining room table. Now whenever we host a dinner at that table, her grandmother is in our thoughts and is part of that celebration.

My grandfather was a poor farmer in southern Illinois. When he passed away at 93 after years of frugal living, I purchased a grandfather clock that sits in the foyer of our home. Now, every 15 minutes, I am reminded of the things that great man taught me regarding the value of planning and understanding the markets.

You now have 70% of your inheritance

I now give you a choice. I don’t know your personal situation so I cannot give definitive advice, but I can give suggestions that fit nearly every financial condition.

1. Do you have short-term debt that has an interest of over 7%?

In this case, use as much of the 70% as you need to pay off that debt. Nothing is a better use of that money than to get rid of that debt. Pay it NOW! Don’t wait for your cousin to ask you for a loan. Don’t wait for that get-rich-quick scheme from you brother-in-law. PAY OFF YOUR EXPENSIVE DEBT!

2. If you don’t have expensive debt, do you have 20% equity in your home?

There are a lot of great things that happen when you have 20% equity in your home. You will probably get relief in some fees from your bank when you go over this magical number. Also, bankers are much more willing to have you refinance for a better rate if you have 20% equity. So use enough of your windfall to achieve this ratio.

3. If you have anything left from the inheritance, it is time to save for your retirement.

The simple fact is that you don’t need the money that you just won. This money is a windfall. Don’t leave it around where you can spend it. Put it into a special investment account and make your money work for you. If you use the money to buy STUFF then you will eventually not have the STUFF, and you will have no money. This behavior is terrible. You need to invest the money in great companies.

If you don’t know how to invest in the stock market, then this site is an excellent resource. I include a Watch List that has my current favorite investments. You can also buy my book, The Confident Investor, and that will guide you through the process of learning how to find great companies and successfully invest in them. You can purchase my book wherever books are sold such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Books A Million. It is available in e-book formats for Nook, Kindle, and iPad.

I hope this helps you deal with winning the lottery or receiving an inheritance. Remember, it took your loved one many years to accumulate the wealth and share it with you. Don’t waste the money in 18 months. Honor the person that spent their life accumulating a bit of extra cash and thought enough of you to let you have it when they didn’t need it. It was a gift for you, so say “Thank you!” and use it suitably.

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