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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $50.87
Target stock price (averages with growth) $56.58
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $32.94
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $53.59

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

Balchem Corporation (Balchem) is engaged in the development, manufacture, distribution and marketing of specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical and medical sterilization industries. The Company operates in four segments: SensoryEffects, Animal Nutrition & Health (ANH), Specialty Products and Industrial Products. Its SensoryEffects segment provides creamer systems, dairy replacers, powdered fats, nutritional beverage bases, beverages, juice and dairy bases, chocolate systems, ice cream bases and variegates, grain-based snacks and cereal-based ingredients. ANH segment provides basic choline chloride, and microencapsulation and chelation technologies-based nutritional products. Specialty Products segment provides ethylene oxide and propylene oxide products. Its Industrial Products segment provides Choline Chloride and methylamines. The Company sells its products through its own sales force, independent distributors and sales agents.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Balchem Corporation as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I will be removing Balchem from 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: $58.82
  • Growth: 0.08
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.78
  • P/E: 33
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.61
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $86.3
  • Target stock price: $53.59

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Company name Aspen Technology, Inc.
Stock ticker AZPN
Live stock price [stckqut]AZPN[/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) $60.34
Target stock price (averages with growth) $57.32
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $25.79
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $50.37

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

Aspen Technology, Inc. provides process optimization software solutions designed to manage and optimize plant and process design, operational performance and supply chain planning. The Company operates through two segments: subscription and software, and services. Its subscription and software segment is engaged in the licensing of process optimization software solutions and associated support services. The Company’s services segment includes professional services and training. Its aspenONE software and related services have been developed for companies in the process industries, including the energy, chemicals, and engineering and construction industries. The Company’s aspenONE software applications are organized into two suites: aspenONE Engineering, and aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain. It has designed and developed its software applications across three principal business areas: Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply chain management.

 

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

 

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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: $39.09
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.63
  • P/E: 20
  • Future EPS Calc: $4.05
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $81.11
  • Target stock price: $50.36

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Company name Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Stock ticker ALXN
Live stock price [stckqut]ALXN[/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) $194.01
Target stock price (averages with growth) $214.38
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $97.29
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $189.11

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

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of life-transforming therapeutic products. The Company operates through innovation, development and commercialization of life-transforming therapeutic products segment. The Company’s marketed products include Soliris (eculizumab), Strensiq (asfotase alfa) and Kanuma (sebelipase alfa). The Company’s clinical programs include Soliris (eculizumab), ALXN 1101, ALXN 1007, SBC-103, ALXN 1210 and ALXN 5500. It offers Soliris for patients with either paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a life-threatening and ultra-rare genetic blood disorder, or atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a life-threatening and ultra-rare genetic disease. Strensiq is a targeted enzyme replacement therapy. It offers Kanuma for the treatment of patients with Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency (LAL-D). ALXN 1007 is a humanized antibody designed to target inflammatory disorders.

 

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

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How was this analysis of Alexion 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: $125.2
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.72
  • P/E: 170
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.79
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $304.57
  • Target stock price: $189.11

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