| Company name | Total SA (ADR) |
| Stock ticker | TOT |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]TOT[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Good |
| Sales growth | Poor |
| EPS growth | Poor |
| P/E growth | Good |
| EBIT growth | Poor |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Fair |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $44.48 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $47.66 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $44.26 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $373.62 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=tot
Total SA is a France-based integrated international oil and gas company. It is an integrated international oil and gas company and a chemicals manufacturer. Total engages in all aspects of the petroleum industry, including Upstream operations (oil exploration and production, together with activities related to natural gas), Refining & Chemicals (refining, petrochemicals, speciality chemicals, crude oil trading and shipping) and Marketing & Services (focused on the supply and sale of petroleum products, together with activities related to renewable energy). In April 12, 2013, it inaugurated the partnership with Veolia Environnement SA the Osilub plant. In July 2013, it sold its TIGF (Transport et Infrastructures Gaz France), gas transport and storage business. In September 2013, it announced the transfer to The National Gas Company of Trinidad &Tobago of all of its E&P assets in Trinidad through the sale of Total E&P Trinidad B.V and Elf Exploration Trinidad B.V.
Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Total SA (ADR) as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.
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How was this analysis of Total SA (ADR) 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: $64.86
- Growth: 0.15
- Current EPS (TTM): $5.54
- P/E: 54
- Future EPS Calc: $11.14
- Future Stock Price Calc: $601.71
- Target stock price: $373.61
I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]