Company name Colfax Corp
Stock ticker CFX
Live stock price [stckqut]CFX[/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) $80.68
Target stock price (averages with growth) $89.59
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $41.18
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $78.18

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

Colfax Corporation (Colfax) is a global industrial manufacturing and engineering company. The Company provides gas- and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products and services to commercial and governmental customers worldwide under the Howden and ESAB brand names and by Colfax Fluid Handling. Colfax’s products are marketed principally under the brand names Allweiler, Baric, Fairmount Automation, Houttuin, Imo, LSC, COT-Puritech, Portland Valve, Tushaco, Warren and Zenith. The Company has production facilities in Europe, North America and Asia. It offers customized fluid handling solutions to meet individual customer needs. In February 2011, the Company acquired Rosscor Holding B.V. In December 2011, it acquired COT-PURITECH. On January 13, 2012, Colfax acquired Charter International plc. In May 2012, the Company acquired 91% interest in Soldex S.A. In April 2014, Colfax Corporation completed the acquisition of Victor Technologies Holdings Inc from Irving Place Capital.

 

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

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How was this analysis of Colfax Corp 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: $52.26
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.53
  • P/E: 20
  • Future EPS Calc: $6.29
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $125.9
  • Target stock price: $78.17

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The market last week was not very good. Confident Investors should exercise extreme caution on any investment until the market stabilizes again. This slight correction will offer significantly better deals on great stocks as the market starts to expand. If the correction should continue (something that I don’t foresee) then your money is better off in the money market account than in stocks that are trying to find a bottom. I have a significant cash position right now as I wait for deals to expose themselves.

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I will only be commenting on stocks that are ranked as an “Investigate to buy” and Possible buy” on my daily investment indicator article. The most recent daily investment indicator article is from October 11. Those stocks are:

  • Apple Inc.,
  • Allergan Inc.,
  • Carter’s Inc.,
  • Extra Space Storage Inc.,
  • Monster Beverage Corp,

Investment Indicator Thoughts

S&P 500
The general S&P 500 (ticker is ^GSPC and the first line of my investment indicator articles). This index is not very optimistic. Caution is advised.

NASDAQ Composite
The NASDAQ Composite (the ticker is ^IXIC and the second line of my investment indicator articles). This index is not very optimistic. Caution is advised.

Apple Inc.
[s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]Apple Inc. [stckqut]AAPL[/stckqut] jumped a bit last week. This was probably caused b…
The remainder of this investment indicator analysis is for registered owners of my “The Confident Investor” book[/s2If][s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]Apple Inc. [stckqut]AAPL[/stckqut] jumped a bit last week. This was probably caused by actions of activist investor Carl Icahn as well as an upcoming announcement meeting. [/s2If]

Allergan, Inc.
[s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]Allergan, Inc. [stckqut]AGN[/stckqut] is showing a strong buy with significant and wi…
The remainder of this investment indicator analysis is for registered owners of my “The Confident Investor” book[/s2If][s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]Allergan, Inc. [stckqut]AGN[/stckqut] is showing a strong buy with significant and widening spreads between the fast, medium, and slow EMA.[/s2If]

Carter’s, Inc.
[s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]Carter’s, Inc. [stckqut]CRI[/stckqut] was essentially flat last week which is good ne…
The remainder of this investment indicator analysis is for registered owners of my “The Confident Investor” book[/s2If][s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]Carter’s, Inc. [stckqut]CRI[/stckqut] was essentially flat last week which is good news compared to most other securities. A better investment market probably has this stock moving higher.[/s2If]

Extra Space Storage, Inc.
[s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]Extra Space Storage, Inc. [stckqut]EXR[/stckqut] had a very strong bounce last week i…
The remainder of this investment indicator analysis is for registered owners of my “The Confident Investor” book[/s2If][s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]Extra Space Storage, Inc. [stckqut]EXR[/stckqut] had a very strong bounce last week in complete opposite of the market trend.[/s2If]

Monster Beverage Corp
[s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]Monster Beverage Corp [stckqut]MNST[/stckqut] is basically moving sideways with small…
The remainder of this investment indicator analysis is for registered owners of my “The Confident Investor” book[/s2If][s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)]Monster Beverage Corp [stckqut]MNST[/stckqut] is basically moving sideways with small buy signals. Probably need something from an earnings announcement to get real movement.[/s2If]