| Company name | Aspen Technology, Inc. |
| Stock ticker | AZPN |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]AZPN[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
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) | $56.56 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $56.34 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $25.68 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $45.96 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=azpn
Aspen Technology, Inc. is a global provider of process optimization software solutions, which are designed to manage and optimize plant and process design, operational performance and supply chain planning. The Company’s aspenONE software and related services have been developed specifically for companies in the process industries, including the energy, chemicals, and engineering and construction industries. The Company has developed its applications to design and optimize processes across three principal business areas: engineering, manufacturing and supply chain. The Company has three operating segments: license; software maintenance and support (SMS), training and other, and professional services. The Company provides integrated process optimization software solutions designed and developed specifically for the process industries.
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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How was this analysis of Aspen 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: $36.63
- Growth: 0.15
- Current EPS (TTM): $1.15
- P/E: 32
- Future EPS Calc: $2.31
- Future Stock Price Calc: $74.01
- Target stock price: $45.95
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