Fossil Group Inc ($FOSL) Cautious Buy or Hold to $74 Confident Investor Rating: Fair

Company name Fossil Group Inc
Stock ticker FOSL
Live stock price [stckqut]FOSL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $59.95
Target stock price (averages with growth) $56.87
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $35.97
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $86.04

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

Fossil Group, Inc. a global designer, marketer and distributer company that specializes in consumer fashion accessories. The Company’s offerings include a line of men’s and women’s fashion watches and jewelry, handbags, small leather goods, belts, sunglasses, soft accessories and clothing. Its products are distributed globally through various distribution channels, including wholesale in countries where the Company has a physical presence, direct to the consumer through its retail stores and commercial websites and through third-party distributors in countries where the Company do not maintain a physical presence. The Company operates in four different segments: the North America Wholesale segment, the Europe Wholesale segment, Asia Pacific Wholesale segment and the Direct to Consumer segment.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Fossil Group Inc as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I am removing this company from my Watch List as its performance doesn’t favorably compare to other investment options.

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How was this analysis of Fossil Group 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: $85.67
  • Growth: 0.1
  • Current EPS (TTM): $7.17
  • P/E: 12
  • Future EPS Calc: $11.54
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $138.56
  • Target stock price: $86.04

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