Constellation Brands, Inc. ($STZ) Possible Buy to $213 Confident Investor Rating: Good

Company name Constellation Brands, Inc.
Stock ticker STZ
Live stock price [stckqut]STZ[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

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) $692.89
Target stock price (averages with growth) $392.58
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $97.14
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $182.36

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

Constellation Brands, Inc. is an international beverage alcohol company. The Company’s operating segments include Beer, Wine and Spirits and Corporate Operations and Other. The Company’s wine portfolio is complemented by select spirits brands and other select beverage alcohol products. It is a multi-category supplier (beer, wine and spirits) of beverage alcohol in the United States. The Company’s customers include wholesale distributors, retailers, on premise locations and government alcohol beverage control agencies. In the United States, the Company operates 19 wineries using varieties of grapes grown in the Napa, Sonoma, Monterey and San Joaquin regions of California. It also operates eight wineries in Canada, four wineries in New Zealand and five wineries in Italy. The Company’s Canadian whisky requirements are produced and aged at its Canadian distillery in Lethbridge, Alberta.

 

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

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How was this analysis of Constellation Brands, 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: $122.42
  • Growth: 0.19
  • Current EPS (TTM): $3.97
  • P/E: 31
  • Future EPS Calc: $9.47
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $293.68
  • Target stock price: $182.35

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