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Company name Frontier Communications Corp
Stock ticker FTR
Live stock price [stckqut]FTR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $3.92
Target stock price (averages with growth) $4.1
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $3.17
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $4.75

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

Frontier Communications Corporation (Frontier) is a communications company providing services primarily to rural areas and small and medium-sized towns and cities in the United States. The Company offers a range of voice, data, Internet, and television services and products, some that are available a la carte, and others that are available as bundled or packaged solutions. It operated in 27 states, and was the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC), with approximately 5.3 million access lines and 1.8 million broadband connections as of December 31, 2011. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company added approximately 45,200 new High-Speed Internet (HSI) subscribers, net. At December 31, 2011, it had approximately 1,764,200 HSI customers. Throughout its properties, Frontier offers a video product through DISH Network (DISH) and, in addition, it offers fiber optic video services in three states. It added approximately 26,100 video subscribers, net during 2011.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Frontier Communications Corp.

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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: $4.85

Growth: 0.09

Current EPS (TTM): $0.07

P/E: 71

Future EPS Calc: $0.1

Future Stock Price Calc: $7.64

Target stock price: $4.74

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Company name Nexstar Media Group Inc
Stock ticker NXST
Live stock price [stckqut]NXST[/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) $114.82
Target stock price (averages with growth) $169.04
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $114.82
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $113.75

The following company description is from Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/nxst

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., formerly Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., incorporated on May 17, 2001, is a television broadcasting and digital media company. The Company is focused on the acquisition, development, and operation of television stations and interactive community Websites, and digital media services in medium-sized markets in the United States. The Company’s segments include Broadcasting and Other. The Company’s broadcast segment includes television stations and related community-focused Websites that it owns, operates, programs or provides sales and other services to various markets across the United States. The other activities of the Company include corporate functions, eliminations, and other operations. As of December 31, 2016, it owned, operated, programmed or provided sales and other services to 104 full-power television stations in 62 markets in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Nexstar Media Group Inc as long as the indicators that I describe in my book The Confident Investor are favorable. I will be adding Nexstar to my Watch List.

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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: $74.25
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $4.09
  • P/E: 18
  • Future EPS Calc: $10.17
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $183.19
  • Target stock price: $113.74

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Company name Gentherm Inc
Stock ticker THRM
Live stock price [stckqut]THRM[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $47.37
Target stock price (averages with growth) $52.44
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $23.91
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $47.4

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

Gentherm Incorporated (Gentherm) is a global technology company, which is engaged in the design, development, and manufacturing of innovative thermal management technologies and automotive cable systems. The Company has two segments: Automotive and Industrial. The Automotive segment comprises Gentherm’s three geographic operating segments: North America, Europe and Asia. The Industrial segment represents the combined results from its remote power generation systems business for industrial applications and its advanced research and product development division, which is researching and developing products for a range of different markets. Its products include Climate Control Seats (CCSs), Heated Seats, Battery Thermal Management (BTM) solutions, remote electric power generation systems, heated and cooled cup holder, thermal storage bin, Heated Steering Wheel, Heated Door and Armrest, and Heated and Cooled Mattress.

 

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

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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: $30.67
  • Growth: 0.2
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.36
  • P/E: 13
  • Future EPS Calc: $5.87
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $76.34
  • Target stock price: $47.4

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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $39.71
Target stock price (averages with growth) $42.95
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $18.38
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $39.77

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

ABIOMED, Inc. is a provider of mechanical circulatory support devices and offers a continuum of care to heart failure patients. The Company develops, manufactures and markets products that is designed to enable the heart to rest, heal and recover by improving blood flow and/or performing the pumping function of the heart. The Company’s products are used in the cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab) by interventional cardiologists and in the heart surgery suite by heart surgeons for patients who are in need of hemodynamic support prophylactically or emergently before, during or after angioplasty or heart surgery procedures. In September 2012, the Company announced that its Impella CP product received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for partial circulatory support for up to six hours.

 

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

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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: $25.7

Growth: 0.2

Current EPS (TTM): $0.18

P/E: 143

Future EPS Calc: $0.44

Future Stock Price Calc: $64.04

Target stock price: $39.76

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $36.26
Target stock price (averages with growth) $38.74
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $16
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $36.31

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

ABIOMED, Inc. develops temporary and permanent cardiac support systems. The Company develops, manufactures and markets medical technologies designed to assist or replace the pumping function of the failing heart. It focuses on the development of two temporary support systems, the bi-ventricular support system (BVS) and the intra-arterial cardiac support system (ICs). The Company sells its products through direct sales representatives and clinical support personnel in the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Ireland; and internationally.

 

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

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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: $23.08

Growth: 0.2

Current EPS (TTM): $0.25

P/E: 94

Future EPS Calc: $0.62

Future Stock Price Calc: $58.47

Target stock price: $36.3

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