Company name Dassault Systemes S.A. (ADR)
Stock ticker DASTY
Live stock price [stckqut]DASTY[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $24.71
Target stock price (averages with growth) $30.61
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $29.94
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $73.31

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

Dassault Systemes SA provides software solutions and consulting services. The Company’s global customer base includes companies primarily in 11 industrial sectors: Aerospace & Defense, Transportation & Mobility, Marine & Offshore, Industrial Equipment, High Tech, Architecture, Engineering & Construction, Consumer Goods Retail, Consumer Packaged goods Retail, Life Sciences, Energy, Process & Utilities, Financial & Business services. To serve these industries, the Company has developed a broad software applications portfolio, organized in brands, in order to provide comprehensive solutions responding to the extensive requirements of product development: Design, Realistic Simulation, Virtual Manufacturing and Production, Collaborative Innovation, Lifelike Experiences and Information Intelligence. Effective April 29, 2014, Dassault Systemes Americas Corp (Dassault), a unit of Dassault Systemes SA, acquired Accelrys Inc. On July 10, 2014, it acquired Simpack.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Dassault Systemes S.A. (ADR).

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How was this analysis of Dassault Systemes S.A. (ADR) 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: $66.4
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.87
  • P/E: 77
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.53
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $118.05
  • Target stock price: $73.3

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