PriceTarget Research (PTR) is a publisher of independent equity research combining fundamental and technical research to rate almost 6,000 companies and 100 market sectors on a weekly basis. PriceTarget Research was developed by principals of Lafferty & Lahey Partners LLC who are former institutional investors with combined experience of over fifty years in investment research and portfolio management.PTR has been distributed through FirstCall, Multex/Reuters, Factset, Investext, Schaeffer’s Investment Research, Yahoo Finance, CBS MarketWatch, Capital IQ, and Recognia. PTR became a leading provider of research under the Independent Research settlement fund established by the SEC in 2004 to provide “independent research” as a complement to research provided by investment banking firms, PTR served five investment banking clients: UBS, Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Deutsche Bank.At the heart of PTR’s research is a proprietary company database focused on historical and projected fundamental and investment performance of all North American exchange, publicly traded securities with greater than U.S. $10 million in market value updated weekly. The assessment of a stock’s overall attractiveness starts with detailed 5-year earnings models updated weekly with changes in consensus forecasts, actual quarterly and annual operating results. These models are used to derive free cash flow forecasts that are developed into Price Targets using discounted cash flow analysis (CFROI-based).

JM Lafferty Associates provided valuation and investment decision support to hundreds of corporations and investors.

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