Opinions
Mike S. Newton, CIM FCSI
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
GSK-N
DON'T BUY
Oct 28, 2015
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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Not a name he would want to own. They have more price sensitive areas of the market, so they don’t really have the ability to set prices as well as they would like. Also, has a very light R&D budget, which is something you don’t want from a pharma company. Right now they are in a joint venture with Pfizer (PFE-N) on an HIV company, and the earnings and cash flow from that are not expected for another couple of years. You might consider iShares US Healthcare ETF (IYH-N) instead.