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Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research. Trades at a cheap valuation. Investors’ patience has run out. Recent acquisition gave it a new life. Current environment can be favorable. Unlock Premium - Try 5i Free
The stock is acting better, and is up 15% YTD. It has been a while since it saw $6. EPS was -4c vs expectations of (nil). Revenue was $86.6M, beating estimates of $83.1M. EBITDA of $13.58M missed estimates of this $14.47M. Guidance was largely maintained. Revenue rose 4.9%, with margins a bit higher than estimates. Net cash is about $90M. Still not much excitement here. Some recent partnerships look more interesting than the quarterly results. It is good to see the sales gain, but we would not yet call this a dramatic turn.
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A hidden gem. Low liquidity, but has good topline growth, strong margin expansion potential and the CEO has a great track record from Paladin Labs. It buys existing drug platforms, and can now leverage that platform to introduce new drug therapies. Huge net cash and keep buying back shares.
(Analysts’ price target is $7.60)
Basically a company that acquires pharmaceutical products, typically from other large established companies. Ranks in the top 3rd of his database. Earnings have been a bit challenged for the coming quarter. Most recently, sales were up 26% and earnings were up 54%. In the coming quarter,it is expected to have a step back, and earnings are expected to be $.03 versus $.08 last year. Earnings estimates have been shaved by 15%, and earnings for 2017 versus 2016 are literally unchanged at $.13 per share. Against a $10 stock price, that gives you and 82X PE multiple with low to no growth. There is a lot of competition and better opportunities in others.