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Jim Cramer - Mad Money
Lantheus
LNTH-Q
PARTIAL SELL
Jul 20, 2022
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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LNTH is now trading at 9.1x times' Forward P/E. In the last few years, revenue and earnings growth were solid, but the share price has been under pressure recently after the company gave out weak preliminary result for FY2023. The balance sheet is strong, with a net debt of only $3M. The company has been reinvesting heavily in the last two years to pursue growth, along with some minor buybacks. Based on consensus estimates, sales are expected to grow by around 9% over the next few years. LNTH is a bit different from LLY and ABBV, which are drug development companies. The momentum is quite poor but we think valuation is quite attractive. It might be a value trap, and we would be less inclined to add until growth picks up or momentum improves.
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LNTH beat EPS estimates of $1.54 coming in at $1.69. Revenue beat estimates of $349.2M coming in at $370M displaying a 23% year-over-year increase. Growth was primarily fueled by the robust sales of PYLARIFY and DEFINITY. Strategic investments in the pipeline and business development, including partnerships like Perspective Therapeutics, enhance LNTH's radiopharmaceutical capabilities. Operational excellence and strategic marketing campaigns have solidified PYLARIFY's position as the market leader in PSMA PET imaging. We have other comments posted on our take on the growth. Management did have some issues with forecasting its extremely rapid growth over the past couple of years. But it seems to have learned a few things. It is debt free, with cash, very cheap, and produces solid free cash flow.
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LNTH has historically had some big price swings so we think selling it for a tax loss does has some risk. Momentum has of course been negative since the earnings but any positive news at all sets up the potential for a positive bounce going into Christmas. Usually we would be fine with a tax loss harvest strategy but we think this one is too 'bouncy' and the timeframe before year end too short. We would consider it a hold at current levels.
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