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Dean Orrico Roche Holding RHHBY-OTC PAST TOP PICK Jan 25, 2017

(A Top Pick Oct 11/16. Down 2.05%.) A very deep pipeline of drugs and hidden value. It gives you a 3%+ yield. Great company.

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TOP PICK

Attractively valued at about 15X 2017 earnings. This has had 30 years of dividend growth. In addition to valuation, this has a very attractive pipeline with a hidden value of new products coming up. They also have a drug for multiple sclerosis that is due for regulatory action on December 28. Dividend yield of 3.39%.

BUY

or RHHBY-5. You can buy the ADR. They have a strong pipeline and can grow it. He thinks they will continue to do well. When do you buy them considering the US election? Pharma do not do well before a US election. You buy these things going into the election and you get a bounce out of them.

TOP PICK

Deep pipeline. Attractively valued. It has a couple of drugs that are nearing approval in the 1st half of this year. One is in the breast cancer area and one in the bio similar area. Dividend yield of 3.46%. (Analysts’ price target is CHF 278.65.)

TOP PICK

A Swiss company. Has been a laggard this year, and pulled back recently. Have some interesting drugs for multiple sclerosis, immunology on cancer. Trades 15%-20% cheaper than the rest of the pharmas. Dividend yield of 3.6%. (Analysts' price target is CHF 261.00)

DON'T BUY

Made an acquisition quite a while ago of a biotech firm that comes up with all the future products. However, they are starting with some of the research that are in stage I and stage II. Sales were up 5% in the last quarter, but have seen a decline of 1% overall. The stock hasn't done a lot this year. Until this actually comes up with something that is going to be a gang buster, he would stay away.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick October 31/17 Up 10%) A steady business that pays a good dividend. You should make 10% a year return. There is a good pipeline of drug projects yet to come. Yield 3.5%

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TOP PICK
The Swiss drugmaker has received FDA emergency approval to allow medical professionals to use its antibody test to determine if people have ever been infected with the virus. The test looks for antibodies in someone's blood that are used to fight off the virus that causes. Those exposed to Covid-19, even if they showed no symptoms, may have some immunity to it. The test would allow scientists to learn more about the disease, monitor how the Covid-19 is evolving, and help economies reopen. Roche plans to produce 60 million tests by the end of this month, while analysts expect the company to raise that to 100 million monthly by the end of the year. It looks like this news is already baked into the stock. Shares have returned to their mid-February peak, trading around $43-45. Roche Holding AG pays a 2.6% dividend with a forward PE of 13.69x. Revenue growth YOY stands at 5.48%.
BUY
Great company. Diagnostic businesses helped through Covid. Some of the pipeline is coming off patent. Used free cashflow to buy back shares and to buy a few businesses. This will be the macro trend: buy pipelines, because they can't R&D drugs fast enough. 15x earnings, yield is 3%, not expensive. Only problem might be having to buy it on a foreign exchange.
COMMENT

A month ago, they bought Carmot Therapeutics, a private clinical-stage biotech, though its drugs are only in phase 2 trials. Why did they buy this? So they can work on their own weight-loss drug, which are hot now.