Opinions John O'Connell, CFA
Teva PharmaceuticalTEVACOMMENTOct 25, 2016
$43.85
Stock price when the opinion was issued
$34.17
As of Jun 25, 2026. Market Open.
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DON'T BUY
The demand of GLP remains strong, but as more generics enter the market, the prices of the GLPs will go down. If you bet on Teva, you expects GLP demand to remain strong. GLP will come in pill shape, and there will be more amazing drug discoveries. However, Teva isn't a very innovative company. He avoids pharma; it's too hard to determine who will be a winner.
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TOP PICK
HQ is in Israel. Large-cap pharma. Right now, #1-ranked in his ADR/CDR universe (international stocks with American/Canadian Depositary Receipts). We've seen rotation into drug stocks. Broke out over $21 in September and has kept right on going. Very strong accumulation for about 6 months now. No dividend.
(Analysts’ price target is $34.50)
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HOLD
Generic brand companies like Teva have struggled in the last 5 years has they competed with each others. Pfizer is in the process of buying one of their competitors and the Pfizer stock dropped 5$ on the announcement. Doesn't own Teva, purchased United Heatlth recently. You can hold but it's not a name he would hold due to the risk and they have no value added.
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DON'T BUY
They went from an in incredibly well managed drug company and then management decided to develop their own drugs and make mistakes. It is difficult to unwind these problems. Turning around a company like this will be difficult because of the debt. This is a highly speculative stock.
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DON'T BUY
A generic drug company that has had troubled times as pricing is becoming very competitive. Buyers are consolidating and squeezing margins. They have a MS drug that was a market leader, but now there are others competing. He would rather own brand name drug companies that can become leaders in their field.
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The healthcare industry in general is interesting. This company has been very aggressive in terms of sales. Healthcare is interesting because pessimism is so high with regards to government regulations. His major concern is that with a lot of these companies, where they are not dealing with crucial drugs that are life-threatening necessarily, there is a very cozy relationship between the drug companies, pharmacy benefits managers and the insurance companies. It has been unfortunate that the drug companies are being tarred with almost 90% of the bad publicity, when they are only 10% of the cost of the healthcare system. This is an area that is still dangerous from a political perspective, but this is a well-run company.