VRX – Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc – a specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company, is famous for its growth by acquisition strategy. It fell 18% on 29th Feb 2016.
| VRX – Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc | ||
| Fundamentals | Previously closed at | 65.8 |
| Day’s high | 76.95 | |
| Day’s low | 63.85 | |
| P/E ratio | 37.79 | |
| EPS | 1.74 | |
| Analysts opinion | VRX has a PEG ratio of 0.37, P/S ratio of 2.77, and a P/B ratio of 4.36. It has a forward PE of 4.91. Valeant’s CEO Micheal Pearson returned after an indefinate medical leave. VRX postponed the release of its Q4 earnings results and completely withdrew its 2016 guidance. Due to these, the stock price plummetted more than 18% on monday. |
| Sentiments | Post this, many brokers either lowered their price objectives or downgraded the stocks. Deutsche Bank suspended the coverage on the stock. Due to this, the stock may have further bearish sentiments today. |
| However, Janus Capital Management raised its stakes in VRX during the 3rd quarter last year, which indicates that hedge funds have faith in the business model of the company. | |
| Revenue Prediction | The Estimize consensus revenue for VRX is $2.8 billion |
| Social Pulse | The stock has 1% lower social chatter than usual. |
RMTI – Rockwell Medical, Inc – is a bio-pharmaceutical company, which specializes in providing pharma solutions for kidney related health issues, iron deficiency, and hemodialysis.
| RMTI – Rockwell Medical, Inc | ||
| Fundamentals | Previously closed at | 9.6 |
| Day’s high | NA | |
| Day’s low | NA | |
| P/E ratio | NA | |
| EPS | -0.31 | |
| Analyst opinion | RMTI has a forward PE of 8.11, a P/S of 7.48. But due to its weak Q4 revenues, the stock may be bearish in the short term. |
| Sentiments | Triferic is an iron replacement therapy, conventionally done by Dialysis IV infusion, launched by RMTI. It was expected to gain rapid market share. But according to its recent SEC filings, the sales of the drug has been as low as $200,000. Investors expected a higher market share for the product. |
| Rockwell Medical reported a total $2.1 million profit for Q4, thereby dropping 3% on its 2015 yoy revenue. Bearish sentiments are expected for the stock | |
| Social Pulse | The stock has 87% higher social chatter than usual. |
