$22.00 -0.78 (-3.42%)
11/6/2009 4:02 PM

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (PRX)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

The Company, through its subsidiary Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., is engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of generic pharmaceuticals and branded pharmaceuticals in the United States.

Current Price $22.00 Mkt Cap $764.91M
Open $23.50 P/E Ratio 55.56
Prev. Close $22.78 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $21.78 - $23.67 Volume 1,541,278
52-Wk Range $7.91 - $24.23 Avg. Daily Vol. 465,000

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Top PRX Bull/Bear Pitches

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00746angel (< 20)
Submitted February 19, 2007

shipping out new approved drugs
as fast as they can produce them
pipe lines need to be filled
also esclusive rights for six months

dustbusterz (< 20)
Submitted August 24, 2007

wow - take a look at the stats on this company. right at the moment, it appears to be beating the market as far as stock appreciation goes, but this baffles me . they have a net loss on growth,net loss on profit margins,operating margins are slim to… More

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Member Avatar IBDvalueinvestin (96.37) Submitted: 11/6/2009 11:31:16 AM : Outperform Start Price: $23.50 PRX Score: -7.20

PRX looking to get approvals on an additional $6.5B worth of drugs.

PRX Total revenue nearly doubled to $294.8 million

Analysts on average expected earnings of 49 cents a share on revenue of $290.4 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

PRX said it currently has about 27 abbreviated new drug applications pending with the U.S. health regulators, 13 of which the company believes have first-to-file or first-to-market opportunities with a brand value of about $6.5 billion.

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Member Avatar EBStroke (< 20) Submitted: 10/23/2009 3:00:08 PM : Outperform Start Price: $21.48 PRX Score: +3.02

Zacks Rank 1-StrongBuy, Recommend Outperform, Industry Rank 16 / 217, Target 25.20, Avg Target of 7 analysts 26.33
Floor 21.35, Ceiling 26.00

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Member Avatar CatTrades (34.25) Submitted: 10/17/2009 12:03:25 AM : Outperform Start Price: $23.29 PRX Score: -3.76

Aging population will need generic pills regardless of government interference. Cash flow is a little weak, but the rest looks pretty good.

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TrackCarisandCo (78.62) Score: +93.94

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BBQPrinceofPork 25.75 7/7/2006 Outperform 5Y $13.03 +68.84% -10.41% +79.25
TheHague 76.43 4/9/2009 Outperform NS $10.87 +102.39% +27.85% +74.54 1 Comment
Superman2bad4u 76.33 4/29/2009 Outperform 5Y $11.19 +96.60% +23.71% +72.90 1 Comment
ellistea1024 < 20 3/23/2009 Outperform NS $10.64 +106.77% +37.48% +69.29
wepencryption < 20 3/23/2009 Outperform NS $10.64 +106.77% +37.48% +69.29
runtheworld 97.42 4/20/2009 Outperform 1Y $11.35 +93.83% +26.54% +67.29
TMFEldrehad 99.99 7/7/2006 7/27/2009 Outperform 3Y $14.00 +57.14% -10.15% +67.29
stevez24 82.20 3/26/2009 Outperform 3M $11.05 +99.10% +31.87% +67.23 1 Comment
SSPX1 89.29 5/7/2009 Outperform NS $11.99 +83.49% +16.39% +67.10
SSPX7 25.51 5/8/2009 Outperform NS $11.92 +84.56% +17.62% +66.94

Wall Street

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TrackBarclaysCap 86.02 10/16/2009 Outperform NS $22.98 -4.26% -1.52% -2.75
TrackCarisandCo 78.62 11/10/2008 Outperform NS $10.45 +110.53% +16.59% +93.94
TrackNeedham < 20 9/25/2008 Outperform NS $13.00 +69.23% -8.03% +77.26
TrackJPMorgan 78.71 3/4/2008 Underperform NS $18.60 +18.28% -15.57% -33.85
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 10/1/2007 Underperform NS $17.67 +8.49% -12.80% -21.29 2/8/2008 @ $19.17
TrackSoros 65.62 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $18.56 +18.53% -26.44% +44.97 1 Comment
TrackLeerinkSwan 84.26 5/21/2007 Outperform NS $28.78 -23.56% -25.77% +2.21
TrackJimCramer < 20 2/5/2007 Underperform 3W $26.89 -18.19% -21.50% -3.31
TrackLehmanBros 76.60 11/22/2006 Outperform NS $19.73 +4.05% +5.45% -1.39 12/13/2007 @ $20.53

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