$20.87 0.14 (+0.68%)
11/6/2009 4:04 PM

IMS Health, Inc. (RX)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company provides critical business intelligence, including information, analytics and consulting services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries worldwide.

Current Price $20.87 Mkt Cap $3.81B
Open $0.00 P/E Ratio 13.20
Prev. Close $20.73 Div. (Yield) 0.12 (0.60%)
Daily Range $20.69 - $20.91 Volume 14,724,897
52-Wk Range $9.63 - $21.09 Avg. Daily Vol. 4,754,000

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ChumpChangeNC (48.21)
Submitted October 19, 2009

According to CNBC, IMS Health is in "advanced talks" about a take-over from private equity firms. The word on the street is that they have been offered around a 30% premium for the company, thus the jump this afternoon late in trading and… More

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AtticusFynch (61.59)
Submitted September 06, 2006

Here's how it works. IMS collects prescription data from pharmacies. It pulls doctor license numbers from the prescriptions, then puts together a dossier of what each doctor prescribes. It then sells the data to big pharma companies so they can… More

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Member Avatar Paramnesia1930 (97.08) Submitted: 11/3/2009 8:47:48 AM : Underperform Start Price: $16.53 RX Score: -22.98

More than 9% above its 50-Day Moving Average.

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Member Avatar GoHorns12 (43.13) Submitted: 10/22/2009 10:14:35 AM : Outperform Start Price: $17.61 RX Score: +19.21

IMS Health just declared earnings, beating estimates by 0.04, and has a buyout offer on the table. This stock has a lot higher to rise as this news is digested over the next coming weeks. Now is a good time to get into RX.

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Member Avatar mstachowsky (96.52) Submitted: 10/20/2009 9:43:54 AM : Outperform Start Price: $17.60 RX Score: +20.80

There's a buyout offer on the table :-)

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fdude71

fdude71 (93.24) Score: +67.32

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in RX.

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
fdude71 93.24 7/24/2009 Outperform 5Y $11.72 +78.06% +10.74% +67.32 1 Comment
TMFHelical 98.37 7/24/2009 Outperform 5Y $11.72 +78.06% +10.74% +67.32
msnmax 98.09 8/3/2009 Outperform 5Y $12.10 +72.49% +7.81% +64.68
ggia002 28.13 8/3/2009 Outperform 5Y $12.10 +72.49% +7.81% +64.68
johntd 26.43 7/27/2009 Outperform 1Y $12.00 +73.92% +9.92% +64.00
vinvestpro 98.14 7/27/2009 Outperform 3Y $12.04 +73.34% +9.96% +63.38
SuperCharge 98.30 6/5/2009 Outperform NS $11.94 +74.79% +14.20% +60.59 1 Comment
GreenCollegeGrad 63.02 7/23/2009 Outperform 5Y $12.30 +69.70% +10.95% +58.74
SSPXXX < 20 6/8/2009 Outperform 5Y $12.01 +73.78% +15.35% +58.43
CVMp 87.88 6/8/2009 Outperform 5Y $12.01 +73.78% +15.35% +58.43
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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackRWBaird 85.02 7/24/2009 Underperform NS $11.72 +78.06% +10.74% -67.32
TrackJimCramer < 20 7/22/2009 Underperform 3W $0.00 0% 0% 0
TrackRWBaird 85.02 10/14/2008 Outperform NS $15.88 -19.20% -17.98% -1.22 4/24/2009 @ $12.83
TrackHAndW 23.63 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $20.72 +0.70% -14.91% +15.61 2 Comments
TrackLehmanBros 76.60 1/7/2008 Outperform NS $21.71 -3.87% -20.88% +17.00
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 10/22/2007 Outperform NS $23.10 -1.88% -15.83% +13.95 7/10/2008 @ $22.67
TrackRWBaird 85.02 10/18/2007 Underperform NS $22.72 +1.75% -3.95% -5.70 12/21/2007 @ $23.12
TrackDodgeCox 86.63 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $30.15 -30.77% -26.44% -4.33 2 Comments
TrackRichPzena < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $30.15 -30.77% -26.44% -4.33 2 Comments
TrackJohnRogers < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $30.15 -30.77% -26.44% -4.33 8 Comments
TrackEdwardOwens 98.26 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $30.15 -30.77% -26.44% -4.33 1 Comment
TrackTWeisel < 20 2/13/2007 Outperform NS $28.56 -58.79% -28.74% -30.06 7/24/2009 @ $11.77
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 2/2/2007 Outperform NS $28.99 +7.62% +2.93% +4.69 5/2/2007 @ $31.20

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