Volcano Corp (NASDAQ:VOLC)
The Company is engages in the development, manufacture and commercialization of intravascular ultrasound and functional measurement products that are used for the diagnosis and treatment of vascular and structural heart disease.
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kurtdabear
(32.74)
Submitted: 2/23/2012 11:43:09 AM :
Start Price:
$27.85
VOLC Score:
+62.49
VOLC positively shouts "Short" (which I see already applies to nearly 10% of its float). Every place I looked, the numbers looked bad: declining earnings, astronomical PE, negative free-cash flow, etc. On top of that, it's a medical device company with no doctors among top officers; and it's quite a young company with relatively low management ownership and a very high institutional ownership share. Taken altogether, it looks like about $6/sh. might currently be a reasonable price, and if it has a couple really lousy quarters in a row and the institutional investors start tiptoeing out of it, that's probably about where the price will settle.
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Smitter11
(< 20)
Submitted: 11/30/2011 5:38:09 PM :
Start Price:
$24.75
VOLC Score:
-66.26
This is a company with unique technology in a growing market. They are preparing for expansion and will easily outperform the market for the next 2-3 years.
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btthus
(< 20)
Submitted: 6/3/2011 10:26:36 AM :
Start Price:
$30.24
VOLC Score:
+72.27
Price to Earnings (P/E) ? 152 VERY HIGH
and new 52 week high in a soon to be bear market
sell high buy low
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rockynicky
(< 20)
Submitted: 11/11/2010 6:42:44 AM :
Start Price:
$26.42
VOLC Score:
-74.74
Good growth and earnings.
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mimunny
(< 20)
Submitted: 8/4/2010 3:17:19 PM :
Start Price:
$18.70
VOLC Score:
-13.96
Healthcare sector to unstable to call due to new laws in the works
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blocksofstock
(< 20)
Submitted: 6/9/2010 12:51:40 PM :
Start Price:
$21.78
VOLC Score:
-78.14
Great pipeline of products.
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pbtoau78
(65.23)
Submitted: 5/24/2010 2:42:27 PM :
Start Price:
$22.35
VOLC Score:
-79.08
volcano's IVUS system rocks... or so I've heard.
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HOOSJ1
(46.84)
Submitted: 4/1/2010 10:25:48 AM :
Start Price:
$23.72
VOLC Score:
-71.11
Growing leader in a growing market. You do the math.
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msfitts
(56.53)
Submitted: 5/11/2009 9:12:08 PM :
Start Price:
$12.34
VOLC Score:
-48.69
Has a great line of products , and as the population ages more of its products will be in demand. I see this company growing steadily , and or being bought out - either way I'm going to make money .
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APTitus
(83.35)
Submitted: 10/1/2008 12:48:23 PM :
Start Price:
$17.02
VOLC Score:
+33.90
covered some shares on 9-20
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johnnymack91362
(77.07)
Submitted: 6/23/2008 7:59:25 PM :
Start Price:
$13.17
VOLC Score:
-4.40
technology wins in the end. they built a better mousetrap.
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Doslw
(< 20)
Submitted: 3/24/2008 11:08:47 AM :
Start Price:
$12.02
VOLC Score:
+10.71
this company has some good products, and the price had beaten down so much.
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cdinphx
(70.92)
Submitted: 3/12/2008 1:38:30 PM :
Start Price:
$11.62
VOLC Score:
+12.87
with all the baby boomers, how can it be wrong to pick stocks in health care? thats right it can't.
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DonewithCorpAmer
(< 20)
Submitted: 2/16/2008 4:37:20 PM :
Start Price:
$13.49
VOLC Score:
-3.36
35% yoy rev increase!
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fxschlump
(25.04)
Submitted: 1/16/2008 4:38:00 PM :
Start Price:
$13.97
VOLC Score:
-6.59
This co is working on some new products which will address ovesity, one of our major medical problems in the US--and the world.
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Jerpk
(< 20)
Submitted: 11/15/2007 10:33:24 AM :
Start Price:
$16.84
VOLC Score:
-19.58
Technology seems sound and likelihood above average that it will become used fairly widely. Buyout by Medtronic, GE or other large medical imaging or ultrasound company seems possible.
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randysfun
(< 20)
Submitted: 6/19/2007 7:23:28 PM :
Start Price:
$21.48
VOLC Score:
-36.65
product is best in show probably a buyout canidate
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JuniorBuffet
(68.20)
Submitted: 6/7/2007 10:06:37 AM :
Start Price:
$21.11
VOLC Score:
-37.15
almost finished forming a double bottom...
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cagasort
(< 20)
Submitted: 4/1/2007 9:28:15 PM :
Start Price:
$18.11
VOLC Score:
-31.88
IVUS...enough said............
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NetscribeHealthC
(26.83)
Submitted: 3/19/2007 2:43:38 AM :
Start Price:
$19.00
VOLC Score:
-38.81
Volcano helps to get the blood flowing in the human heart. The company makes a variety of medical devices that diagnose and treat heart disease, including atherosclerosis. Its intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) devices give information about the condition of arteries as well as plaque and lesions. Its functional measurement (FM) products measure characteristics of blood around plaque in arteries. The company sells its products to physicians and other health care providers worldwide through a direct sales force.
During August 2006 Volcano and GE Healthcare announced the US FDA (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the integration of Volcano's IVUS capabilities onto the Innova all-digital X-ray cath-lab imaging system. This digital imaging system is designed to give interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists a clearer view of coronary and peripheral vessel morphology in a more accessible manner than previously available.
During the last quarter of 2006, Volcano announced collaboration with three leading core labs under which the company will provide IVUS catheters free of charge for use in pivotal trials for drug-eluting stents to facilitate the use of IVUS and demonstrate its value in stent optimization. The company is in the final trial design for the CHECK study, or Carotid Histology Evaluation and Correlation to patient worKup that will be a registry of stented carotid artery patients worldwide who undergo IVUS imaging.
Currently, more than 2,500 IVUS and FM systems are installed worldwide, with approximately half of its revenues coming from outside the US. For all of fiscal 2006, Volcano reported revenues of $103.0 million, a 12% rise over revenues of $91.9 million in fiscal 2005, thanks to the IVUS disposable revenues that increased nearly 25 percent. Volcano’s management expects revenues of approximately $120.0 million in fiscal 2007, nearly a 17% increase. In view of a stable business model, strong product line, worldwide sales stretch and recent collaborations, Volcano appears as a compelling investment idea.
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