Use access key #2 to skip to page content.
$25.66 1.57 (6.52%)
7/23/2008 4:00 PM

ArthroCare Corp (ARTC)

CAPS Rating:
*

A multi-business medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets minimally invasive surgical products.

Rating a stock in CAPS consists of three components:

Your call - Will this stock outperform or underperform the S&P 500? Successful picks are measured in terms of whether or not you were correct and by how many percentage points.

Your time frame - A guideline for other members to see whether your thinking is short or long-term. Time frame is also used to calculate the stock rating, but is not used in the scoring of your pick.

Your pitch - Here's your chance to offer more detailed thoughts, analysis, concerns, or the rationale behind your call. The pitch is optional and may be added later.

Each time you rate a stock, CAPS updates the community intelligence for the company, which may or may not change its CAPS rating. For more information, visit the Help tab at the top of the page.

You aren't currently rating ARTC

Add Stock to Watchlist

What the Community Thinks

Total Members

117 Outperforms
168 Underperforms
 

All-Stars

39 Outperforms
96 Underperforms
 

Wall Street

7 Outperforms
2 Underperforms
 

Members bullish on ARTC are also bullish on:

Members bearish on ARTC are also bearish on:

Ticker Tags

Equipment (65), Options Backdating (?) (115), Medical Appliances & Equipment (106), Small Cap (1922), Medical Device (42)
Suggest a tag

ArthroCare Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $25.66
Last Trade Time: 7/23/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $24.26
Previous Close: $24.09
Daily Range: $24.19 - $27.00
52-Week Range: $19.83 - $65.70
Volume: 2,789,706
Market Cap: $641.44M
P/E Ratio: 14.51
Compare Our Special Broker Offers!

Stock Trends

ARTC VS S&P 500 (SPY)

ARTC 12 month chart vs. S&P

News & Discussion Boards

Other News Headlines for ARTC

More Headlines...

Top Bull Pitch

Recs

2

ArthroCare Corp (ARTC)

Avatar JSB8000 (97.36) Submitted: 3/06/08 2:44 PM

Arthrocare's business is growing nicely, and its surgical devices won't stop selling if we slip into a recession. Consensus EPS growth is predicted to be around 30% in '08 and roughly the same next year. Long term (5 year) growth is predicted to be around 26%. Morningstar calculates a PEG of only...More

Replies: 1 | Reply | Permalink

Top Bear Pitch

Recs

14

ArthroCare Corp (ARTC)

Avatar abitarecatania (98.68) Submitted: 12/20/07 2:55 PM

"It is the opinion of Citron that there is more to this story that Wall St. doesn’t know."

Dios Mio! Correr por tu vida!

http://www.citronresearch.com/

Replies: 1 | Reply | Permalink

CAPS Members

picks per page. CHANGE

Results 1 - 5 of 34 :   1 2 3 4 5 Next »

Recs

0

 (ARTC)

Avatar dpid (< 20) Submitted: 7/23/08 12:39 PM : Outperform Start Price: $26.25 ARTC Score: -2.30

will go back up to 30 and then drop. Let's hope i'm good at time, as from my history, i haven't had much luck....

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Recs

0

 (ARTC)

Avatar goldminingXpert (99.89) Submitted: 7/21/08 11:56 AM : Underperform Start Price: $24.33 ARTC Score: -3.53

Reload. Citron always wins!

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Recs

0

 (ARTC)

Avatar JonBarleycorn (68.22) Submitted: 7/15/08 1:20 PM : Underperform Start Price: $37.16 ARTC Score: 35.71

I've been burned before on ARTC but I still think this company's troubles are here to stay. I hope Citron and the CAPS All Stars have finally got it right.

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Recs

0

 (ARTC)

Avatar manvsmonkey (87.86) Submitted: 6/17/08 12:10 AM : Underperform Start Price: $44.15 ARTC Score: 35.52

phoney baloney

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Recs

0

 (ARTC)

Avatar Tankota (99.60) Submitted: 5/12/08 3:03 PM : Underperform Start Price: $42.51 ARTC Score: 31.01

citron

Report this Post Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Results 1 - 5 of 34 :   1 2 3 4 5 Next »

Wall Street

Results 1 - 9 of 9  

picks per page. CHANGE Expand All Pitches

Top
Pick
Member NameMember RatingStart
Date
CallTime FrameStart
Price
Stock
Gain
S&P
Gain
ScorePitch
TrackCanaccord 88.88 07/22/08 Outperform NS $20.87+22.95%+1.87%+21.08
TrackSusquehanna < 20 05/05/08 Underperform NS $42.32-39.37%-9.10%+30.26
TrackBearStearns 90.67 01/15/08 Outperform NS $47.64-46.14%-8.28%-37.85
TrackWMBlair 34.40 01/04/08 Outperform NS $52.00-50.65%-10.56%-40.10
TrackEveillard 93.14 12/31/07 Outperform NS $48.05-46.60%-12.31%-34.29 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackZacks 90.45 12/20/07 Outperform 3M $45.97-44.18%-12.66%-31.52 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackOppenheimer < 20 12/07/07 Outperform NS $55.88-54.08%-15.33%-38.75
TrackJimCramer 81.15 11/15/07 Underperform 3W $59.01-56.52%-11.91%+44.61
TrackFirstAlbany 75.89 05/29/07 Outperform NS $42.74-39.96%-15.62%-24.34
TrackBofASec 96.35 10/27/06 Outperform NS $43.50-41.01%-7.49%-33.53

Results 1 - 9 of 9  

Beat this Stock

Clicking "Beat this Stock!" will bring you to a company with a higher rating than the one you're currently viewing.

Even though CAPS shows only one- to five-star rankings, behind the scenes, all companies in CAPS have a distinct numerical ranking. In other words, there is a No. 1 stock in CAPS and a worst-ranked stock in CAPS. When you arrive at the top-ranked stock, clicking "Beat this Stock!" will cause the page to refresh.

That is, until there is a new No. 1 stock!

These companies do not represent formal Motley Fool recommendations. Please do your own due diligence before investing. Fool on.

Featured Broker Partners