$37.32

1.21 (3.35%)

11/21/2008 4:02 PM

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (MHS)

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Provides sophisticated traditional and specialty prescription drug benefit programs and services for clients, members of client-funded benefit plans and individual patients.

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745 Outperforms

21 Underperforms

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157 Outperforms

11 Underperforms

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17 Outperforms

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Ticker Tags

S&P 500 (469), Large Cap (279), Spin-off - 2006 (21), Health Care Plans (2), Healthcare Providers and Services (129)
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Medco Health Solutions, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$37.32
Last Trade Time:	11/21/2008 4:02 PM
Open:	$36.77
Previous Close:	$36.11
Daily Range:	$34.26 - $37.51
52-Week Range:	$29.80 - $54.63
Volume:	7,229,329
Market Cap:	$17.98B
P/E Ratio:	17.97
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Final Glance: PBM companies
11/21/2008 6:14:00 PM - AP
Midday Glance: PBM companies
11/21/2008 1:32:00 PM - AP
Early Glance: PBM companies
11/21/2008 10:33:00 AM - AP
Final Glance: PBM companies
11/20/2008 5:55:00 PM - AP

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1 Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (MHS)

Avatar mrsudbury (23.36) Submitted: 6/14/08 8:19 PM

seems like it's the leader in its industry. also picked express scripts. p/e is high so this is not likely a good caps pick but i use the service as a watchlist. so don't follow my lead. i don't care about my score....

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1 Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (MHS)

Avatar sarjes (82.90) Submitted: 10/13/06 10:54 PM

I'm not sure about the future of this spinoff from Merck. It provides medication via many prescription drug benefit plans.

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Recs 0 (MHS) WilliamCrook2007 (22.91) Submitted: 11/20/08 2:54 PM : Start Price: $38.06 MHS Score: 2.29 ibd Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MHS) ETFinnovators (88.44) Submitted: 11/19/08 8:18 PM : Start Price: $37.71 MHS Score: 4.33 A New Index of Healthcare Cost Containment Companies The ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Healthcare Cost Containment Index profiled in the accompanying table includes companies with market caps over $250M which are involved in the following two segments of the healthcare sector with the common theme of reducing healthcare costs and insurance premiums for consumers, employers, and third-party payers such as the government (through Medicare recipients) and insurance companies. Generic Healthcare Products: This category includes generic prescription and over-the-counter drug products, led by Teva Pharma (TEVA) and Perrigo (PRGO), respectively. The category also includes diagnostic products such as blood sugar monitors and related supplies, including companies such as Home Diagnostics (HDIX), although its market cap is currently too small to qualify for active inclusion – however it may be an interesting play as an under-the-radar micro-cap value stock. Pharmacy Benefit Management [PBMs]: This category includes the sale of prescription drugs and diagnostic products by either mail order or network retail pharmacies, specialty pharmacy services and drug product sales, drug plan design & management, drug formulary management, but excludes all activities related to the operation of chain drugstores such as CVS Caremark (CVS) and health insurance plans such as UnitedHealth Group (UNH) in favor of companies such as Express Scripts (ESRX) and MedcoHealth Solutions (MHS). Health benefit providers are ailing over the past year, with many companies losing over half of their value such as UNH, Aetna (AET), and Humana (HUM) – although the outlook is better for companies which are focused on PBM activities without significant exposure to insurance or retail operations. As I wrote previously, the CEO of MedcoHealth Solutions, Dave Snow, expressed a bullish outlook for next year on their conference call in early November on the prospects for legislation next year to clear the way for high margin generic equivalents to biotech drugs and the possibility for increased healthcare coverage under President-Elect Obama, with the latter expected to increase overall prescription drug sales as more people are covered by drug plans. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MHS) EBStroke (73.24) Submitted: 11/05/08 3:17 PM : Start Price: $41.34 MHS Score: 11.63 Provides sophisticated traditional and specialty prescription drug benefit programs and services for clients, members of client-funded benefit plans and individual patients. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MHS) RXDOC73 (94.69) Submitted: 10/28/08 3:33 PM : Start Price: $45.64 MHS Score: 23.73 The population is just getting older and more people are going to need more drugs. There is a great deal of consolidation in the field and only the strong companies like this one will survive the fallout. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MHS) betan1 (91.45) Submitted: 10/24/08 9:22 PM : Start Price: $34.17 MHS Score: 21.54 This company is in great position to profit from the aging baby boomers, looking for a more convenient way to have access to their prescriptions. Long term Hold here. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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