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Biotech / Medical : Ligand (LGND) Breakout!
LGND 199.20+0.1%Nov 21 9:30 AM EST

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To: Andreas Helke who wrote (22077)6/14/1998 1:42:00 PM
From: Spekulatius  Read Replies (3) of 32384
 
Again - share dilution -

even though most people here in the thread will not like it.

Doubling the shares in 3 years is not standard operating procedure for biotechs. I have calculated some key numbers from some of the biotechs I follow and consolidated them in a table.
No further comments!
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Company #shares1998 #shares1994 #shares1993 #shares1992 Yearly dilution rate [%] Cash Debt Market Value Research Exp / Year
AGPH 30.8 13.8 21.59 116 0 1100 120
PDL 18.5 12.7 16.16 163 0 448 26
ISIP 26.8 13 n/a 25.08 87 57 340 56
LGND 38.9 17.9 n/a n/a 33.47 65 52 502 60
VRTX 25.3 12.17 20.61 265 6 701 48
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