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To: Biomaven who wrote (217)6/9/1999 7:36:00 PM
From: Biomaven  Respond to of 52153
 
An interesting snip from a good site for pharma comment:

labpuppy.com

Expected EPS (earnings per share) growth for US pharmaceutical companies over the next three-to-five years (from assorted analyst estimates)

American Home Products - 14-16%
Amgen - 13-16% (acceleration starts in 2001 with NESP)
Bristol-Myers Squibb - 13-14% (weighed down by non-pharma divisions)
Johnson & Johnson – 12-13%
Eli Lilly - 14-18% (depends on how they deal with Prozac)
Merck - 8-14%(depends on how they deal with numerous patent expirations)
Monsanto - 20-25% (reliance on Celebrex)
Pfizer - 19-20%
Pharmacia & Upjohn - 13-14%
Schering-Plough - 15-16%
Warner-Lambert - 17-21%
Top 10 pharmaceutical companies (in terms of pharmaceutical revenue)

Merck
Aventis
Glaxo Wellcome
AstraZeneca
Pfizer
Novartis
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Eli Lilly
Roche
Johnson & Johnson




To: Biomaven who wrote (217)6/9/1999 8:53:00 PM
From: poodle  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 52153
 
" Ah, but the real trick is to avoid the NASDAQ stocks that end up on the BB."

Right, Peter,
but it seems to be incorporated into "old advice". If your stock goes to BB you may have to "touch" it, sooner or later (to sell, for example <g>). Advice, broadly speaking, intended to prevent us from any step that may result in dealing with BB stocks.<g>