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Biotech / Medical : Elan Corporation, plc (ELN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: blankmind who wrote (660)	11/11/1999 8:29:00 AM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 10345

P.E. comparisons from the YHOO board: Diogenes - PE by: bozacke 11/11/1999 8:23 am EST Msg: 3772 of 3772 Diogenes, You said "In Elan's case, consensus estimates of such operating earnings for next year are between $1.52 and $1.55, resulting in a forward P/E ratio of about 16.5." Even at 16.5, how does that compare to Elan's competitor's, using the same formula? The Yahoo numbers for some of the others are: RP: 59 WLA: 58 PFE: 48 BMY: 44 LLY: 34 GLX: 34 MRK: 33 ABT: 24 KVA: 15.