Peabody Daily Log: December 31,1998
PFE Weekly Highlights:
- Highest daily PFE close of 126.13 reached on Thursday.
- All-time PFE High of 128.94 reached on Friday
- Highest weekly PFE close of 125.00 reached on Friday
- New pending Peabody Peak of 128.94 reached on Friday
PFE Versus the Dow:
........................PFE.....Dow ....Peabody Comments
Growth: since 1/1/98:......+67.6%...+16.1%....Another great year > 60%
Growth: week of 12/28/98:.+4.7%.....-0.2%.... Forbes & Celebrex
Growth: December 1998:..+11.7%.....+0.7%.....The Big Pharma/Celebrex divergence
Growth: 4th Quarter 1998:.+18.2%...+16.5%....Matches market
Growth: since 8/31/98:......+34.4%...+21.8%....Buy at Valleys!
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Key: Peabody Peak (Intermediate High)
Peabody Valley (Intermediate Low)
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PFE PFE PFE
Date Volume High/Ask Low/Bid Close Milestones
12/29/97 1,395,600 74 72 5/8 73 11/16
12/30/97 1,842,900 75 7/8 74 75 5/8 Dow +236
12/31/97 1,616,400 76 1/4 74 1/8 74 3/4 1997 Close
01/02/98 1,521,000 75 3/4 74 75 11/16
01/05/98 4,528,300 79 15/16 76 79 1/2 Peabody Peak
01/06/98 2,891,800 79 7/16 77 1/8 77 7/16
01/07/98 2,213,500 78 1/8 76 3/16 78 1/8
01/08/98 3,324,600 79 3/8 77 3/16 77 11/16
01/09/98 3,979,000 77 3/8 72 74 1/16 -6% swing intraday
01/12/98 3,836,400 77 71 1/16 76 7/16 Peabody Valley
01/13/98 2,904,400 78 77 77 5/16
01/14/98 2,547,300 78 76 9/16 77 13/16
01/15/98 2,786,200 77 7/16 75 5/8 75 3/4
01/16/98 3,746,100 77 75 5/8 77
01/20/98 4,944,600 80 7/8 78 80 7/8
01/21/98 3,749,000 80 1/4 78 1/2 78 15/16 Big Pharma Merger Mania
01/22/98 2,506,100 79 5/8 78 3/16 78 5/8
1/23/98 2,741,300 78 3/4 76 5/8 78 1/16
01/26/98 2,304,900 79 77 1/2 77 3/4
01/27/98 2,827,100 79 11/16 77 7/8 78 3/4
01/28/98 3,834,600 81 79 7/16 79 13/16 Last<80 day
01/29/98 3,323,300 82 7/16 80 1/4 81 1/2
01/30/98 2,285,600 82 1/8 80 3/4 81 3/4
02/02/98 4,297,100 85 1/16 82 3/8 82 5/8
02/03/98 3,041,900 82 7/8 81 9/16 82 9/16
02/04/98 2,260,700 82 1/4 81 81
02/05/98 2,892,200 82 5/16 79 5/8 79 3/4
02/06/98 2,306,200 81 3/8 79 15/16 81
02/09/98 2,356,700 81 13/16 80 3/16 80 7/8
02/10/98 3,616,800 83 15/16 81 7/16 83 13/16
02/11/98 3,065,500 84 3/8 81 7/16 83 11/16
02/12/98 2,476,300 84 15/16 82 1/4 84 7/16
02/13/98 1,962,200 84 3/16 83 3/8 83 5/8
02/16/98 President's Day
02/17/98 2,384,700 84 13/16 84 1/16 84 1/2
02/18/98 3,287,600 86 1/2 84 11/16 86 1/4 Celebra agreement
02/19/98 2,982,500 88 1/4 86 86 1/8
02/20/98 2,736,400 87 3/4 86 3/16 87 5/16
02/23/98 2,964,600 89 3/8 87 15/16 89 3/8
02/24/98 5,464,900 88 86 1/4 87 1/2
02/25/98 2,508,700 89 9/16 88 1/8 88 3/8
02/26/98 2,879,000 90 1/4 88 3/8 89 15/16 Possible MTG sale
02/27/98 4,198,900 91 7/16 87 7/8 88 1/2 Peabody Peak
03/02/98 2,713,200 89 3/16 87 9/16 87 13/16
03/03/98 2,749,900 87 1/4 85 5/8 87
03/04/98 3,353,300 86 1/4 84 1/2 85
03/05/98 2,716,700 86 3/8 85 85 1/2
03/06/98 4,073,900 86 1/2 84 1/8 86 1/4 Peabody Valley
03/09/98 3,045,600 87 7/16 86 86 7/8
03/10/98 3,151,100 88 5/16 86 9/16 87 7/8
03/11/98 2,884,400 89 1/16 87 3/8 87 1/2
03/12/98 2,188,100 87 7/8 85 15/16 86 1/16
03/13/98 2,602,500 87 1/8 85 13/16 86
03/16/98 3,076,200 88 3/8 86 9/16 88
03/17/98 3,224,600 89 15/16 88 9/16 89 3/8
03/18/98 2,947,900 89 7/8 88 88 1/4
03/19/98 5,683,600 90 3/4 89 90 WSJ article on Viagra
03/20/98 7,463,500 92 13/16 90 1/16 92 1/4 20/20 Viagra Broadcast
03/23/98 8,343,500 97 1/2 95 1/2 96 1/4
03/24/98 5,356,900 96 1/2 94 1/2 95 5/16
03/25/98 5,733,600 96 1/8 92 1/2 94 1/2
03/26/98 3,544,100 95 3/8 93 5/8 94 5/8
03/27/98 7,525,600 97 1/8 93 3/8 95 1/2 Viagra Approval
03/30/98 7,353,000 98 96 5/8 97 7/8
03/31/98 5,936,300 99 7/8 98 3/8 99 7/8
04/01/98 5,571,900 100 3/8 98 1/4 98 5/8 100 level broken
04/02/98 3,926,800 100 98 15/16 99 1/2
04/03/98 4,165,300 101 3/4 99 11/16 101 11/16
04/06/98 4,869,100 103 3/4 102 1/4 103 1/4 Peabody Peak
04/07/98 4,623,900 103 1/4 99 1/8 100 9/16 Viagra in pharmacies
04/08/98 4,361,600 101 1/2 97 13/16 98 15/16
04/09/98 3,677,700 99 13/16 98 99 1/4
04/10/98 Good Friday
04/13/98 3,135,100 101 1/16 99 9/16 101
04/14/98 3,083,800 101 1/16 98 1/2 99 1/16 PFE 1st Qt EPS
04/15/98 4,874,800 99 11/16 96 3/8 97 1/2
04/16/98 6,790,300 101 1/8 95 5/16 100 5/8 Peabody Valley
04/17/98 7,448,200 106 1/2 100 5/16 105 1/8 High Viagra Rxs forecasted
04/20/98 10,029,000 113 3/4 109 113 3/8 36M Viagra New Rxs
04/21/98 13,707,300 121 3/4 115 116 1/8 High for 1998
04/22/98 10,775,600 117 7/8 111 5/16 114 7/16
04/23/98 7,198,600 116 15/16 113 13/16 115 1/2 Annual meeting
04/24/98 8,321,900 118 1/2 116 1/2 118 Merrill ups EPS/High close
04/27/98 11,935,500 116 7/16 110 9/16 113 7/16 113M Viagra New Rxs
04/28/98 7,603,300 116 1/2 112 1/2 113 1/8
04/29/98 5,646,500 113 7/16 111 112 5/8 First Boston Downgrade
04/30/98 7,464,200 114 3/8 109 3/8 114
05/01/98 4,880,100 115 3/8 111 3/4 112 11/16 Smith Barney ups target
05/04/98 4,863,200 114 1/2 112 3/8 112 5/8 207M Viagra Rxs
05/05/98 5,882,900 112 3/4 109 3/4 111 11/16 AAO V vision
05/06/98 4,292,100 112 3/4 108 11/16 108 3/4
05/07/98 5,328,000 110 104 3/4 106 15/16
05/08/98 4,392,900 111 3/8 107 1/2 111 3/16 Bob Dole in V trials
05/11/98 5,262,500 113 3/4 110 111 270M Viagra Rxs
05/12/98 3,895,800 111 15/16 110 1/8 111 7/8
05/13/98 3,248,300 112 3/4 110 1/8 110 1/8
05/14/98 5,065,800 110 5/16 107 1/8 108
05/15/98 6,623,300 108 15/16 104 7/16 104 7/16 Peabody Valley
05/18/98 5,707,100 110 11/16 105 110 1/2 300M Viagra RXs
05/19/98 7,552,000 113 11/16 111 9/16 112 13/16
05/20/98 3,474,200 114 3/16 112 1/8 112 13/16 Peabody Peak
05/21/98 6,291,800 112 13/16 108 1/16 109 1/8 Viagra/Nitro warning
05/22/98 9,702,600 109 7/8 104 105 7/16 6 deaths reported
05/25/98 Memorial Day
05/26/98 6,303,800 106 15/16 103 1/16 103 3/16
05/27/98 6,692,200 108 101 3/8 108 ML Maintains Buy
05/28/98 4,064,500 107 5/8 105 5/8 106 3/8 PFE supports Viagra label
05/29/98 3,741,100 107 15/16 104 1/2 104 13/16 ICOS in news
06/01/98 4,251,100 104 7/8 100 3/8 103 15/16 Peabody Valley
06/02/98 3,138,200 105 7/8 102 1/2 103 3/8 AUA Meeting
06/03/98 2,625,500 104 15/16 102 13/16 103 AUA Meeting
06/04/98 3,698,400 107 5/8 102 3/16 107 AUA Meeting
06/05/98 4,231,500 108 3/4 106 108 3/8
06/08/98 2,809,200 109 13/16 107 1/2 108 7/16
06/09/98 6,319,400 112 7/8 107 3/4 112 1/2 FDA V Release
06/10/98 4,856,200 111 1/8 107 1/16 109 WSJ Drug Interactions
06/11/98 3,273,300 110 3/8 107 107
06/12/98 3,399,500 109 1/2 106 5/8 109 3/8
06/15/98 3,134,700 109 1/4 106 7/8 108 3/8 Dow- 200
06/16/98 3,376,700 110 3/8 108 1/8 109 11/16 Schneider sold
06/17/98 4,463,200 112 11/16 110 1/2 112 1/16
06/18/98 4,147,600 114 15/16 112 3/16 114 1/4 Peabody Peak
06/19/98 5,484,900 114 15/16 109 13/16 111 1/4 Zeldox non-approval
06/22/98 3,177,200 112 3/4 109 13/16 111 7/16
06/23/98 3,961,200 111 15/16 109 1/4 110 3/16
06/24/98 3,736,800 110 3/8 108 3/4 110 1/8
06/25/98 2,878,000 112 1/2 110 1/2 110 13/16
06/26/98 2,635,800 112 5/8 110 5/8 111 15/16
06/29/98 5,244,400 111 1/2 108 1/4 109 15/16
06/30/98 5,190,200 108 3/4 106 5/8 108 1/2 DLJ Switch to WLA
07/01/98 3,857,700 109 15/16 106 5/16 107 3/16 -7.5% off Peak
07/02/98 2,740,300 109 1/2 106 9/16 107 1/2 Public Citizen/HMOs
07/03/98 Independence Day Barrons: V to Fade?
07/06/98 4,746,500 109 1/2 105 5/8 109 7/16 Peabody Valley
07/07/98 3,661,200 111 9/16 109 9/16 111 IMS: V to $1 Billion
07/08/98 3,920,100 114 3/16 111 1/8 113 1/2
07/09/98 4,338,600 115 5/8 112 3/4 115 5/8 EPS: $0.47 (+$.03)
07/10/98 8,446,800 118 1/8 113 118
07/13/98 5,540,600 120 5/8 117 15/16 118 11/16
07/14/98 4,130,500 120 9/16 118 1/16 118 9/16 Peabody Peak
07/15/98 3,541,400 118 9/16 115 13/16 116 House panel V action
07/16/98 3,199,300 117 7/8 115 3/16 117 13/16
07/17/98 3,128,700 117 1/4 115 5/8 115 5/8 Viagra lawsuit
07/20/98 2,964,100 118 1/2 115 9/16 117 15/16 V Rxs -13.8%
07/21/98 3,706,300 117 7/8 114 1/16 114 1/8 MRK misses EPS
07/22/98 4,538,100 116 3/4 111 3/8 116 3/8
07/23/98 4,107,100 115 1/2 111 111 5/8 Dow -196
07/24/98 4,877,700 114 3/4 112 113 1/2 Upbeat analysts' meeting
07/27/98 3,643,900 114 13/16 111 5/8 114 V Rxs +5.8%
07/28/98 3,365,500 114 111 111 5/8
07/29/98 3,704,700 112 3/4 109 1/8 109 1/8 Valley strike price reached
07/30/98 2,714,700 112 3/8 109 7/8 112 Dow +112
07/31/98 2,776,900 112 5/8 108 9/16 110 1/16
08/03/98 2,637,600 111 1/8 108 5/8 109 11/16 V Rxs -6.0%
08/04/98 5,248,300 110 3/4 104 3/4 105 Dow -299
08/05/98 4,556,900 106 3/8 102 5/8 105 15/16
08/06/98 3,355,000 106 7/8 104 1/16 105 5/16
08/07/98 4,363,300 105 1/2 102 1/8 103 1/2
08/10/98 3,287,500 105 3/4 103 1/2 103 13/16 ACC/AHA V Report
08/11/98 5,898,100 104 5/16 98 1/2 103 15/16 Peabody Valley
08/12/98 3,858,800 104 15/16 101 1/4 101 15/16 WSJ -2 eye patients
08/13/98 3,614,500 104 101 1/2 102
08/14/98 2,680,800 103 1/4 101 1/16 101 3/16 Howmedica Sold
08/17/98 4,645,900 104 7/8 100 3/4 104 5/8 V Rxs +1%
08/18/98 4,349,900 107 9/16 103 7/16 107 1/2
08/19/98 3,343,200 108 15/16 106 3/8 108 15/16 Peabody Peak
08/20/98 3,194,400 108 13/16 105 1/2 105 3/4 Public Citizen V petition
08/21/98 3,887,200 106 1/4 102 1/16 105 7/8 Soros reports $.5B position
08/24/98 4,058,600 108 1/8 104 7/16 104 15/16 Celebra expedited review
08/25/98 5,241,900 108 5/8 106 106 1/2 EU V Approval
08/26/98 4,242,900 108 7/8 103 5/8 108 1/8 V associated w 69 deaths
08/27/98 4,053,100 107 3/4 103 1/2 103 13/16 Dow -358
08/28/98 4,821,800 104 7/8 100 3/8 101 5/8 Dow-114
08/31/98 8,156,300 102 1/16 93 93 Dow-512
09/01/98 10,640,800 99 92 96 1/2 Peabody Valley
09/02/98 6,494,600 101 5/8 98 3/8 100 1/16
09/03/98 4,944,000 102 1/16 98 99 13/16 NEJM V Letters
09/04/98 9,096,100 96 1/4 93 1/2 95 1/8 Morgan Stanley Downgrade
09/07/98 Labor Day
09/08/98 5,358,100 100 13/16 97 1/16 100 3/4 DJ: +381
09/09/98 4,725,000 101 9/16 98 98 3/16 DJ:-156
09/10/98 4,324,600 97 93 9/16 94 1/2 DJ:-249/Clinton
09/11/98 6,451,300 100 13/16 95 100 1/2 ML Supports Pharma
09/14/98 3,675,400 103 5/8 100 3/4 103 1/8 V Rxs +10%
09/15/98 2,603,500 103 7/8 101 1/2 102 9/16 EU V Approval
09/16/98 3,269,200 103 100 1/8 101 1/2 V Not On NHS
09/17/98 2,648,100 100 1/16 98 1/4 99 1/4
09/18/98 3,523,400 99 7/8 97 1/4 97 1/4 Lancet V Letter
09/21/98 2,869,900 99 1/8 95 97 5/8 Clinton Tapes
09/22/98 3,136,700 101 1/2 99 1/4 101 7/16
09/23/98 4,764,800 106 1/2 101 1/2 106 1/2 Dow +257
09/24/98 5,101,800 108 3/4 104 3/8 107 1/2 $5 B Stock Buyback
09/25/98 2,864,400 108 105 3/4 106 5/8
09/28/98 3,235,200 109 3/16 105 1/4 106 1/16 Peabody Peak
09/29/98 3,052,500 108 1/8 105 5/8 106 13/16 Fed reduces rates
09/30/98 3,627,600 108 1/16 105 5/8 105 15/16 DRIP day
10/01/98 3,853,400 104 11/16 99 3/8 99 5/8 Dow-210 LLY/ICOS
10/02/98 4,309,500 100 96 1/2 99 1/16
10/05/98 5,505,700 98 13/16 93 94 5/8 V Rxs -5%
10/06/98 7,462,200 96 11/16 88 1/8 89 3/8
10/07/98 6,766,000 92 15/16 88 3/4 90 5/8 JP Morgan recommends PFE
10/08/98 5,915,200 90 86 89 5/8 Peabody Valley
10/09/98 3,594,400 93 3/4 88 1/2 92 15/16 Dow +167
10/12/98 2,570,700 96 15/16 93 1/16 93 1/4 V Rxs +11%
10/13/98 2,567,700 96 3/8 93 1/4 95 1/2 EPS $0.51 -$0.6 from Zachs
10/14/98 11,810,800 97 1/8 88 1/2 96 3/8 Analysts Reiterate Buys
10/15/98 4,761,600 99 1/4 94 9/16 97 1/2 Dow +330, Fed reduces rates
10/16/98 3,977,600 98 15/16 96 9/16 98 3/16 Dow +117
10/19/98 3,424,500 99 13/16 97 1/16 97 9/16 Analysts Reiterate Buys
10/20/98 3,921,500 99 95 13/16 96 11/16 VRxs -1%
10/21/98 3,920,700 98 7/16 95 1/2 98
10/22/98 2,490,800 100 3/4 97 5/8 100 3/4
10/23/98 4,549,800 104 1/2 99 11/16 103 13/16
10/26/98 3,796,000 106 7/8 104 106 1/2 V Rxs -2%
10/27/98 3,278,400 106 7/8 105 7/8 106 5/16
10/28/98 2,459,100 106 3/4 104 5/8 105 11/16
10/29/98 2,600,200 107 3/4 105 3/16 107 5/8
10/30/98 2,742,300 108 1/4 106 5/8 107
11/02/98 3,003,700 108 1/2 106 1/4 108 1/2 V Rxs -3%
11/03/98 2,344,800 109 7/16 107 5/16 109 1/4 Election Day- Dems surprise
11/04/98 4,014,900 110 106 106
11/05/98 2,933,800 107 1/2 105 107 3/8
11/06/98 3,638,600 109 3/4 106 5/8 109 1/2 1998 R&D Meeting
11/09/98 2,728,400 109 11/16 107 108 1/4 V Rxs +2%
11/10/98 3,035,900 109 3/4 106 13/16 108 5/8 ACR Meeting
11/11/98 2,607,400 108 1/2 105 1/2 106 1/16 AHA Meeting
11/12/98 2,126,800 106 1/2 104 104 5/16
11/13/98 1,789,700 105 15/16 104 3/4 105 1/2
11/16/98 2,166,300 108 15/16 106 9/16 108 13/16 V Rxs +5%
11/17/98 3,553,000 111 108 109 1/2
11/18/98 2,749,800 111 5/8 108 9/16 111 3/8
11/19/98 3,245,200 111 3/4 110 1/16 110 9/16
11/20/98 2,412,800 112 110 3/8 112 Dow +104
11/23/98 4,944,800 116 7/8 112 5/16 116 11/16 Dow +215
11/24/98 3,464,100 116 7/8 113 1/2 114 Possible Peabody Peak
11/25/98 2,520,700 115 3/16 112 5/8 114 3/8 Change in V label
11/27/98 Thanksgiving
11/27/98 982,400 115 113 13/16 114
11/30/98 2,183,100 114 11/16 111 5/8 111 15/16 Dow -217
12/01/98 3,179,900 111 15/16 108 5/8 110 15/16 Possible Peabody Valley
12/02/98 2,743,400 113 1/2 110 7/16 113 1/16 Celebrex FDA panel
12/03/98 2,746,900 114 15/16 110 1/4 110 1/2 Dow -185
12/04/98 2,615,600 113 5/16 110 9/16 112 5/8
12/07/98 2,302,100 115 113 3/4 114 3/8 V refills very strong
12/08/98 2,797,700 116 3/16 114 1/2 116 3/16
12/09/98 3,186,000 117 9/16 115 1/16 116 1/8
12/10/98 2,874,900 117 3/16 113 3/4 114
12/11/98 2,082,800 115 113 1/8 114 7/8 Bob Dole hired
12/14/98 2,441,700 113 5/8 111 1/16 111 3/4 Dow -126
12/15/98 2,788,100 115 110 3/16 115
12/16/98 2,495,600 116 1/4 115 1/8 115 3/4 US bombs Iran
12/17/98 2,633,800 117 5/8 115 13/16 116 7/8 Pending Peabody Peak
12/18/98 3,118,600 116 3/4 115 1/2 116 Clinton Impeached
12/21/98 2,834,000 118 1/8 114 1/2 115 1/16 V approval in Japan
12/22/98 2,153,100 117 13/16 114 7/8 117 3/16
12/23/98 3,427,500 120 13/16 117 3/4 120 3/8
12/24/98 695,200 120 1/4 118 13/16 119 3/8
12/25/88 Christmas
12/28/98 1,729,300 120 7/16 118 1/2 119 7/16 V Rxs +5.1%
12/29/98 3,813,600 125 5/8 119 1/2 124 3/8 Forbes Company of Year
12/30/98 2,851,400 126 11/16 123 1/2 126 1/8
12/31/98 2,789,900 128 15/16 125 125 Celebrex Approved |
