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| PHARMANET DEVLP (PDGI) |  | | Company Name: | PHARMANET DEVLP | | Ticker Symbol: | PDGI | | Industry: | MEDICAL-DRUGS | | Company Website: | http://www.pharmanet.com/ | | Summary: PharmaNet Development Group, Inc. is an international drug development services company offering a comprehensive range of clinical development, clinic...more | |
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Company Overview and History
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PharmaNet Development Group, Inc. is an international drug development services company offering a comprehensive range of clinical development, clinical and bioanalytical laboratory, and consulting services to the branded pharmaceutical, biotechnology, generic drug and medical device industries.
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Recent Events
Reasons to Buy PHARMANET DEVLP
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Analysts Recommending Sell
Reasons to Hold PHARMANET DEVLP
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How Can I Decide if PHARMANET DEVLP Is a Buy or a Sell?
| | How Can I Decide if PHARMANET DEVLP Is a Buy or a Sell? | Follow the Experts...
| | There are 3 individual(s) in the US who know more about PHARMANET DEVLP and its stock price than almost anyone else These 3 individual(s) are the 3 brokerage analysts who follow PHARMANET DEVLP and whose research is discussed above by Wiki posters who receive the research from these brokerage firms To decide if you want to buy PHARMANET DEVLP, you could read the discussions above and see if you find a bull or bear argument for PHARMANET DEVLP that you think is compelling – or you might toss a coin. To help you evaluate the credibility of the arguments made by an analyst, we have displayed the Zacks All Star Rating of the analyst after his/her name. Zacks rates analysts as 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 STAR analysts based on the performance of their stock recommendations. The analysts with 5 STAR ratings have had the best performance. For more information on these Zacks Analyst ratings, go to http://www.zacks.com | |
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...or Make Your Own Non-Consensus Decision
| | However, we believe that there is a better way to make stock selection decisions, and this Wiki is dedicated to this technique. The better way – which is taught to all MBA students, and used by professional investors – is not easy. But it is one of the few investment techniques that actually does work. The better way requires you to find errors in the consensus forecasts of revenue and EPS. Until the creation of this Wiki, it has been virtually impossible for an individual investor to develop accurate non consensus revenue and earnings forecasts because no one individual has had enough information to accurately out-forecast the Wall Street analysts.
However, by using the Wiki to pool together the collaborative intelligence of large numbers of individuals who are familiar with the MEDICAL-DRUGS Industry, with PHARMANET DEVLP, and with its suppliers and customers, we as a group do have a realistic chance of finding that nugget of accurate non-consensus information.
Warren Buffett finds these nuggets. This Wiki can help you find your own nuggets.
But this process can only work for those companies and industries with which you are very familiar. To apply this process to PHARMANET DEVLP, you need to focus on 2 questions:- Do I agree with the consensus estimate of the future revenue of PHARMANET DEVLP?
- Do I agree with the consensus estimates of the EPS of PHARMANET DEVLP?
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How Can I Find Errors in the Consensus Forecasts for PHARMANET DEVLP?
| How Can I Find Errors in the Consensus Forecasts for PHARMANET DEVLP? | The following sections are designed to help Wiki users identify errors in the consensus revenue forecasts for the major PHARMANET DEVLP products. Below each consensus revenue forecast is a Wiki section reserved for users to discuss why these consensus forecasts may be high or low.
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Consensus Forecast of PHARMANET DEVLP Revenue in Millions
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Dec-06 |
Dec-07 |
Dec-08 |
Dec-09 |
09/06 |
| $406.96 |
$470.26 |
$451.45 |
$378.99 |
-2.3% |
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Consensus Forecast of PHARMANET DEVLP EPS
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Dec-05 |
Dec-06 |
Dec-07 |
Dec-08 |
Dec-09 |
| $1.88 |
$0.72 |
$1.35 |
($0.35) |
$0.35 |
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What if I Agree with Consensus Forecasts?
| What if I Agree with Consensus Forecasts? | You Can Still Make an Effective Investment Decision
| | If you agree with the above consensus forecasts of revenue and of EPS, you can still make an effective investment decision by determining that a relative valuation metric is out of line. Perhaps because of events taking place in the industry, or with other companies, you may feel that PHARMANET DEVLP is either undervalued or overvalued, should the consensus estimates of revenue and EPS be realized. This section of the Wiki helps you think about valuation by comparing PHARMANET DEVLP to some of its peers using a number of standard relative valuation metrics. This section also includes a simple discounted cash flow model for PHARMANET DEVLP based on the consensus forecasts. The following table should be your starting point. This shows P/E, P/Sales, and P/Cash Flow for PHARMANET DEVLP and for comparable companies. |
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| PDGI (PHARMANET DEVLP) |
$451.00 |
($215.39) |
-117.4% |
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14.12 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
Industry Mean |
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-12% |
14% |
10.94 |
8.9 |
7.0 |
| S&P 500 |
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26% |
12% |
12.55
| 1.2 |
7.9 |
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CBST (CUBIST PHARM) |
$434.00 |
$170.47 |
65.4% |
27% |
11.87 |
2.2 |
7.6 |
CHTT (CHATTEM INC) |
$455.00 |
$66.29 |
32.7% |
14% |
12.21 |
2.5 |
12.8 |
MRX (MEDICIS PHARM-A) |
$515.00 |
$8.79 |
15.0% |
19% |
11.02 |
1.4 |
5.8 |
CF is operating cash flow plus after-tax interest expense. |
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Dividend Discount Model for PHARMANET DEVLP
| | The two major techniques used by fundamental analysts to evaluate the value of a stock are the relative valuation metrics such as PE discussed above and the dividend discount model (DDM) or discounted cash flow model (DCF). More information about these valuation-related topics is available here. This reference answers most of the questions investors have when they first encounter these discount approaches to determining value, such as: - What is the discount rate?
- Why does the DDM discount earnings and not dividends?
- How can I use a DDM if the company does not pay dividends?
- How do I set the terminal value? (applies only to DCF)
- How do I calculate cash flow to use the DCF model?
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What Do Insiders and Institutional Owners Say about PHARMANET DEVLP?
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Industry Analysis
Industry Outlook for Major MEDICAL-DRUGS Companies
| | adad sad sad sa Medical continues to be the leading sector in terms of positive earnings estimate revisions. The comparatively low level of economic sensitivity is a big factor for why the sector ranks so well.
Multiple companies within the sector have reported good third-quarter earnings and raised guidance. These bullish events have led to positive earnings estimate revisions by brokerage analysts. They have also allowed Medical-Biomedical/Genetics and Medical-Generic Drugs to be among the best ranked industry groups.
Investors who are interested in both groups should note that company stories matter more than in other groups. The reason is that drug approval and drug safety issues are factors that can significantly influence a stock's price. Therefore, a greater focus on company selection is required than in other industry groups.
President Obama intends to allow the federal government to negotiate on drug prices, he also wants universal coverage. It is possible that drug companies could end up seeing a greater amount of business, albeit at lower margins.
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PHARMANET DEVLP Role in the MEDICAL-DRUGS Industry
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Company Specific Investment Issues
The issues discussed in the sections below generally comprise the bulk of the content in a typical research report. Understanding these subjects is certainly important when making an investment decision for PHARMANET DEVLP. However, to provide the most value to Wiki users as you read and contribute to these discussions, please try and tie your comments back to their specific impact on forecasts of future Revenue, Net Income, EPS, or Cash Flow. | Discussion about Capital Structure / Solvency / Cash Flows Issues | | No comments yet. Be the first | | |
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