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ICLR: Bull or Bear?

Bookkeeping: Creating a CRO Basket Graphic_rating_buy ICLR
Tradermark
54%
 -63.00%
in 100 days
I've been talking about these healthcare contract research organizations (CROs) for a long time, but aside from WuXi PharmaTech (WX) have not taken the plunge - to my chagrin. With the lack of market leadership ex-healthcare, this is one sector where I can at least believe in sustained growth over the long run unlike most of the groups being run up the past 5 weeks which are nothing more than a rotational trade, which will be abandoned once the hedge funds are done with it. So for our time line which is longer than that, we want to be focusing on items we can actually hold for the longer ...
By  Trader Mark   (-12.69%  risk: conservative)  08/13/08 Comment


ICON (ICLR) - They Never Miss and Give Us a Chance at Cheap Shares Graphic_rating_buy ICLR
Tradermark
54%
 -47.64%
in 22 days
(closed on 08/13/08)
Agh! Yes, I want to be in the "healthcare is safe" joy ride, but only with a handful of selected stocks - ICON (ICLR) is one of them. But they had to, yet again, provide an outstanding quarter; with yet another increase in guidance and yet again not allowing me in at cheaper valuations. (couldn't they miss, just once?) Now I like healthcare as much as the next guy (ok, not really) but even with the newest guidance this stock trades at 33x forward estimates. But perhaps that is the price we pay for 'safety' in this day and age.
  • Net revenues for the quarter were $218.3 million, representi
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By  Trader Mark   (-12.69%  risk: conservative)  07/22/08 Comment


ICON plc (ICLR): Shares in bullish 'flag' Graphic_rating_buy ICLR
-78.42%
in 199 days

Filed under: Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Technical Analysis, Stocks to Buy

ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) is a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The company specializes in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support clinical development - from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies. ICON teams have successfully conducted over 1,900 development projects and over 2,300 consultancy engagements across all major therapeutic areas. The firm has approximate

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By  Larry Schutts   (-45.88%  risk: conservative)  05/06/08 Comment


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