For most financiers, “government” is a four-letter word. But private equity billionaire Ramzi Musallam has turned tragedy into a Forbes 400 fortune by distilling the motivations of the largest player in the global economy.
The stock price of Merck surged 8% to levels of $81 on Friday, Oct 1, after the company announced that its Molnupiravir pill reduces the risk of hospitalization and death by 50% for patients with mild to moderate Covid-19. The data is so encouraging that Merck has now stopped new patient enrollments
But making UnitedHealth Group Inc an even more interesting and timely stock to look at, is the fact that in trading on Monday, shares of UNH entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $385.53 per share.
We believe that Vertex Pharmaceuticals stock is a good buying opportunity at the present time. VRTX stock trades near $180 currently and it is, in fact, down 27% from its pre-Covid high of $248 in February 2020 – just before the coronavirus pandemic hit the world...
Merck yesterday announced that it will acquire Acceleron Pharma - a biopharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases - for $11.5 billion funded in cash and debt. Acceleron has multiple potentially blockbuster drugs in its pipeline. To name a few, Sotatercept - is in late stage clinical trials...
Last month, we discussed that FibroGen (NASDAQ: FGEN) stock price could rebound over a one-month period after falling 6% in a week, based on the Trefis Machine Learning Engine. However, FGEN stock has seen a decline of over 12% since then, and it is down 5% in the last five trading days...
The stock price of Eli Lilly has seen a decline of 11% over the last twenty-one trading days. There are a couple of factors that fueled this decline. First, earlier in September, Biogen stated that the launch of Aduhelm - Biogen’s treatment for Alzheimer’s disease - was slower than anticipated...
Kellogg has paid an annual dividend every year since 1957 and has increased its dividend every year for the past 16 years. Its dividend in 2020 was $2.28/share, and the current quarterly dividend, when annualized, provides a 3.6% dividend yield.
The stock price of Pentair reached its all-time high levels of around $80 in mid-August, before a recent decline led the stock to levels of around $72 currently. There was no major development that should warrant a decline in PNR stock. That said, a couple of weeks back Pentair announced the...
Hartford Financial’s stock has gained close to 43% YTD, and at its current price of $70 per share, it is trading 9% below its fair value of $78 – Trefis’ estimate for Hartford Financial’s valuation. The property and casualty (P&C) insurance giant surpassed the consensus estimates for revenues and...
We believe that Steelcase stock (NYSE: SCS), a designer, marketer, and manufacturer of office furniture and complementary products and services, is a good buying opportunity at the present time. SCS stock trades near $13 currently and it is, in fact, down 35% from its pre-Covid high of around $19...
We think that Microsoft’s stock currently is a better pick compared to Alarm.com’s stock. Microsoft’s stock trades at about 13.4x trailing revenues, compared to around 5.9x for Alarm.com. Does this gap in the companies’ valuations make sense? We believe so...
Amazon’s stock (NASDAQ: AMZN), has fallen by 3.8% in the last week to $3285 currently. In comparison, Trefis’ analysis of Amazon’s valuation is $4257, which implies an upside potential of more than 27%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 declined by 3.2% in the same period...
Kohl’s stock, a department store that features apparel, footwear, accessories, soft home products, and housewares targeted to middle-income customers, has seen a 15% fall in the last week (five trading days) to levels of near $47 currently. But will the company’s stock see higher levels over the...
Indonesia’s Ajaib, an online platform for trading stocks, became a unicorn just two and half years after it was launched. The company is said to have achieved the milestone faster than any other startup from the archipelago.
AC Energy—controlled by billionaire Jaime Zobel de Ayala and his family—and its partner BIM Group has started the commercial operations of their wind farm project in Vietnam ahead schedule as Ayala Corp., Philippines’ oldest conglomerate, accelerates investments in renewable energy.
The proposed change in Macau’s gaming law and increased regulatory oversight, along with the prolonged slump due to the coronavirus crisis, has led to a 50% decline in Las Vegas Sands’ stock. Notably, Sands’ current market capitalization of $27 billion is a little more than Draft Kings’ $20 billion.
The shares of National Oilwell Varco currently trade at 45% below pre-Covid levels as observed in January 2020 while the shares of its competitor Halliburton have almost recovered. Does that make NOV stock a better pick over HAL? Both companies provide oil field services including drilling...