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Concordia Healthcare Corp., $48.01, symbol CXR on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 41.7 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; www.concordiarx.com), is an Oakville, Ontario-based drug company that acquires and sells established treatments, mainly in the U.S. Concordia aims to acquire the rights to relatively small, mature products as opposed to the newer treatments larger pharmaceutical firms target. Its main products include Donnatal, for irritable bowel syndrome and acute enterocolitis; Zonegran, for epilepsy; and Photofrin, a cancer drug. In April 2015, the company paid $1.2 billion for 12 branded drugs and five generic products from Covis Pharma (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). These include Nilandron (prostate cancer); Dibenzyline (vascular disease); Lanoxin (heart disorders); and Plaqueni (lupus and rheumatoid arthritis)....
Hong Kong-based Biel Crystal Manufactory (HK) Ltd. makes cover glass for watches, touch screens and front and back cameras on mobile phones. Its main clients are Apple and Samsung Electronics, the world’s two leading smartphone makers. However, Biel Crystal is privately held, so you can’t buy shares. Lens Technology Co. Ltd., 92.55 Chinese yuan, is publicly traded on the Shenzhen exchange, on the Growth Enterprise Market, under the symbol/designation 300433....
Winpak Ltd., $44.25, symbol WPK on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 65.0 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; www.winpak.com), makes and distributes packaging machines and materials. Its products are mainly used for perishable foods, beverages and in health care applications. The U.S. is Winpak’s largest market, accounting for 81% of its revenue. Canada supplies 12%, and the rest of world accounts for the remaining 7%. In the three months ended September 27, 2015, the company’s revenue rose 0.4%, to $193.7 million from $193.0 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars)....
IBM $141.63 (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 979.5 million; Market cap: $137.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.7%; www.ibm.com) continues to transition from selling mainframes and consulting services to high-growth areas like cloud computing and analytics software, which processes huge amounts of data.
IBM has successfully shifted from unprofitable businesses to fast-growing ones in the past, but investors remain cautious of the latest changes in a time of rapidly evolving technology and customer demands. That’s why the shares trade at just 9.5 times IBM’s forecast 2015 earnings.
In the three months ended September 30, 2015, the company’s revenue fell 13.9%, to $19.3 billion from $22.4 billion a year earlier. Revenue from cloud computing and analytics jumped 27%, but consulting and mainframe sales fell.
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IBM has successfully shifted from unprofitable businesses to fast-growing ones in the past, but investors remain cautious of the latest changes in a time of rapidly evolving technology and customer demands. That’s why the shares trade at just 9.5 times IBM’s forecast 2015 earnings.
In the three months ended September 30, 2015, the company’s revenue fell 13.9%, to $19.3 billion from $22.4 billion a year earlier. Revenue from cloud computing and analytics jumped 27%, but consulting and mainframe sales fell.
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