Topic: How To Invest

What is your view of Cantel Medical?

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Cantel Medical Corp., $41.94, symbol CMN on New York (Shares outstanding: 41.5 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; www.cantelmedical.com), makes products that control and prevent infections. Examples include specialized medical devices for kidney dialysis and looking inside the body, water purification equipment, disinfectants and cleaners, filtration and separation products and specialty specimen packaging. In the three months ended October 31, 2014, Cantel’s revenue rose 15.7%, to $136.8 million from $118.3 million a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, earnings per share rose 9.7%, to $0.34 from $0.31. Cantel’s market is growing, but it’s also competitive. The company continues to expand by acquisition, which adds risk, but it tempers that risk by buying smaller firms. These acquisitions add to its product line and provide opportunities to cross-sell existing products. The stock trades at a high 35.8 times the company’s forecast 2015 earnings of $1.17 a share. It yields 0.2%. Cantel Medical is okay to hold, but only for aggressive investors. investors. …