4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Allergan
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, multi-specialty health care company Allergan (NYS: AGN) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Allergan's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Allergan facts
Headquarters (founded) | Irvine, Calif. (1948) |
Market Cap | $29.0 billion |
Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $5.4 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO David Pyott |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 10.9% |
Cash/Debt | $2.6 billion / $1.6 billion |
Dividend Yield | 0.2% |
Competitors | Bausch & Lomb |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 415 members who have rated Allergan believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those Fools, All-Star ikkyu2, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
BoTox is a verb and is the only FDA-approved treatment for chronic migraine, which is maybe the #2 or #3 contributor of lost work days in the country. And it actually works. I don't think Allergan can help but grow earnings from here.
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