Warner Chilcott PLC (WCRX): Today's Featured Drugs Laggard

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Warner Chilcott (WCRX) pushed the Drugs industry lower today making it today's featured Drugs laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1%. By the end of trading, Warner Chilcott fell 38 cents (-3.1%) to $11.62 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.3 million shares of Warner Chilcott exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $11.48-$12.04 after having opened the day at $11.97 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $11.99. Other companies within the Drugs industry that declined today were: Senesco Technologies (SNT), down 18.7%, Tranzyme (TZYM), down 12.2%, Theratechnologies (THER), down 9.1%, and Delcath Systems (DCTH), down 7.6%.

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Warner Chilcott plc, a specialty pharmaceutical company, focuses on the development, manufacture, and promotion of branded pharmaceutical products in women's healthcare, gastroenterology, dermatology, and urology segments in North America and western Europe markets. Warner Chilcott has a market cap of $3 billion and is part of the health care sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.3, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 2.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Warner Chilcott a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Warner Chilcott as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, expanding profit margins and impressive record of earnings per share growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including weak operating cash flow and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

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On the positive front, Biocryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX), up 14.4%, Tianyin Pharmaceutical (TPI), up 12.3%, Astex Pharmaceuticals (ASTX), up 11.2%, and Sunesis Pharmaceuticals (SNSS), up 9.9%, were all gainers within the drugs industry with Gilead (GILD) being today's featured drugs industry leader.

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