Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ARNA): Today's Featured Health Care Laggard
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Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in discovering, developing, and commercializing oral drugs that target G protein-coupled receptors in the therapeutic areas of cardiovascular, central nervous system, inflammatory, and metabolic diseases. Arena Pharmaceuticals has a market cap of $1.83 billion and is part of the drugs industry. The company has a P/E ratio of -14.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 352.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Arena Pharmaceuticals a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and six rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Arena Pharmaceuticals as a
. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been poor profit margins.
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On the positive front,
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