BioMarin Pharmaceuticals Inc (BMRN): Today's Featured Drugs Winner
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BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. develops and commercializes biopharmaceuticals for serious diseases and medical conditions in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and rest of the world. BioMarin Pharmaceuticals has a market cap of $4.58 billion and is part of the health care sector. The company has a P/E ratio of -48.7, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate BioMarin Pharmaceuticals a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates BioMarin Pharmaceuticals as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity.
- You can view the full BioMarin Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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