Quintiles Transnational Holdings (Q) Stock Storming The Castle Today

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Quintiles Transnational Holdings (Q) as a "storm the castle" (crossing above the 200-day simple moving average on higher than normal relative volume) candidate
By TheStreet Wire ,

Trade-Ideas LLC identified

Quintiles Transnational Holdings

(

Q

) as a "storm the castle" (crossing above the 200-day simple moving average on higher than normal relative volume) candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Quintiles Transnational Holdings as such a stock due to the following factors:

  • Q has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $84.4 million.
  • Q has traded 1.5 million shares today.
  • Q is trading at 1.81 times the normal volume for the stock at this time of day.
  • Q crossed above its 200-day simple moving average.

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More details on Q:

Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary, Quintiles Transnational Corp., provides biopharmaceutical development services and commercial outsourcing services in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. Q has a PE ratio of 19. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Quintiles Transnational Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

The average volume for Quintiles Transnational Holdings has been 1.3 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Quintiles Transnational has a market cap of $7.6 billion and is part of the health care sector and health services industry. The stock has a beta of 0.46 and a short float of 8.8% with 5.41 days to cover. Shares are down 4.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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TheStreetRatings.com

Analysis:

TheStreet Quant Ratings

rates Quintiles Transnational Holdings as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and revenue growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including poor profit margins and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

  • QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL HLDG has improved earnings per share by 29.4% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. This trend suggests that the performance of the business is improving. During the past fiscal year, QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL HLDG increased its bottom line by earning $3.09 versus $2.72 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($3.79 versus $3.09).
  • The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Life Sciences Tools & Services industry. The net income increased by 23.5% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $86.40 million to $106.67 million.
  • Q has underperformed the S&P 500 Index, declining 11.55% from its price level of one year ago. The fact that the stock is now selling for less than others in its industry in relation to its current earnings is not reason enough to justify a buy rating at this time.
  • The gross profit margin for QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL HLDG is currently lower than what is desirable, coming in at 29.47%. It has decreased from the same quarter the previous year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 7.15% trails that of the industry average.

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