Trade-Ideas: Pharmacyclics (PCYC) Is Today's Pre-Market Mover With Heavy Volume Stock
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Trade-Ideas LLC identified
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) as a pre-market mover with heavy volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Pharmacyclics as such a stock due to the following factors:
- PCYC has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $652.3 million.
- PCYC traded 432,323 shares today in the pre-market hours as of 7:30 AM, representing 16.6% of its average daily volume.
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More details on PCYC:
Pharmacyclics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, designs, develops, and commercializes small-molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer and immune mediated diseases in the United States and internationally. PCYC has a PE ratio of 201.2. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Pharmacyclics a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Pharmacyclics has been 1.2 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Pharmacyclics has a market cap of $16.8 billion and is part of the health care sector and drugs industry. The stock has a beta of 0.74 and a short float of 12% with 2.05 days to cover. Shares are up 77.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.
Analysis:
rates Pharmacyclics as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- PCYC's very impressive revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 36.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues leaped by 134.9%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
- PCYC has no debt to speak of therefore resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of zero, which we consider to be a relatively favorable sign. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 4.88, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
- Compared to its closing price of one year ago, PCYC's share price has jumped by 48.99%, exceeding the performance of the broader market during that same time frame. Setting our sights on the months ahead, however, we feel that the stock's sharp appreciation over the last year has driven it to a price level which is now relatively expensive compared to the rest of its industry. The implication is that its reduced upside potential is not good enough to warrant further investment at this time.
- The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. In comparison to the other companies in the Biotechnology industry and the overall market, PHARMACYCLICS INC's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
- The gross profit margin for PHARMACYCLICS INC is currently lower than what is desirable, coming in at 32.46%. It has decreased significantly from the same period last year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 21.87% significantly trails the industry average.
- You can view the full Pharmacyclics Ratings Report.
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