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- From: shag@aero.org (Robert M. Unverzagt)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Any thoughts on Bristol-Myers?
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 16:03:50 GMT
- Organization: Organization? You must be kidding.
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- In article <C16823.6nw@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jhsu@dcl-nxt54.cso.uiuc.edu (Jason Hsu) writes:
- > In article <29951@oasys.dt.navy.mil> wade@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Michael Wade)
- > writes:
- > >
- > > Our investment club is considering purchasing Bristol-Myers Squibb
- > (BMY).
- > > However, this stock has recently been pummeled by the hysteria over
- > > Clinton's proposed health care reform. The stock is about 64 now.
- >
- > I believe BMY is overvalued (though not a short sale candidate).
-
- I'd think not, with a P/E in the 15 neighborhood. What other
- indicators (besides price/book below) show it to be overvalued?
-
- > According to Value Line, the book value of BMY is only about $16/share (I
- > forget the exact figure). At $64, the price/book value ratio is a
- > broiling-hot 4, compared with the S&P's historical average of 1.8.
-
- That's great, but how does it compare to the price/book of the
- drug industry?
-
- > I
- > believe that a bear market, earnings growth that slows down, or earnings
- > reports that fall a few pennies short of expectations will cause BMY to
- > crash.
-
- C'mon -- a price of $64 and a P/E of 15 indicate yearly earnings
- of, oh, $4.62. Falling $0.03 short is less than 1% of that; it's
- not like the "earnings surprise" would be $0.65 vs $0.68 with a
- sporty P/E.
-
- > However, if BMY crashes and has a price/book ratio of 2/3 or less
- > (bitter cold), the stock would be a screaming buy because of the earnings
- > and dividend growth.
-
- AGREED! However, in spite of the "black clouds" over it, I
- think BMY is a pretty good choice anyway. I bought some at about
- $64 a while ago, so while it's disheartening to see it slip
- from $68ish to $62ish in a few days, I'm not too bent out of
- shape.
-
- Shag
-
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