Based on the aggregated intelligence of 120,000 investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Medco's business, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Medco facts
Headquarters (Founded) |
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey (1983) |
Market Cap |
$19.89 billion |
Industry |
Health-care services |
TTM Revenue |
$48.03 billion |
Management |
CEO David Snow Jr. (since March 2003), CFO Richard J. Rubino (since March 2008) |
Return on Equity (average last three years) |
12% |
Competitors |
Express Scripts
CVS Caremark |
CAPS members bullish on MHS also bullish on |
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CAPS members bearish on MHS also bearish on |
Bank of America
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Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Over on CAPS, fully 716 of the 738 members who have rated Medco -- some 97% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These Foolish bulls include aracer and reidmp, both of whom are ranked in the top 25% of our community.
Just last week, aracer had positive things to say about the stock:
Good company, well positioned in front of a coming wave (geriatrics/manged care/insurance cost controls), good chance of long term growth in the 20% range, trading 70% below its 52 week high, in a recession-proof niche.
An earlier pitch in June from reidmp follows that line of thinking, focusing on Medco's attractive long-term tailwinds:
Escalating health care costs have been an issue for years, but now we increasingly have inflation in other areas. This seems likely to increase the demand to manage health care costs, which should play well for pharmacy benefit management companies.
We are likely to see a lot of bouncing around of the price of this stock because the health care sector seems to be getting pushed down during recent market downturns. This stock should be viewed as a long-term opportunity that will benefit from dollar-cost-averaging.
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