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What: Shares of pharmaceutical services operator Omnicare (NYSE: OCR) are looking sprightly today, jumping as high as 11.7% above Wednesday's closing price on heavy volume.

So what: Fourth-quarter earnings and sales were in line with analyst projections, and guidance for 2011 didn't impress anybody either. Without positive comments during the conference call, Omnicare's stock would surely have cratered today.

Now what: Sure enough, management used the analyst call to outline a 2011 with strong growth drivers appearing in the second half. Above all, a dozen blockbuster drugs are about to go generic. Other than juicing profits for generics giant Teva Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: TEVA), that trend will give Omnicare a more profitable margin structure. By 2013, management expects to see double-digital compound annual sales growth and a vastly improved capital structure. The market is reacting to long-term news for once.

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