Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, biopharmaceutical company Inhibitex (Nasdaq: INHX ) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Inhibitex's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Inhibitex facts
| Headquarters (Founded) |
Alpharetta, Ga. (1994) |
| Market Cap |
$1.1 billion |
| Industry |
Biotechnology |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$2.1 million |
| Management |
CEO/CFO Russell Plumb
Founder/Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Joseph Patti |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) |
(80.9%) |
| Cash/Debt |
$52.7 million / $386.7 thousand |
| Competitors |
Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD )
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK )
Merck (NYSE: MRK ) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 57% of the 120 members who have rated Inhibitex believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include jed71 and fellow Fool Sean Williams (TMFUltraLong), who is ranked in the top 0.5% of our community.
Just last week, jed71 touched on Inhibitex's seemingly unsustainable price run: "This might be the fastest 30-40 points I ever make in [CAPS]. I am anticipating a fast and very harsh pullback, when shareholders finally realize how overbought this issue is."
In fact, Inhibitex sports an astronomical price-to-sales multiple of 514. That's obviously a massive premium to larger rivals Gilead (3.6), Glaxo (5.2), and Merck (2.2).
CAPS All-Star TMFUltraLong elaborates on the Inhibitex bear case:
Definitely not feeling the Tulipmania buzz in the hepatitis C sector. Couldn't stand the premium that Gilead ponied up for Pharmasset and see even less of a chance of that happening to Inhibitex. Not even out of phase 2 clinical trials, yet a market cap north of $1.1 billion makes little sense to me. Plenty of competition already out there with significantly more cash than Inhibitex. This is a flash in the pan if you ask me.
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