Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, molecular diagnostic company Myriad Genetics
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Myriad's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Myriad Genetics facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Salt Lake City (1991) |
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Market Cap |
$2.69 billion |
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Industry |
Biotechnology |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$412.4 million |
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Management |
President/CEO Dr. Peter Meldrum (since 1991) CFO James Evans (since 2007) |
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Compound Annual Revenue Growth (over past five years) |
48.4% |
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Cash and Short-term Investments / Debt |
$402.1 million / $0 |
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Other Highly Rated Biotech Stocks |
Amgen
Genzyme |
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CAPS Members Bullish on MYGN Also Bullish on |
Johnson & Johnson
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CAPS Members Bearish on MYGN Also Bearish on |
Dendreon
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Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS.
Over on CAPS, some 92% of the 404 members who have rated Myriad believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Star toolowihope, who is ranked in the top 0.5% of our community, and FitzColinGerald.
In late April, toolowihope tapped Myriad as a particularly special situation:
The pharmaceutical spin-off should be a big positive, as the drug development division carries good potential, but also big-time costs. Once the cancer predisposition testing division is on its own, much of that revenue growth is going to fall to the bottom line.
In a more recent pitch, FitzColinGerald offers myriad reasons to like the stock as a pure prognostication play:
Myriad Genetics is a health care company that specializes in the marketing of prognostic medicine products. Such products include COLARIS and TheraGuide 5-FU, which measure a person's susceptibility to colon cancer and a person's response to 5-FU-based chemotherapy, respectively. These products are becoming increasingly important, as patients wish to assess their potential risks with certain diseases and treatments.
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