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Savient Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated (SVNT)

SVNT Stock Report

2-Year Price History

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NASDAQ:SVNT
$12.72
(2/9 12:56PM)
+2.2%
Open$12.65 Mkt Cap$829.5 Million
High$12.85 52Wk High$16.62
Low$12.46 52Wk Low$3.45
Volume223,440 Avg Vol 10D1.1 Million

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SVNT Revenue

As a value investing shop, we are interested in seeing how SVNT's revenues measure up against past performances. One easily understandable way of doing that is to compare Price to Sales per share levels over a given time frame. Assuming it is available, Ockham prefers to look at ten years of history (for this stock there are 10 years of history available) and we weigh recent years more heavily. This allows us to find weighted average historical high and low Price to Sales ratios, which give us a better idea of the stock's current underlying value. Using this method, we have established a high range for Price to Sales of 116.98x and the low end of the range at 18.05x.

With respect to these historically rational metrics, notice that the current Price to Sales per share ratio for SVNT of 248.80x is significantly above its historical average. This places SVNT at the upper end of its historical range relative to sales per share and makes it difficult to suggest an attractive price outlook. At current sales per share levels, we would need to see a decline in the Price to Sales ratio of 268% merely to return SVNT to its historical average.

SVNT Cash Earnings

Price to Cash Earnings analysis is inappropriate for this company due to an insufficient positive cash earnings history. Rather than calculating a potentially misleading Price to Cash Earnings analysis, we have chosen to give SVNT a neutral Price to Cash Earnings outlook at this time. However, we should point out that this metric is a significant element in Ockham’s methodology to analyzing the outlook for any company. Therefore, for SVNT, our assessment is now more dependent on the Price to Sales analysis, and investors should be cautious with a company with very limited, if any, positive cash earnings.

SVNT Dividends

While it is not necessary to pay an attractive dividend or a dividend at all, to receive a positive rating from Ockham, we view dividends as an additionally helpful measure in determining the future potential of any company. As of the time of this report, our data provider does not have historical data for SVNT. Therefore, we are not utilizing the dividends portion in our study. So, we do not know whether SVNT currently pays a dividend at present or not, we have an "expected dividend" payment listed in key fundamentals but cannot varify it.

Peer Comparison

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Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Industry Grouping

(2/8/2010)
Company Ticker Market Cap (Ml) Latest
Price
Price/Cash Earnings Price/Sales 5-Yr. Rev.
Growth Rate
5-Yr.
Avg. ROE.
Current 10-Yr. Range* Current 10-Yr. Range*
Peer Company Averages (not including SVNT) 44.87 4.38 » 174.95 3.08 0.95 » 71.54 47.18% 10.41%
*10 year range does not include current year values
Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. PRX $884.1 Million $25.39 12.68 3.66 » 199.14 0.85 0.44 » 4.98 -2.66% 3.99%
Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SVNT $829.5 Million $12.45 -1.00 2.88 » 39.10 248.80 0.95 » 473.67 -52.57% 7.08%
Meridian Biosciences, Inc. VIVO $808.7 Million $19.97 22.03 7.06 » 43.02 5.49 0.55 » 10.69 13.25% 21.06%
PDL Biopharma, Inc. PDLI $783.8 Million $6.55 3.77 3.01 » 359.22 2.54 2.00 » 64.66 34.57% -0.19%
Viropharma, Inc. VPHM $727.2 Million $9.39 161.00 0.93 » 242.50 2.74 0.84 » 273.33 174.34% 16.23%
Neogen Corp. NEOG $709.8 Million $21.04 24.86 7.25 » 30.88 3.76 0.92 » 4.04 16.43% 10.94%
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Pricing a secondary common stock offering and investors not necessary lie liking the dilutive effect of the move and SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS hit hard and the company announcing fda is reviewing one of its gout drugs and others i'm watching,

“… Pricing a secondary common stock offering and investors not necessary lie liking the dilutive effect of the move and SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS hit hard and the company announcing fda is reviewing one of its gout drugs and others i'm watching, …”

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Key Fundamentals

SVNT - Savient Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated Fundamentals
Price (2/9 12:56PM) $12.72
Volume (2/9 12:56PM) 223,440
Last Close Price $12.45
10 Day Average Volume 1.1 Million
13 Week Price Range $12.00 - $15.21
52 Week Price Range $3.45 - $16.62
LTM Revenue $3.2 Million
 
Shares Outstanding (12/2008) 66.6 Million
Market Capitalization $829.5 Million
Shares Held By Institutions 66.1 Million
Institutional Holders 190
% Shares Held By Institutions %
Earnings Per Share (EPS) ($1.57)
P/E Ratio n/a
Book Value Per Share $0.01
 
Gross Margin n/a%
Annual Dividend 0.00
Dividend Yield 0.00%
Beta 2.36
Fiscal Year Ends December

About Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated is considered to operate in the Healthcare sector. They specifically operate in the Biotechnology business segment contained within the Drugs industry.

The Company and its subsidiaries are focused on developing and marketing pharmaceutical products that target unmet medical needs in both niche and broader specialty markets. It is currently developing one product: KRYSTEXXA(tm).