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Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRX)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

The Company manufactures and markets diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceuticals in specialty areas such as ophthalmology, rheumatology, anesthesia and antidotes, among others.

Current Price $11.96 Mkt Cap $1.13B
Open $11.99 P/E Ratio 15.40
Prev. Close $12.01 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $11.79 - $12.12 Volume 715,536
52-Wk Range $4.97 - $12.25 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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HealthcareGuy (97.83)
Submitted December 29, 2010

Akorn, is a generic pharma company that has been remade by successful healthcare turnaround investor John Kapoor (Chariman of the Board). The major catalyst for this name, will be FDA approval of AKRX’s generic version of Vancocin (first to file,… More

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OriginalBarnacle (< 20)
Submitted August 23, 2007

P/b = 10.2P/S = 12.7No earningsMargins are worse with increasing inventory.Price change over 106%

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Member Avatar cobradon (99.33) Submitted: 2/1/2012 6:05:44 PM : Outperform Start Price: $3.32 AKRX Score: +232.39

I saw one of the rating agencies tout this as a raging buy.... But, beyond that I like the whole pharma section as the baby boomers become in need.

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Member Avatar NuclearSteve (< 20) Submitted: 12/28/2011 2:26:56 PM : Outperform Start Price: $11.22 AKRX Score: -1.62

Following this for awhile. Bullish biotech from my own screens and the StockTwits50.

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Member Avatar reddingrunner (94.44) Submitted: 12/24/2011 8:30:41 AM : Outperform Start Price: $11.50 AKRX Score: -3.28

growth, Kirk Growth screen, Zack's #1 rank

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Score Leader

jkleiman

jkleiman (53.82) Score: +657.70

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in AKRX.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
jkleiman 53.82 11/10/2009 Outperform 5Y $1.53 +681.70% +24.00% +657.70 0 Comment
marksaal 92.58 10/19/2009 Outperform 3Y $1.55 +671.61% +23.29% +648.32 0 Comment
joker245 95.44 11/12/2009 Outperform 5Y $1.58 +656.96% +23.05% +633.91 0 Comment
branwann 89.56 11/12/2009 Outperform 5Y $1.58 +656.96% +23.05% +633.91 0 Comment
LRiquel86 < 20 11/20/2009 Outperform 5Y $1.58 +656.96% +23.90% +633.06 0 Comment
Bonnell65 91.17 11/16/2009 Outperform 5Y $1.59 +652.20% +22.63% +629.57 0 Comment
CetiAlphaV 72.66 10/20/2009 Outperform 5Y $1.60 +647.50% +23.11% +624.39 0 Comment
terpgrad 81.91 11/11/2009 Outperform 3Y $1.61 +642.86% +22.98% +619.88 0 Comment
PayrollGeek 81.84 1/25/2010 Outperform NS $1.65 +624.85% +22.82% +602.03 0 Comment
MicroMikey 73.52 3/9/2010 Outperform 5Y $1.72 +595.35% +18.81% +576.54 0 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackNeedham 92.43 1/18/2012 Outperform NS $10.88 +9.93% +4.68% +5.25 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 92.40 9/16/2011 Outperform NS $9.03 +32.45% +11.71% +20.74 0 Comment
TrackRodmanRen < 20 7/15/2010 Outperform NS $3.19 +274.92% +23.49% +251.43 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 93.26 2/26/2009 Outperform NS $1.97 +507.11% +77.05% +430.05 0 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 84.41 10/13/2006 Outperform NS $4.09 +61.86% -2.25% +64.11 2/8/2008 @ $6.62 0 Comment

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