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2/10/2012 4:01 PM

Covance, Inc. (NYSE:CVD)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

A drug development services company providing a range of early stage and late stage product development services on a worldwide basis primarily to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.

Current Price $46.17 Mkt Cap $2.80B
Open $46.22 P/E Ratio 42.00
Prev. Close $46.60 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $45.77 - $46.60 Volume 447,571
52-Wk Range $42.02 - $63.86 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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EldrehadsPicks (88.26)
Submitted February 29, 2008

Let’s face it, investing in drug developers isn’t easy. First, there’s the science risk – the chance that the company’s best drug prospect will fail somewhere during the arduous clinical trial and regulatory approval process. If that weren’t enough,… More

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epumple (< 20)
Submitted June 26, 2008

Covance is notorious for its cruel treatment of its laboratory animals and is the subject of a major campaign by Peta. Unlike most industries that use animals, Covance has been totally resistant to negotiation on this issue. I believe this is a sign… More

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Member Avatar RTChokies (92.82) Submitted: 1/16/2012 10:00:11 AM : Outperform Start Price: $44.22 CVD Score: +1.56

fair value is 65

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Member Avatar HealthcareGuy (97.93) Submitted: 4/1/2011 4:00:57 PM : Outperform Start Price: $57.40 CVD Score: -20.18

Inflection pt in CRO activity

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Member Avatar dmk516 (< 20) Submitted: 11/11/2010 8:34:03 PM : Outperform Start Price: $47.13 CVD Score: -12.81

just looking at the chart

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Score Leader

skadu19

skadu19 (28.81) Score: +72.92

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

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
brendan310 < 20 8/10/2009 Underperform 5Y $54.72 -15.37% +33.85% +49.22 0 Comment
epumple < 20 6/24/2008 Underperform NS $82.89 -44.13% +4.77% +48.90 6 Comments
j1wagner < 20 4/28/2008 Underperform 3W $85.49 -45.83% -0.46% +45.37 0 Comment
lwc123 71.98 1/8/2009 Underperform 3Y $41.95 +10.39% +51.48% +41.08 0 Comment
woNroFeybdooG < 20 11/2/2009 Underperform 5Y $51.90 -10.77% +28.88% +39.65 0 Comment
This player feels very strongly about this pick and has marked it a Top Pick. Top Picks do not affect a player’s score. ben513 < 20 11/19/2009 Underperform 3M $52.65 -12.04% +22.12% +34.16 0 Comment
pnouri 93.22 10/1/2010 Underperform 5Y $47.24 -1.97% +16.71% +18.67 0 Comment
ajaskey 57.69 8/25/2010 Underperform NS $38.50 +20.29% +27.87% +7.58 0 Comment
RTChokies 92.82 1/17/2012 Outperform 5Y $44.22 +4.73% +3.17% +1.56 1 Comment
Reallynow222 52.34 2/9/2012 Outperform 5Y $47.15 -1.78% -0.89% -0.89 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
TrackBBTCapMkts 92.60 7/14/2011 Outperform NS $60.86 -23.91% +1.54% -25.44 0 Comment
TrackJefferies 84.69 9/23/2009 Outperform NS $56.80 -18.47% +25.33% -43.80 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 7/16/2009 Outperform NS $47.41 +20.52% +27.74% -7.22 4/30/2010 @ $57.14 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 90.43 5/13/2009 Outperform NS $39.09 +18.47% +51.11% -32.64 0 Comment
TrackBWS 81.20 5/11/2009 Outperform NS $39.50 +40.13% +10.14% +29.99 8/10/2009 @ $55.35 0 Comment
TrackPiperJaff 89.07 12/23/2008 Outperform NS $41.73 +10.98% +56.04% -45.06 0 Comment
TrackEdwardJones 74.95 11/17/2008 Outperform NS $39.05 +18.59% +59.59% -41.00 0 Comment
TrackLadenburg 78.41 10/3/2008 Outperform NS $84.54 -50.08% -19.50% -30.58 12/18/2008 @ $42.20 0 Comment
TrackUBS 93.32 2/4/2008 Outperform NS $82.95 -44.17% +0.47% -44.64 0 Comment
TrackWellsFargo 92.50 11/28/2007 Outperform NS $85.47 -45.82% -2.49% -43.33 0 Comment
TrackRonBaron 89.91 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $77.90 -40.55% -7.85% -32.70 1 Comment
TrackBofASec 96.90 6/28/2007 Outperform NS $69.52 -33.39% -6.14% -27.24 0 Comment
TrackLehmanBros 86.46 5/8/2007 Outperform NS $65.75 -29.57% -5.58% -23.99 0 Comment
TrackBearStearns 94.73 4/9/2007 Outperform NS $62.15 +24.54% +6.26% +18.28 10/3/2007 @ $77.40 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.12 1/19/2007 Outperform 3W $62.03 -25.34% -0.27% -25.08 0 Comment

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