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Sigma-Aldrich Corp (SIAL)

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The Company develops, manufactures, purchases and distributes the high quality biochemicals and organic chemicals.

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Growth (1902), Mid Cap (610), Defensive (1457), Chemicals (111), Materials (342), S&P 500 (499), Nasdaq 100 (85)
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Sigma-Aldrich Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $48.25
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:00 PM
Open: $48.19
Previous Close: $46.79
Daily Range: $47.36 - $48.55
52-Week Range: $31.45 - $56.29
Volume: 942,304
Market Cap: $5.87B
P/E Ratio: 16.95
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Avatar TxSpooky (71.60) Submitted: 3/30/07 8:21 PM

As long as there is something that needs chemical testing or pharmaceutical development, I believe that this stock continue grow.

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Avatar greenwave3 (97.64) Submitted: 8/01/08 8:15 PM

Price/Earnings and Price/Book Value have seriously outpaced actual and expected growth in the last 4-6 months. Eventually this sucker is coming back to Earth, and I won't be the one holding the bag.

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Avatar rufianno (94.77) Submitted: 12/17/09 6:57 PM : Outperform Start Price: $51.67 SIAL Score: -3.91

BUY AND HOLD

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Avatar mateuszc (40.09) Submitted: 9/11/09 7:07 PM : Outperform Start Price: $50.19 SIAL Score: -7.57

SIAL is a pretty safe bet. With a beta of 0.76, it is less risky than the market. SIALs financials are much stronger than the industry average, and they have a smart mangement team. Sigma-Aldrich also has a really low debt level. SIAL is a steady performer, and its share prices have moved up at a pretty steady rate. And, though this stock may not have spectacular short-term gains, it is a safe, long-term play. Since it divested its metals division and decided to focus on research chemicals, it has outperformed steadily for the last 6-7 years.

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Avatar wkay (< 20) Submitted: 3/30/09 5:47 PM : Outperform Start Price: $37.56 SIAL Score: -7.70

Very underpriced for a high quality health chemical research stock. Their pipeline of antibodies to link to all 22,000 known human proteins will be vital for future research in all fields of medicine.

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Avatar feesheew (58.28) Submitted: 3/16/09 1:52 PM : Outperform Start Price: $34.51 SIAL Score: -0.94

bio 101 we all need high tech bio materials

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Avatar Doughboy33 (97.79) Submitted: 3/05/09 8:01 PM : Outperform Start Price: $35.42 SIAL Score: -8.70

Steady business, steady cash flows, steady returns, steady management. Steady as she goes.

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