Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Inverness Medical Innovations Inc.

Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. is an AMEX listed security that has been trading in a range between $26.20 and $53.85 over the past year. With 46,584,850 shares outstanding, a recent price of $50.82 gives a total market capitalization of $2,364,646,908. While there are certainly larger companies, Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. has definitely earned its place in the pack. Last year, Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. created $-0.31 in earnings for every share outstanding.

Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. is currently priced by the market at 0.00 times last year’s earnings. Many trading multiples around the world are quite attractive these days, but don’t be fooled. A Price to Earnings ratio of 0 simply means that the security didn’t make any money last year.

With a share price over $50 a share and earnings per share below $1 a share, Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. is unlikely to be an interesting value proposition.

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