ISTA?

[Anonymous]

All this talk about B+L being sold to ISTA has got me worried. Has anyone heard whether this is just a stupid rumor or is this actually going to happen.

 

[Anonymous]

Ista Pharma is bigger than B&L Pharma division. SO, no wonder if ISTA buys them tomorrow. However B&L is much bigger company over akll than ISTA. Let's see what happens..

 

[Anonymous]

interesting numbers. Since Ista is a publicly traded company, they can print money in the form of stock and buy B&L pharma with a stock offering to WP. Aside from that, they have 80 million in cash, with a solid debt to equity ratio, they can afford to take on more debt.

Taking a look at their numbers, it is plausible that they would buy B&L.

Market Cap: 171.20M

They are not profitable. Operating at a net loss, but who can trust the numbers? They gross about 160 mil per year, with a net profit of 119 mil, but have a net loss of almost $3 per share. And their growth is horrible. They are dieing, they need to do something and they have the cash on hand with stock to buy B&L pharma no question.


Profit Margin (ttm): -61.82%
Gross Profit (ttm): 118.92M

Diluted EPS (ttm): -2.98
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): -51.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq): 82.84M
Total Debt (mrq): 74.94M
Current Ratio (mrq): 1.09

Operating Cash Flow (ttm): 24.49M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm): 20.47M