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KING PHARMACEUTICALS INC (NYSE)
KG 11.44 N/A (N/A%) Vol.  0 N/A ET

Day Low - High N/A - N/A
52wk Low - High 5.86 - 13.20
Avg Volume 2,863,620
Industry MED-DRUGS
Market Cap 2.81 B
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 11.38
PEG Ratio 1.34
Current Year Est. .99
EPS Last Year 1.11
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# 2Strong Sell50.23%
# 3Hold14%
# 4Sell3.97%
# 5Hold1.85%
S&P50012.22%
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 1.80
ABR (Last Week) N/A
# of Recs in ABR 15
Average Target Price 13.67
Industry Rank by ABR 84 out of 217
Rank in Industry 55 out of 98
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR KG
Zacks Equity Research: Report for KG
Nov 10, 2009
Zacks Blog: King Beats, but Earnings Down
Nov 05, 2009
Zacks Blog: Company News for October 8, 2009
Oct 08, 2009
Zacks Blog: King Launches Embeda
Sep 24, 2009
Zacks Blog: ZGEN’s Arthritis Drug Disappoints
Sep 11, 2009
Zacks Blog: Advisory Panel to Review Acurox
Sep 04, 2009
Zacks Blog: ZGEN Files Against King Pharma
Aug 21, 2009
Bear of the Day: King Pharmaceuticals (KG)
Aug 20, 2009
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NEWS
King Pharmaceuticals Appoints Two New Members to Its Board ofDirectors
Feb 09, 2010
King Launches Painbalance(R): Educational Initiative to Help Reduce the Burden of Pain
Feb 03, 2010
King Launches PainBalance(R): Educational Initiative to Help Reduce the Burden of Pain
Feb 03, 2010
Jefferies Initiates Coverage On King Pharmaceuticals (KG)
Feb 02, 2010
King Pharmaceuticals (KG) Trading Slightly Off Its 52 Week High
Jan 15, 2010
BiomedReports: News and FDA Updates for King Pharma (NYSE:KG), Link Resources (OTC:LNKR), MiddleBrook (Nasdaq:MBRK)
Jan 06, 2010
Research and Markets: King Pharmaceuticals Inc. - SWOT Framework Analysis
Jan 06, 2010
SmarTrend's Candlestick Scanner Detects Bullish Engulfing Pattern for King Pharmaceuticals (KG)
Jan 05, 2010
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate 0.24 0.25 1.08 0.99
Number of Estimates 12 5 14 13
Low Estimates 0.20 0.23 0.72 0.80
High Estimate 0.29 0.26 1.16 1.15
Year Ago EPS 0.24 0.26 1.24 1.08
EPS Growth 0.00% -5.38% -12.90% -8.05%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a vertically integrated pharmaceutical company that manufactures, markets and sells primarily branded prescription pharmaceutical products. Through a national sales force they market their branded pharmaceutical products to general/family practitioners, internal medicine physicians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, pediatricians and hospitals across the country.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 1.11
Sales 1565.06
Net Income -478.77
Price/Earnings 10.18
Price/Book 1.2
Price/Cash Flow 6.09
Price/Sales 1.66


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