High p/e ratio weighs on Idexx

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $88 (Nasdaq symbol IDXX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 56.9 million; Market cap: $5.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.9; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.idexx.com) gets 80% of its revenue by making equipment that veterinarians use to detect… Read More

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $88 – Nasdaq symbol IDXX

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $88 (Nasdaq symbol IDXX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 56.9 million; Market cap: $5.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.9; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.idexx.com) gets 80% of its revenue by making equipment that veterinarians use to detect… Read More

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $89 – Nasdaq symbol IDXX

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $89 (Nasdaq symbol IDXX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 55.1 million; Market cap: $4.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.0; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.idexx.com) earned $2.78 a share in 2011, up 17.3% from $2.37 in 2010. Revenue… Read More

Updating Ford, H&R Block and Idexx Laboratories

FORD MOTOR CO. $15 (New York symbol F; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 3.6 billion; Market cap: $54.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; No dividends paid since June 2006; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.ford.com) has agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture with… Read More

High dollar, fewer vet visits hurt Idexx

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $56 (Nasdaq symbol IDXX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 57.7 million; Market cap: $3.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.0; No dividends paid; WSSF Rating: Average) earned $0.62 a share in the three months ended June 30, 2010. That’s up… Read More

Little-known Idexx has special appeal

IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $53 (Nasdaq symbol IDXX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 58.6 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.0; No dividends paid; WSSF Rating: Average) makes equipment that veterinarians use to detect diseases in animals. It also makes systems… Read More