Is Celgene Stumped on Its Portfolio?

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Celgene Corp. (NASDAQ: CELG) released its first-quarter results before the markets opened Thursday. The biotech giant had $1.07 in earnings per share (EPS) on $2.08 billion in revenue. That compared to Thomson Reuters consensus estimates of $1.06 in EPS on $2.11 billion in revenue. In the same period of the previous year, the company posted EPS of $0.84 and revenue of $1.73 billion.

The negative net impact of currency on net product sales was 2%.

The company gave guidance for the full year as $4.60 to $4.75 in EPS and total sales in the range of $9.0 billion to $9.5 billion. The consensus estimates are $4.81 EPS and 9.32 billion in revenue for the year.

Adjusted research and development expenses were $431 million for the first quarter, compared to $358 million in the first quarter of 2014.

In terms of the company’s segments, compared to the previous year, Celgene reported:

  • Revlimid had total revenues of $1.34 billion, up 17.4%.
  • Abraxane had total revenues of $223.4 million, up 20.9%.
  • Pomalyst/Imnovid had total revenues of $198.5 million, up 46.4%.
  • Vidaza had total revenues of $143.6 million, down 3.2%.
  • Azacitidine had total revenues of $20.6 million, up 12.0%.
  • Otezla had total revenues of $60.3 million.
  • Thalomid had total revenues of $46.9 million, down 19.1%.
  • Isotdax had total revenues of $16.5 million, up 2.5%.

All others had total revenues of $2.5 million.

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Bob Hugin, chairman and CEO of Celgene, said:

Our first quarter results reflect the strength of our product portfolio and we expect the multiple global regulatory approvals achieved during the quarter to drive near term growth. Our continued investments in our franchises, innovative therapies and technologies position us for sustained growth beyond 2020.

In the first quarter, Celgene purchased approximately 9.5 million of its shares at a total cost of roughly $1.13 billion. At the end of March, Celgene had $2.01 billion remaining under its stock repurchase program.

Operating cash flow was $858 million in the first quarter of 2015. Celgene ended the quarter with $7.31 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.

Shares of Celgene closed Wednesday down 0.3% at $113.20. In premarket trading Thursday after earning came out, shares were down another 2.3% at $110.60. The stock has a consensus analyst price target of $138.74 and a 52-week trading range of $71.32 to $129.06.

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Chris Lange is a writer for 24/7 Wall St., based in Houston. He has covered financial markets over the past decade with an emphasis on healthcare, tech, and IPOs. During this time, he has published thousands of articles with insightful analysis across these complex fields. Currently, Lange's focus is on military and geopolitical topics.

Lange's work has been quoted or mentioned in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, USA Today, MSN, Yahoo, The Verge, Vice, The Intelligencer, Quartz, Nasdaq, The Motley Fool, Fox Business, International Business Times, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Barron’s, Benzinga, and many other major publications.

A graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Lange majored in business with a particular focus on investments. He has previous experience in the banking industry and startups.

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