Dendreon, When 200% Sales Growth Is Not Enough (DNDN)

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Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) has reported its quarterly results and the reaction is a bit cool. This is growth of almost 200%, as net product revenue for the quarter was $82.0 million versus $27.0 million a year ago. The net loss in the first quarter was $103.9 million, or -$0.70 per share, and that is down from a net loss of $112.8 million a year ago. Excluding cash and noncash severance expenses, the report would have been for a net loss of $87.1 million, or -$0.59 per share.

Thomson Reuters has estimates of -$0.63 EPS and $81.23 million in sales. The company called this report as having exceeded its guidance of low single-digit quarter-over-quarter growth.

Dendreon had approximately $559.1 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term and long-term investments as of March 31, down from $617.7 at the end of the December 31, 2011 period.

Without formal guidance, we cannot consider this report as “finished business” until that data is out.

Dendreon shares closed up 3.2% at $11.69 against a 52-week range of $6.46 to $42.87, and shares are down 7.3% at $10.82 in the after-hours session.

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

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