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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALXN)On Sep 27: 66.99   0.00 (0.00%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:12.36B
Enterprise Value (Sep 28, 2011)3:12.00B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):109.28
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:40.85
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.53
Price/Sales (ttm):19.04
Price/Book (mrq):12.96
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:18.47
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:59.54
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):17.85%
Operating Margin (ttm):28.94%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):11.35%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.28%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):649.37M
Revenue Per Share (ttm):3.59
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):47.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):476.52M
EBITDA (ttm)6:201.47M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):115.90M
Diluted EPS (ttm):0.61
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):59.60%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):368.01M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.99
Total Debt (mrq):2.06M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.22
Current Ratio (mrq):3.73
Book Value Per Share (mrq):5.17
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):197.00M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):124.19M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.53
52-Week Change3:106.19%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:2.41%
52-Week High (Sep 27, 2011)3:68.50
52-Week Low (Sep 28, 2010)3:31.17
50-Day Moving Average3:57.16
200-Day Moving Average3:51.21
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,585,810
Avg Vol (10 day)3:2,052,270
Shares Outstanding5:184.53M
Float:181.23M
% Held by Insiders1:1.58%
% Held by Institutions1:100.80%
Shares Short (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:5.47M
Short Ratio (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:4.00
Short % of Float (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:3.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:5.84M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:N/A
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:N/A
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:N/A
Dividend Date3:N/A
Ex-Dividend Date4:N/A
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:May 23, 2011

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jun 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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