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McKesson ramps up M&A activity, expands into IV treatments
Pharmaceutical wholesaler McKesson (NYSE: MCK) has been expanding its services through a spate of acquisition activity. The company’s most recent deal is a $1.4 billion investment for a 49% stake in Option Care Health (NASDAQ: OPCH), which provides infusion therapy and services to patients in their homes or at its clinics. Privately-held investment firm CD&R […]
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Veeva Systems builds subscription base to boost growth
Veeva Systems, a provider of cloud solutions for life sciences businesses, (NYSE: VEEV) has been bulking up its subscription service for pharmaceutical companies, resulting in the highest revenue growth in the past nine quarters. The software company reported subscription revenue grew by 16% due to a 15% increase from commercial growth and 20% rise from […]
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Cooper hopes for better vision to profits
CooperCompanies (NASDAQ: COO), a supplier of contact lenses and women’s medical devices, is a company with both great strengths and weaknesses. It has two divisions. CooperVision, a pure-play contact lens business, accounts for about two-thirds of revenue. And CooperSurgical, which includes fertility and gynecological surgery devices and technology, makes up the rest. Analysts are impressed […]
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Polaris profiting from its prime position in powersports
The powersports industry, which includes all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles, likely makes you think more about participation than investing. But there are some strong companies in the space, such as 72-year-old Polaris (NYSE: PII). In addition to ATVs and snowmobiles, it supplies on-road vehicles, such as three-wheelers; boats; and defense and commercial vehicles. Snowmobiles were its […]
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Ad giants Omnicom and Publicis enjoy digital ascent
The digital revolution of the past 20 years has upended the advertising industry just like so many others, pushing ads from newspapers and linear TV to the Internet. But that hasn’t hurt New York City-based Omnicom (NYC: OMC), the world’s biggest advertising holding company, and Paris-based Publicis (CBOE: PUB), no. 2. Both companies also engage […]
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SharkNinja’s kitchen, beauty products appeal to customers
Home, beauty and small appliance manufacturer SharkNinja (NYSE: SN) continues to attract more customers and has lowered costs by shifting its manufacturing to other Asian countries. The company, which makes hundreds of household appliances under its two global brands, Shark and Ninja, has been shifting its manufacturing from China to Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia […]
