Title: Green
1Green Gold Fund
- Recommendation Sell Stryker (SYK)
2Healthcare holdings
- Abbott Labs (ABT)
- Stryker Corp (SYK)
- Healthcare Select ETF (XLV)
3Rationale for Sale
- Earnings revisions by analysts and management
- Recent recalls / FDA limitations / potential
litigation - Slower overseas adoption of products than
anticipated
- New CEO, no full time CFO
- Better opportunities elsewhere
- Healthcare indices have rallied this year, with
only modest gains by SYK - Starting in 2013, the Affordable Care Act
mandates a 2.9 tax on all revenue related to
medical devices - Volatility associated with the election
- Potential for investor backlash in lead up to
2013
4Investment Information
600 gain
Prev Close 52.64
1y Target Est 58.76
52wk Range 45.44 - 57.15
Avg Vol (3m) 1,990,200
Market Cap 20.06B
P/E (ttm) 14.15
EPS (ttm) 3.73
Div Yield 0.85 (1.60)
Forward P/E 12.24
1 Year Price Graph
5Analyst revisions
Sales estimates
EPS estimates
Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo We expect market
conditions to remain challenging in Europe...
6Recalls / FDA limitations
- Rejuvenate hip implant recall / potential
litigation - Wingspan stint for ischemic stroke recommended by
the FDA only patients with no other options
7Better opportunities in healthcare
- Healthcare indices have rallied this year, with
only modest gains by SYK - Starting in 2013, the Affordable Care Act
mandates a 2.9 tax on all revenue related to
medical devices - Volatility associated with the election
- Potential for investor backlash in lead up to 2013
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9Management shuffle
- Kevin Lobo named CEO on Oct. 1
- Currently no CFO, but former CFO Dean Bergy
remains an advisor - Potential difficulties transitioning to new
management
10- Stryker manufactures medical technologies.
- Original thesis Stryker is a leading medical
technology manufacturer with potential for
expansion - Rationale for sale
- Management shuffle
- Disappointing results
- Recalls, FDA notices, potential litigation
- Regulatory concerns make medical devices less
appealing