Free covered call recommendation on Alkermes is a stock and call setup for income investment.
CALL STRATEGY:
Look at the November 16 covered call. For each 100 shares of Alkermes (ALKS) stock you buy, sell one November 16 covered call option for a 14.78 (16.13 – 1.35) debit or better. That’s potentially a 8.3% assigned return on investment.
The technicals for ALKS are bearish with a weak downward trend. The stock is under accumulation with support at 15.70. S&P rates this stock 4 STARS (out of five) – buy.
S&P maintains Buy opinion on shares of Alkermes (ALKS). ALKS completes its acquisition of Elan Drug Technologies for $1.02B, consisting of $500M in cash and issuance of 31.9M of its shares. We continue to see the deal significantly diversifying revenues with royalties from products with long patent lives, thus lowering its risk profile. We also see robust cash flows supporting a rapidly advancing R&D pipeline. On anticipated earnings accretion, we raise our adjusted FY 12 (Mar.) EPS estimate $0.47 to $0.08 and FY 13’s by $0.79 to $1.02. We keep our target price at $22, which reflects the expected benefits from the deal.
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