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Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Index- P/E- EPS (ttm)-1.20 Insider Own2.44% Shs Outstand48.72M Perf Week-2.91%
Market Cap714.72M Forward P/E- EPS next Y-0.99 Insider Trans32.27% Shs Float46.99M Perf Month0.34%
Income-57.40M PEG- EPS next Q-0.61 Inst Own90.50% Short Float17.42% Perf Quarter33.24%
Sales106.58M P/S6.71 EPS this Y-564.56% Inst Trans5.13% Short Ratio8.10 Perf Half Y48.63%
Book/sh2.18 P/B6.73 EPS next Y56.10% ROA-37.18% Target Price17.43 Perf Year-5.17%
Cash/sh1.92 P/C7.66 EPS next 5Y17.00% ROE-47.34% 52W Range8.64 - 16.80 Perf YTD62.10%
Dividend- P/FCF- EPS past 5Y0.00% ROI-46.93% 52W High-12.68% Beta0.42
Dividend %- Quick Ratio3.79 Sales past 5Y165.61% Gross Margin87.84% 52W Low69.79% ATR0.77
Employees281 Current Ratio4.57 Sales Q/Q35.13% Oper. Margin-82.33% RSI (14)52.15 Volatility3.70% 5.53%
OptionableYes Debt/Eq0.00 EPS Q/Q-179.95% Profit Margin-53.85% Rel Volume0.55 Prev Close14.38
ShortableYes LT Debt/Eq0.00 EarningsMay 09 AMC Payout- Avg Volume1.01M Price14.67
Recom2.40 SMA20-1.12% SMA504.52% SMA20019.81% Volume558,400 Change2.02%
10-May-13Downgrade Robert W. Baird Outperform → Neutral $16
10-May-13Downgrade Needham Buy → Hold
07-Feb-13Initiated Robert W. Baird Outperform $16
09-Oct-12Downgrade Oppenheimer Outperform → Perform
09-Oct-12Downgrade Ladenburg Thalmann Buy → Neutral
12-Jul-12Resumed Canaccord Genuity Buy $21
21-Sep-11Initiated Brean Murray Buy $20
13-Jun-11Reiterated Oppenheimer Outperform $17 → $19
07-Apr-11Reiterated Ladenburg Thalmann Buy $14 → $16
06-Apr-11Reiterated Oppenheimer Outperform $14 → $17
01-Dec-10Upgrade Robert W. Baird Neutral → Outperform $12 → $14
22-Nov-10Upgrade JMP Securities Mkt Perform → Mkt Outperform $16
11-Nov-10Reiterated Oppenheimer Outperform $16 → $14
22-Jan-10Upgrade Ladenburg Thalmann Neutral → Buy $13.50 → $16
12-Nov-09Upgrade Oppenheimer Perform → Outperform $16
04-Nov-09Downgrade Oppenheimer Outperform → Perform
04-Nov-09Downgrade Ladenburg Thalmann Buy → Neutral $13.50
06-Aug-09Downgrade ThinkEquity Buy → Accumulate $15
30-Jul-09Downgrade Robert W. Baird Outperform → Neutral $15
29-Jul-09Upgrade Needham Hold → Buy $19
23-May-13 11:06AM  2 Biotechs to Avoid, 1 to Buy at Motley Fool
22-May-13 07:00AM  Cubist, Optimer, Trius: Antibiotic Deal Making On Tap at TheStreet
17-May-13 01:04PM  OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC Financials EDGAR Online Financials
15-May-13 05:19PM  Cubist bid for Optimer before sale process began-sources at Reuters +13.54%
04:08PM  Cubist bid almost $1 billion for Optimer before sale process: sources at Reuters
03:47PM  Cubist bid almost $1 bln for Optimer before sale process-sources at Reuters
10:08AM  Is AstraZeneca Gearing Up for a Shopping Spree? at Motley Fool
14-May-13 06:02PM  Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage increases AP
02:11PM  Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage increases AP
10:23AM  Markman Hearing A Likely Clearing Event For Cubist - Decision Any Day at Seeking Alpha
10:08AM  AstraZeneca, Cubist, Astellas Said to Bid for Optimer at Bloomberg
13-May-13 06:03PM  Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage increases AP +14.44%
04:53PM  Optimer gets bids from AstraZeneca, Cubist, Astellas, Bloomberg says theflyonthewall.com
04:11PM  AstraZeneca, Cubist, Astellas Said to Make Bids for Optimer at Bloomberg
04:04PM  InPlay: Optimer Pharma appoints Eric Sirota as Chief Operating Officer Briefing.com
04:04PM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals Appoints Eric Sirota as Chief Operating Officer PR Newswire
03:06PM  3 Biotech Stocks Spiking With Big Volume at TheStreet
01:18PM  Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage decreases AP
10:13AM  OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Change in Directors or Pr EDGAR Online
12-May-13 11:55AM  Investors are Digesting These Healthcare Stock Earnings Insights at Wall St. Cheat Sheet
11-May-13 10:07AM  The Best- And Worst-Performing Biotech Stocks, May 3 To May 10 at Forbes
10-May-13 06:10PM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals Misses on the Top and Bottom Lines at Motley Fool -14.14%
06:02PM  Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage decreases AP
01:48PM  Why Optimer Pharmaceuticals Shares Sank at Motley Fool
01:20PM  Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage decreases AP
11:40AM  Wider-than-Expected Loss at Optimer Zacks
06:17AM  Optimer downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at RW Baird theflyonthewall.com
09-May-13 11:06PM  OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online
10:13PM  Optimer Pharma downgraded by Robert W. Baird and Needham Briefing.com
09:01PM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript at Seeking Alpha
06:25PM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals Earnings: Everything You Must Know Now at Wall St. Cheat Sheet
04:04PM  InPlay: Optimer Pharma misses by $0.19, misses on revs Briefing.com
04:02PM  Optimer Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results PR Newswire
09:11AM  OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Submission of Matters EDGAR Online
07:07AM  Q1 2013 Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close CCBN
08-May-13 09:33AM  OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement EDGAR Online
05-May-13 01:23PM  Predicting Biotech Stock Moves Using Top Consensus Picks By Legendary Fund Managers at Seeking Alpha
02-May-13 08:20AM  The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: AT&T, Optimer Pharmaceuticals, ViroPharma, Astellas Pharma and Incyte Zacks
08:00AM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals to Host Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss First Quarter 2013 Financial Results PR Newswire
01-May-13 05:00PM  Optimer's Dificid Cleared Down Under Zacks
29-Apr-13 11:07AM  Sarepta (SRPT) Targets Unmet Medical Need in the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Developing First Drug with the Promise of Stopping Fatal Progressive Disease Wall Street Transcript
26-Apr-13 08:01AM  InPlay: Optimer Pharma announced that DIFICID tablets were Approved in Australia Briefing.com
08:00AM  DIFICIDĀ® (fidaxomicin) Tablets Approved in Australia PR Newswire
19-Apr-13 08:50AM  1Q Earnings Beat at Cubist Pharma Zacks
16-Apr-13 10:50AM  Will Cubist Pharma Beat Earnings? Zacks
08-Apr-13 07:40AM  Last Week's Best- And Worst-Performing Medical Stocks at Forbes
06-Apr-13 12:30PM  This Week in Biotech at Motley Fool
10:19AM  3 Humongous Health-Care Stocks This Week at Motley Fool
03-Apr-13 06:06PM  Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage increases AP
01:37PM  Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage increases AP
11:51AM  Cubist named as possible suitor for Optimer at bizjournals.com
02-Apr-13 06:08PM  Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage increases AP +19.19%
05:14PM  Is This Really Big Pharma's Next Acquisition? at Motley Fool
05:14PM  1 Biotech's Unexpected Bidding War at Motley Fool
04:25PM  Optimer Said to Draw Takeover Interest From Glaxo at Bloomberg
03:21PM  Nasdaq stocks posting largest percentage increases AP
03:18PM  4 Merger and Acquisitions Stock Stories for Tuesday Appraisal at Wall St. Cheat Sheet
02:30PM  Optimer shares rise after report names Glaxo, Cubist as potential buyers at Reuters
02:01PM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals Shares Soar... for the Right Price, That Is! at Motley Fool
09:39AM  Optimer Said to Draw Takeover Interest From Glaxo, Astellas at Bloomberg
09:37AM  Optimer jumps 24% after Bloomberg says company draws bidding interest at theflyonthewall.com
09:36AM  Optimer draws interest from Cubist, AstraZeneca, Glaxo, Bloomberg says at theflyonthewall.com
22-Mar-13 01:04PM  OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC Financials EDGAR Online Financials
18-Mar-13 09:41AM  OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report EDGAR Online
15-Mar-13 08:00AM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) PR Newswire
06-Mar-13 11:43AM  Why Optimer Pharmaceuticals Is Poised to Pull Back at Motley Fool
04-Mar-13 02:28PM  Optimer Posts Wider Loss Zacks
12:01PM  This Week in Biotech at Motley Fool
02-Mar-13 09:11PM  New Star Analyst Rankings for Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. StarMine
01-Mar-13 07:31PM  3 Humongous Health-Care Stocks This Week at Motley Fool
07:30PM  New Star Analyst Rankings for Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. StarMine
04:28PM  Encouraging News for Cubist Pharma Zacks
02:35PM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals Beats on Both Top and Bottom Lines at Motley Fool
28-Feb-13 08:50PM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript at Seeking Alpha
06:15PM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals Earnings: Everything You Must Know Now at Wall St. Cheat Sheet
05:25PM  OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Other Events, Financia EDGAR Online
04:06PM  Optimer Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results PR Newswire
01:00PM  Pandora Still a Strong Outperform and 4 Analyst Notes to Know at Wall St. Cheat Sheet
07:07AM  Q4 2012 Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close CCBN
27-Feb-13 06:08PM  Can Optimer Optimize Shareholder Returns? at Motley Fool +13.15%
05:29PM  OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Results of Operations and EDGAR Online
04:13PM  Cave Explorer Hunts Antibiotics 1,600 Feet Down: Health at Bloomberg
04:08PM  Optimer Consider Strategic Alternatives as CEO Steps Down at Bloomberg
02:31PM  3 Biotech Stocks Rising on Big Volume at TheStreet
12:29PM  Optimer Consider Strategic Alternatives as CEO Steps Down at Bloomberg
12:06PM  Why Optimer Pharmaceuticals Shares Soared at Motley Fool
11:09AM  Optimer Pharma exploring sale, shares jump at Reuters
10:42AM  Optimer Consider Strategic Alternatives as CEO Steps Down at Bloomberg
10:25AM  Optimer board to review strategic alternatives AP
10:04AM  Cave Explorer Hunts Antibiotics 1,600 Feet Down: Health at Bloomberg
08:24AM  Optimer Pharma exploring sale, shares jump at Reuters
08:15AM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) PR Newswire
08:13AM  Optimer as adopted a Rights Plan that expires February 15, 2014 theflyonthewall.com
08:09AM  Optimer announced it will begin to explore full range of strategic alternatives theflyonthewall.com
08:03AM  InPlay: Optimer Pharma's Board of Directors Appoints Board Chairman, Dr. Henry McKinnell, Chief Executive Officer; announces it has commenced process to explore strategic alternatices Briefing.com
08:00AM  Optimer Pharmaceuticals' Board of Directors Appoints Board Chairman, Dr. Henry McKinnell, Chief Executive Officer PR Newswire
12:01AM  Cave Explorer Hunts Antibiotics 1,600 Feet Down: Health at Bloomberg
26-Feb-13 04:53PM  Cubist Pharma Inks Deal Zacks
25-Feb-13 01:13AM  What Does Wall Street See for Optimer Pharmaceuticals's Q4? at Motley Fool
21-Feb-13 11:56AM  Steer Clear Of Optimer's Short And Long-Term Risks at Seeking Alpha
Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products in the United States and Canada. It offers DIFICID (fidaxomicin) tablets for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) in adults; and DIFICID and DIFICLIR tablets for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). The company sells its products to wholesalers and specialty pharmacies. It also has DIFICID under phase 3b(1) clinical trials for the treatment of CDAD prophylaxis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients; under PK trial initiated/phase 3 trial for the treatment of CDAD in pediatric patients; and under phase 3 trial for the treatment of CDAD multiple recurrence. In addition, the company develops Fidaxomicin that is in Phase 1 trial for the treatment of CDI; has Solithromycin product candidate, which completed Phase 2 trials for the treatment of respiratory tract infections; and OPT-822/821 product candidate that is under Phase 2/3 clinical trials for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. It has collaborative agreements with Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.; Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Cempra, Inc.; Optimer Biotechnology, Inc.; and Scripps Research Institute. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Insider Trading Relationship Date Transaction Cost #Shares Value ($) #Shares Total SEC Form 4
Chang Michael NDirectorApr 23Option Exercise1.08117,263127,043848,956Apr 25 12:14 PM
Chang Michael NDirectorApr 09Option Exercise12.34103,1251,272,563731,693Apr 11 01:31 PM
LICHTINGER PEDROFormer CEOApr 08Option Exercise12.69148,0001,877,680252,078Apr 10 09:59 PM
LICHTINGER PEDROFormer CEOApr 08Sale14.69148,0002,173,991104,078Apr 10 09:59 PM
Chang Michael NDirectorApr 03Option Exercise12.34145,3121,793,150628,568Apr 05 08:01 PM
LICHTINGER PEDROCEO and PresidentNov 08Buy9.0811,00099,847104,078Nov 19 07:31 PM
CHANG JOSEPH YDirectorJun 11Option Exercise0.653,4612,250105,767Jun 20 08:42 PM
CHANG JOSEPH YDirectorJun 11Sale15.303,46152,953102,306Jun 20 08:42 PM