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Valeant Pharma (VRX) Pushes to Session Highs

August 9, 2016 2:26 PM EDT

Valeant Pharma (NYSE: VRX) continues to push to the highs of the session following results and better-than-expected guidance. Shares are up 23.5% on volume that is running 5x the norm. Short covering is seen as a contributor to today's upside.

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Valeant (VRX) Provides Plenty to Support Bullish Thesis - Guggenheim

August 9, 2016 10:25 AM EDT

Guggenheim analyst Louise Chen reiterated a Buy rating and $55 price target on Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX) following a Q2 miss but reaffirmed '16 EPS guidance.

Chen notes, "VRX has noted since its 1Q16 call that it expects the business to recover in 2H16 as it moves past the issues with its derm business, and achieved its objective to report a 40%/60% earnings split between 1H16/2H16. Therefore, our investment thesis remains intact, and we continue to believe that VRX's growth... More