CONCORDIA INTERNATIONAL CORP. – SHAREHOLDER ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

CONCORDIA INTERNATIONAL CORP. (CXRX) – SHAREHOLDER ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER By Caleb Gibbons, CFA, FRM,– Originally at IBankCoin. Reposted with permission

Concordia International, regarded as the Canadian little sister of Valeant, was taken to the mat in Friday’s trade after a disaster of a Q2 2016 earnings report. Including after hours action, a full 40% was taken off the market cap of $CXRX ($510mm now). A $0.04 earnings miss (“adjusted” earnings of $1.38 vs. $1.42, < 3%) does not normally elicit such revulsion, but in concert with horrendous un-adjusted (i.e. GAAP) numbers, reduced forward guidance, departure of the CFO, and abolition of the dividend, all that was missing was a crow’s foot from this steaming mess of a report.

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