Swamy,
In the long term, what differenciates good companies from great ones is how many patents they hold and what intellectual property they possess. R&D may be sapping profits now but if they are on right path then these expenses will create basis of a very profitable future.
Many Indian companies do not spend such amount of money. But then you get in business like Ranbaxy -duplicates of good products in generic product market, after patents have expired.
If Biocon can manage to make reasonable profits and still sustain their R&D, then long term investors will benefit.
Regards...

You can not compare the two.
History has shown that after bonus the share does not fall enough to justify delaying the decision.
If you believe in the stock best option is to buy cum bonus.
Regards...

It is futile to expect US to back down on the farm subsidy issue. These are highly political issues where no govt can afford to see others point of view. Both countries are going through political and economic upheavals. Most likely that US will strike bi-lateral deals with smaller developing countries and maintain its course. India also should look at similar path to maintain its struggle of improving standards of living for its poor farmers. At the cost of being branded as a deal breaker, India should remain clear on who needs support. Clearly its the Indian poor farmers who need asistance here not the rich farmers in US or EU....

Biocon may not give high returns in near term. The company has been struggling with new products. Profitability (RONW) is high PE ratio is also below industry average.
This is a high risk business. With so much reliance on R&D, you need more margins. There is too much relaince on new / recently introduced products. If some products go wrong, there will be no backup. In pharmaceuticals, there can be serious costs related to product recall / legal claims.
In spite of this, the company is worth holding onto. Just do not expect too much too soon. I am not able to understand the reasoning behind 1:1 bonus. May be this is a tool to placate investors. It is a 5 RS share, why not just make in a 10Rs share.
Regards ...

This could be good for the share holders of Cummins. Profits are generally higher in after sales activity than sales of original equipment.
What would be the share ratio?? Is this a way to increase % holding of the promoter group? Cummins USA holds 100% of the two businesses being merged in Cummins.
Will this help them delist the shares?
Regards...

Why give credit to Congress when Modi should be held responsible for this.
When you do some bad thing, it comes back. Why say that Manmohan failed when blasts occur in Ahmedabad now. Many bloggers were singing praises for Modi after the Gujarat riots where much more violence was directed towards minority.
By no means such acts of terrorism can be condoned, and the persons responsible should be found and punished. I would just like to add Modi's name to the list.
Regards...

no matter exbonus or combonus, its an underperforming undervalued stock in the pharma sector. they need to do some revamp in their strategy and then get to do neat business without spending any more money on their research. i guess the r&d spending the company is making the eps fall down rapidly. and forex management is also not upto the mark. so, it is better only for very long term. in the short term, its all the same, as religare has given a target of 430 and IIFL has given a target of 391. so, better to exit or avoid. but for long term, it still continues to be a gem. swamy. ...

I dont find find any logic in makig it a 10/-face value share Biotechnology is one area which depends fully on research and kjnd of returns you get from the researched molucule is tremendous The co has already successfully launched some products and for that matter,no pharma co survives without research otherwise because of competition no co can survive Each molucule before coming to commercial stage has to pass through various trials n it takes 5-8 years for coming to commercial stage IN 150 is now in final stage and trials are going on humans and they have world patents rights on it No successful business is without risk Even RPL took more than 10 years to come to this stage,1st as RPL-1,which finally merged with RIL and again RPL-2 and will come on trials by sept,2008 So its not appropriate to say that only biocon has risk and no other co has so...

hi rdadhe, yes. you got it right i guess. they just want to calm down the investors as everyone have been waiting for a long time for some good news but nothing was happening and therefore now 1:1 bonus game plan. but how is it going to benefit investors, if the FV is made 10 from present 5/share. i feel bonus will be neutral and the 1:1 effect may help a bit to improve the stock price. but thats temporary. bcoz...when the stock opens for trading post bonus there will be a fall. then, what is the fun in giving bonus? moreover the eps is going down, with this type of results and growth rates, can the company show good eps on a larger base post bonus? blockbuster pipeline drugs may take more than 2 more years before they are launched. so, it will be tough for the stock to perform well in the near future. but long term prospects look very bright. swamy. ...

to be found aand punished . how many punished ??? and there incharges sitting in pakistan and dubai . media full of muslims name and court cases against muslims killed and injured , where were u when train people were burnt to death , why people not take shbana azmi on media and why is not reacting ? it is not 20 people involved . there must be thousands who are helpers sympathisers and logistic supporters . you talk about gujarat where there was reaction and what about kashmir where for last 40 years all sort of crimes are done how many killed or raped. christian use money and nice talk and crores are coming to india openly throrugh official channel to make whole india mizoram or nagaland . countries like bangla desh openly talk to some how change the demography of india and devide into 2, separate country beyond bihar . do you know when one lebanon man was released by israeli govt he was given hero welcome by all and sundry including govt in lebanon and his crime in israel was to be brutally kill 6 year child.small place to write and shocking facts . study . if u know then jaychand and your thinking has no difference only question of time , he was few hundred years back ...