Earnings and Equity Performance Review -- Allergan

LONDON, July 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Investor-Edge.com has issued complimentary earnings and equity performance review on Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN). The company was recently featured in the headlines on Monday, July 21, 2014, for reporting a 15.9% year-over-year surge in total product net sales in the second quarter of 2014. Our free coverage report can be accessed at:

http://www.investor-edge.com/register

Earnings Overview 

Allergan Inc.'s non-GAAP diluted earnings per share attributable to stockholders surged 23.8% year-over-year during the second quarter of 2014. The multi-specialty health care company reported GAAP diluted earnings per share attributable to stockholders of $1.37, compared with $1.17 GAAP diluted earnings per share attributable to stockholders for the second quarter of 2013. The free research on AGN can be downloaded as in PDF format at:

http://www.Investor-Edge.com/AGNFreerSearchReport

David E.I. Pyott, Allergan's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated in a recent press release that the company has reported the strongest increase in absolute dollar sales in any quarter in its history and has been able to deliver sales and earnings per share growth above the company's expectation during Q2 2014.

The Irvine, California-based company outperformed market expectations by reporting better-than-expected revenues for the second quarter of 2014. Allergan Inc.'s total product net sales of $1.83 billion were above Bloomberg consensus estimate of $1.77 billion. The healthcare major reported Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share attributable to stockholders of $1.51 a share compared with $1.22 a share in the year-ago quarter. The company's GAAP diluted earnings per share attributable to stockholders stood at $1.37 a share, underperforming the market consensus estimate of $1.43 a share. On July 21, 2014, Allergan also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 a share, payable on September 5, 2014 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 15, 2014. Sign up and read the free analyst's notes on AGN at:

http://www.Investor-Edge.com/AGN -24Jul2014    

Stock Performance 

Allergan Inc.'s shares gained 2.23% following the earnings release on Monday, July 21, 2014, to end the session at $171.14. However, on the last close, Thursday, July 24, 2014, the stock fell 1.08% to close at $170.57. The stock vacillated between $168.56 and $172.35 during the session. A total of 1.58 million shares were traded, which was below its three months average volume of 3.40 million shares. Over the last one month and over the previous three months, the company's shares have advanced 3.16% and 2.38%, respectively. Additionally, from the beginning of 2014, the stock has gained 53.56%. Allergan Inc.'s shares are trading above their 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Moreover, the stock's 50-day moving average of $165.20 is greater than its 200-day moving average of $128.40. The stock traded at a PE ratio of 33.21 and has a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 62.83. Visit Investor-Edge and access the latest research on AGN at:

http://www.Investor-Edge.com/AGNEarningsCoverage      

Sneak Peek to Corporate Insider Trading 

In the last one month, the company has not reported any share transactions by insiders to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Complimentary in-depth research on AGN is available at:

http://www.Investor-Edge.com/AGNInsiderTrading    

Source: 

http://agn.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=860851

Insider trading Source:  

http://insidertrading.org/?sort_by=acceptance_datetime&asc=&symbol=AGN&date_from=2014-06-23&date_to=2014-07-23&submit=+GO+

(See the file attached for data) 

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