Wednesday, April 2, 2008

AHII Short today $10.59

Stock Analysis AHII[Animal Health International, Inc: NasdaqGS]
Sector: Medical Equipment Wholesale
Fundamentals: PEG Ratio 1.03; ROIC 2.60%. AHII's 1 year ROIC is 2.62% lower than the industry average. AHII's Debt/Equity (152.05%) is above 80% and is considered very weak.

Animal Health International, Inc., through its subsidiary, Walco International, Inc., sells and distributes animal health products, supplies, services, and technology in the United States and Canada. It sells approximately 40,000 products sourced from approximately 1,500 manufacturers, as well as provides consultative services to its customers in the animal health products industry. The company's products include pharmaceuticals, vaccines, parasiticides, diagnostics, capital equipment, sanitizers, devices, and supplies. It serves veterinarians, production animal operators, and animal health product retailers. The company was founded in 1954. It was formerly known as Walco International, Inc. and changed its name to Animal Health International, Inc. in 2006. Animal Health International is based in Westlake, Texas.
Technicals: MA(50) crossed below MA(200) with downward slope in trend. 13 week RS Rating is 25
Target 1 : $10.13 (Target 2: $9.97 based on previous low of $9.87)
Stop loss: $11.35 (Reason MA(50) value is $11.25 and placing stop loss above that)
Next Earnings: 05/07/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Outperform

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