Monday, September 30, 2013

The Motley Fool: The Expectations Hangover Still Hurting Edwards Lifesciences

It really wasn't that long ago when rampant enthusiasm for minimally invasive heart valves sent the shares of Edwards Lifesciences rocketing from around $22 to almost $110 per share in about four and a half years. While the stock was in the $90s, I dutifully played my role of Cassandra -- pointing out that analysts and investors were getting carried away with their expectations for the adoption of transcatheter heart valves and underestimating the risks of competition from companies like Medtronic (NYSE: MDT  ) .

Please read the full article here:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/09/30/the-expectations-hangover-still-hurting-edwards-li.aspx

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