Stock Competitor Paper While analyzing my stocks and its competitors, I found the pros and cons of buying each stock. When it comes to buying a stock, you want to buy the stock you believe will perform the best. Usually, people will research their stock before making a purchase to ensure they are making a good decision. The stocks that I chose are AbbVie Pharmaceuticals (ABBV), Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA), and Oceaneering (OII). I will be looking at the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of my stocks and also its competitors. AbbVie Pharmaceuticals is a well-known brand in the pharmaceutical industry which, is a very competitive market. AbbVie is considered to be leading the pack of pharmaceutical companies with some drug markets. Some of their strengths are that …show more content…
Over the years, the company has invested in building a strong brand portfolio, which helps when you want to expand into new product categories. Other strengths include a strong dealer community who not only sell the drugs, but train their sales team on how to inform the customer on the benefits. Lastly, strong free cash flow, good returns on capital expenditure, and a successful track record shows that the company can provide resources for new projects and build new revenue streams. One weakness of the company is poor financial planning. Their financial planning is not done properly or efficiently and the company could use its cash more efficiently than its doing as of right now. Another weakness in the company is that there are gaps in the product range sold by the company which could allow for another company to compete with or outperform them. One thing that also really hurts them is that they have not invested in more up to date technology. The rate they are growing and their plans for the future need better technology and at this rate, they are just going to be slowing themselves down. A couple opportunities