[May 27, 2012] Shares of PDL BioPharma Rank the Highest in Terms of Earnings Yield in the Biotechnology Industry (PDLI, MNTA, EXEL, SPPI, SIGA) Tweet May 27, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Biotechnology industry with the highest earnings yields. Earnings yield is useful to compare the relative benefit of owning a stock vs. owning other yield assets such as bonds. If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may be considered undervalued.PDL BioPharma ranks highest with a an earnings yield of 18.8%. Momenta Pharmaceuticals is next with a an earnings yield of 16.8%. Exelixis ranks third highest with a an earnings yield of 13.4%. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals follows with a an earnings yield of 11.7%, and SIGA Technologies rounds out the top five with a an earnings yield of 10.4%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Momenta Pharmaceuticals on January 26th, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $16.68. Since that call, shares of Momenta Pharmaceuticals have fallen 17.4%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]