Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (Amphastar Pharmaceuticals) GF Value Rank : 6 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)

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What is Amphastar Pharmaceuticals GF Value Rank?

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals has the GF Value Rank of 6.

The GF Value Rank is determined by the price-to-GF-Value (P/GF Value) ratio, a proprietary metric calculated based on historical multiples along with an adjustment factor based on a company's past returns and growth and future estimates of the business' performance.

GuruFocus found that for valuation, we cannot simply give stocks a better GF Value rank simply because they have a lower P/GF Value ratio. Backtesting shows that over the long term, the two worst-performing groups are the most expensive group (with the highest P/GF Value ratio) and the least expensive group (with the lowest P/GF Value ratio).

We can understand why the most expensive group underperforms. We were initially puzzled by the underperformance of the least expensive group, but we realized there is a reason why some stocks are super cheap. If they look too undervalued, it is often because the businesses behind them are poor quality. The market realized this and gave them low valuations. In a way, the market is efficient.

After multiple backtesting analyses, we granted the stocks in third-cheapest percentile the highest GF Value rank, as they have performed the best over a full market cycle. Stock performance is actually not as sensitive to valuation as it is to growth and profitability. On average, the companies in the 20%-50% valuation groups have similar performances. Therefore, we should avoid the most expensive and the least expensive stocks. We can be more tolerant of valuation.

Please click GF Score to see more details on the GF Score's 5 Key Aspects of Analysis.

Competitive Comparison of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's GF Value Rank

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's GF Value Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and GF Value Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's GF Value Rank Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's GF Value Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's GF Value Rank falls into.

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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (Amphastar Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

11570 6th Street, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA, 91730

Website

http://www.amphastar.com

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses primarily on developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling technically challenging generic and proprietary injectable, inhalation, and intranasal products. Additionally, the company sells insulin API products. The company's finished products are used in hospital or urgent care clinical settings and are contracted and distributed through group purchasing organizations and drug wholesalers. The company has two reportable segments finished pharmaceutical products and API products. Geographically the business presence of the firm is seen in the United States, China and France of which the U.S. accounts for the majority of the revenue.

Executives

Mary Z. Luo	director, 10 percent owner, officer: COO and Chief Scientist	11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Floyd F. Petersen	director	11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Rong Zhou	officer: EVP, Production	C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 11570 SIXTH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Richard K Prins	director
William J Peters	officer: CFO, SVP & Treasurer	C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Yakob Liawatidewi	officer: SVP Corp Admin Center	C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 11570 SIXTH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Michael A Zasloff	director
Gayle Deflin	director	11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Diane G. Gerst	officer: EVP, QA & Regulatory Affairs	11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Howard Lee	director	13F-2, NO. 36, LANE 48, SECTION 3, NAN-JING EAST ROAD, TAIPEI, TAIWAN F4 00000
Jack Y. Zhang	director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO & Chief Scientific Officer	11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
David Maris	director	C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Richard Koo	director	11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Jason B. Shandell	director, officer: President	11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Applied Physics & Chemistry Laboratories, Inc.	10 percent owner	13760 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, CHINO CA 91710