Marcap ($1.5B) = Cash ($0.6B) + Rev est 2020 ($0.9B ?)
WS's valuation of Amarin. WS is forward looking, which means they see Amarin will have about $1B revenue worldwide combined at this moment. Don't know if EU is factored in, but likely a small part is. Without US patent, WS thinks Amarin can't defend its market in US and skeptical on global. The only way Amarin can prove WS wrong is by sales, quarter by quarter, and the coming 2-3 quarters are extremely important especially if generics launch in between.
I don't know about the acquisition valuation, but it's a buyer's market for Amarin for sure. I don't buy the notion that acquisition price has nothing to do with the sp. The reason people got such an impression is that when such an event happened (i.e., BO price is way higher than the sp), it's because there is a strong underlining value of the company that WS hasn't priced in but buyer is willing to price in, i.e., pending clinical trial or a strong pipeline in pharma/biotech, key technology or product about to launch or just launched which could generate gun-buster sales. In the case of Amarin, can someone points out any secret values that people are yet to recognize? The pending EMA approval is known and probably anticipated by everyone. The sales of Vascepa? a big question mark right now.