Temperence sometimes has its rewards. Dendreon suffered through a poor sales year in 2011 of its own making that hammered the company's stock. But in Q4, Dendreon achieved Provenge sales ($82 M) that were considerably higher than its guidance. As such, their stock price is being rewarded today -- despite a considerable shortfall of $228 M in revenue for 2011 versus its beginning of year forecast of $350-$400 M.
But by giving the market an expectation of $66 M or so in Q4 Provenge revenue but achieving $82 M instead, its price ramped up $1.98 per share to $9.58 or more than 26 percent. Better to be under-promisers and over-deliverers than the converse when it comes to speaking with the Market -- as the Market has once again affirmed.
Of course, that doesn't help the 500 workers laid off in September, but it may remind Dendreon CEO Mitch Gold of a valuable lesson. See Xconomy.
Posted by Bruce Lehr Jan 5th 2012.
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