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Market Cap:$118.8B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$32.4B
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Roche's focus is health. Roche Holding Ltd. (OTC: RHHVF (ADR) Swiss) was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. The company operates in two segments, which are pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Its drugs include Accutane, Herceptin, Invirase, Rituxan, Rocephin, Tamiflu, and Xenical, among others. It owns 60% of Genentech and 51% of Chugai Pharmaceutical. The company has annual revenue of about $27 billion and employs about 68,000 people. In 2005, it sold its consumer healthcare division to Bayer, allowing it to focus on core business.In July 2005 the company acquired GlycArt Biotechnology AG, a privately owned Swiss biotech company that provides technology for enhancing the efficacy of antibodies will further strengthen Roche's expertise in therapeutic antibody research and development.
Chief Executive Officer
Severin SchwanNumber of Employees 80,080
Peer Companies
NAICS Code In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing: 325413
Recent Events
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Roche announces late-stage trial for heart drug
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AstraZeneca lifted to buy, Roche cut to hold: RBS
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BioCryst faces tight competition in H1N1 flu drug market
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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals signs co-development agreement with Roche for RNAi therapeutics
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UPDATE: Roche's New Diabetes Drug Works Better Than Byetta
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Sumitomo Mitsui Sues Credit Suisse Over Capmark Loan Repayment
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Roche raises Tamiflu's sales outlook
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SurModics enters license and development agreement with Roche and Genentech
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BRIEF-Roche launches new MagNA pure 96 system
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Roche U.S. cancer drug trial enrollment suspended
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Vivus CEO Ready To Roll Up Sleeves In Finding Qnexa Partner
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ImmunoCellular in research and license option deal with Roche
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UPDATE 1-Roche names Genentech's Soriot new drugs chief
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Glance-Europe Factors-Shares set to rise, tracking Asia
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Roche Holding names Soriot as head of pharma
News & Analysis
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Roche-Genentech Takeover Will Cost 1,500 Jobs in N.J.; Roche Name to Go
The Roche takeover of Genentech will cost 1,500 jobs in New Jersey as sales and marketing positions are axed there. R&D staff look more secure, according to the Star-Ledger. The company will also change its name to Genentech. The move makes a mockery of a press conference...
Wyeth Exec Accused of Taking Kickbacks to Fix Contracts
Wyeth has accused one of its shipping managers of taking kickbacks to assign contracts, resulting in €1.3 million in overcharges for air freight shipments. The Irish Times says the accused are: Patrick Walsh, former shipping manager of Wyeth’s Newbridge plant, of Old Town Rise, Sallins Road, Naas, Co Kildare,...
Roche Fraud Case Exposes Corruption Encouraged by Drug Pricing Politics
Roche has emerged as both victim and enabler in a big corruption case whose basis was the arcane pricing policies of U.S. drugs. In the case, two brothers who ran a medical supplies company were sentenced to nine years in prison for skimming contracts and avoiding taxes. ...
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NEW YORK -- Wall Street Media presents exclusive video of Steven B. Porter, M.D, Ph. D., Chief Medical Officer of Intermune, Inc., (NASDAQ: ITMN), discussing their partnership with Roche. http://www.wsmco.com/show.aspx?1077_Now's_the_time_for_ small-cap_stocks And we're pleased to feature video of Dr. Steven H. Holtzman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer...
The marketing maven: Joyce M. Roche
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Roche Diagnostics - Anatomy Of A Serious Data Breach
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Australia frees Israeli embassy bomb plotter
PERTH, Australia AFP — A British-born Muslim trained by Al-Qaeda and convicted of plotting to blow up Israel's embassy in Australia was freed Thursday after serving half of his nine-year jail term. Jack Roche, 53, who pleaded guilty in 2004 to planning with Al-Qaeda to attack Israel's mission in...
WHO close to setting up global stockpile of anti-flu drugs
GENEVA AFP — The UN health agency's efforts to build up a global stockpile of at least one million doses of an anti-flu drug to tackle a threatened pandemic could bear fruit soon, the Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche said. Roche and the World Health Organisation have been holding talks...
Allstate Appoints Senior Vice President of Technology
NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- Michael J. Roche has been promoted to senior vice president of Allstate Insurance Company with responsibility for Allstate Protection technology and administration . Allstate Protection combines the Allstate and Encompass property and casualty offerings through Allstate and Independent Agencies, respectively. Roche is also now a member of...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Severin Schwan | Chief Executive Officer |
| William M. Burns | CEO, Roche Pharma |
| Erich Hunziker | CFO |
| Jonathan K.C. Knowles | Managing Director, Global Pharmaceutical Research |
| Roche Rolf D Schl | Managing Director, Partner |
| Rolf D Schl | Managing Director, Partner |
| Andres Greuter | Compliance Officer |
| Beatrice Weder | |
| Beatrice Weder di Mauro | |
| Berufliche Laufbahn | |
| Burkhard G Piper | |
| Dr Roche Severin Schwan | |
| Editiones Roche | |
| Eduard E Holdener | |
| Emil Frey Dir | |
| Ernst Peter Fischer | |
| Fr U here Mandate | |
| Fritz Gerber | |
| Gottlieb A. Keller | Secretary & Head, Corp Services, HR |
| Heino von Prondzynski | |
| Ian Massey | |
| James Childress | |
| Leiter der | |
| Leiter Therapiebereichs Des | |
| Lydia Mez | |
| Mina Michal | |
| Myrl Weinberg | |
| Okonomin beim Internationalen WAhrungsfonds | |
| Osamu Nagayama | |
| Peter Brabeck | |
| Ph D in Genetics | |
| Ph D in Genetik | |
| Pierre Jaccoud | |
| Prof Dr Roche Bruno Gehrig | |
| Robert B. Stein | |
| Robert Spreng | |
| Roche Burkhard G Piper | |
| Roche Genetics | |
| Roche Pierre Jaccoud | |
| Roche Sitemap | |
| Seite drucken | |
| Susan Jebb | |
| Werner Schreiber | |
| Ysbrand Portman |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Dr Roche Gottlieb Keller | Chairman |
| Andre Hoffman | Board of Directors |
| Andre Hoffmann | Vice-Chairman of the Board |
| Andreas Oeri | Board of Directors |
| Brouno Gehring | Vice Chairman |
| Bruno Gehrig | Vice Chairman |
| DeAnne S. Julius | Board of Directors |
| F Hoffmann | Vice chairman |
| Horst Teltschik | Board of Directors |
| John Irving Bell | Board of Directors |
| Lodewijk J.R. De Vink | Board of Directors |
| Peter Brabeck-Letmathe | Board of Directors |
| Roche Rolf H A nggi | Vice-Chairman |
| Rolf Haenggi | Board of Directors |
| Rolf Hanggi | Board of Directors |
| Walter Frey | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| University of Innsbruck | Degree, Economics | Former |
| University of Innsbruck | Doctorate in Law | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | CEO, Roche Pharma | Current |
| Roche Products (Proprietary) Limited | President | Current |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | CFO | Current |
| F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. | CFO | Current |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Genentech, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Holcim Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Diethelm Keller Holding Ltd. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Managing Director, Global Pharmaceutical Research | Current |
| Genentech, Inc. | Head, Global Research | Current |
| Genentech, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of East Anglia | Honours Degree in Molecular Genetics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Managing Director, Partner | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Managing Director, Partner | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Compliance Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current | |
| Boehringer Mannheim | CEO | Former |
| Boehringer Mannheim | Sales Managers Industrial | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current | |
| The University of Kansas | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current | |
| University of Bern | Lawyer LL | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | Secretary | Current |
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Secretary & Head, Corp Services, HR | Current |
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | Secretary | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current | |
| Alcon, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Nestle S.A. | CEO | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current | |
| University of Bern | Doctorate in economics (Dr | Former |
Dr. Robert Stein currently serves on the President's Board of Advisors for Science and Innovation for the University of California , is a Member of the Board of Directors of Archemix, and Scientific Advisor to Takeda San Diego. Bob served as the Site President of the Palo Alto , California site of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd from 2003 to 2006. Prior to joining Roche, Bob was the President and Chief Scientific Officer of Incyte Corporation from 2001 to 2003. Bob also served in various roles for Merck & Co., Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc., the DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company and DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company, where he was Executive Vice President of Research and Preclinical Development from 1990 to 1996. Bob received degrees in biology and chemistry from Indiana University , where he was Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.D. and a Ph.D. in physiology and pharmacology from Duke University . Bob completed residency training and is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kinemed, Inc | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current | |
| Archemix Corp | Board of Directors | Current |
| F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. | Site President | Former |
| Incyte Corporation | President | Former |
| Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | chief | Former |
| Incyte Corporation | Chief Scientific Officer | Former |
| Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | senior vice president | Former |
| Roche | Former | |
| Duke University | M.D. | Former |
| Indiana University | Degrees In Biology | Former |
| Duke University | Degrees In Biology | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current | |
| Boehringer Mannheim | CEO | Former |
| Boehringer Mannheim | Regional Sales Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current | |
| Rs-R | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current | |
| Alcon, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Chairman | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Living Planet Management Company | Chairman | Current |
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Vice-Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Givaudan S.A. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Member | Current |
| Nestle Uk Ltd | Brand Manager | Former |
| Givaudan S.A. | Board of Directors | Former |
| INSEAD | Masters of Business Administration | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Basel | Medical Studies | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Bern | Doctorate in economics (Dr | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Royal Institute of International Affairs | Chairman | Current |
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| BP plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of California | Ph.D In Economics | Former |
| Iowa State University | Ph.D | Former |
| Iowa State University | Bsc | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Vice chairman | Current |
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Diageo plc | Board member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe has been a member of the Board since 1997 and served as Vice-Chairman from 2000 to 2005 and since 2008. Since 2008 he has also served on the Chairman's and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee. On both of these committees he has already served in the past, namely from 2003 to 2005 and 2000 to 2005, respectively. His term as a member of the Board expires at the AGM in 2011. The Board has determined him to be independent under the Group’s independence standards. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe studied Economics at the University of World Trade in Vienna. After graduation in 1968, he joined Nestlé’s sales operations in Austria. His career at Nestlé includes a variety of assignments in several European countries as well as in Latin America. Since 1987, he has been based at Nestlé’s headquarters in Vevey. Since 1997, Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé and as a member of Nestlé’s Board of Directors. In 2005, Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nestlé. As of April 10, 2008 he has retired from his function as Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé. Mr. Brabeck is a member of the Boards of Directors of L’Oréal SA, Paris (since 1997) and Roche Holding SA, Basel (since 2000). He is also a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum and a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Credit Suisse Group | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Winterthur Schweizerische Versicherungs Gesellschaft | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Credit Suisse Group | Board of Directors | Current |
| Nestle S.A. | Board of Directors | Current |
| L'Oreal S.A. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| World Economic Forum | Member, Foundation Board | Current |
| Nestle S.A. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Vice-Chairman | Current |
| Zurich Insurance Company | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Zurich Insurance | Member | Former |
| Zurich Insurance Company | Member | Former |
| Nestle S.A. | Vice-Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Nestle S.A. | Second Vice Chairman | Current |
| Nestle S.A. | Second Vice Chairman | Current |
| Zurich Insurance Company | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Zurich Insurance Company | Member | Former |
| Zurich Insurance | Member | Former |
| Nestle S.A. | Vice-Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Holding Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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Week of Sept. 7, 2009: Facet Rejects Biogen Idec's Proposal; Roche Announces Management Changes; More...
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Roche Names Pharma Chief
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Roche Announces New Corporate Executive Committee
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Roche moving Clark to CEO of Genentech
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KineMed to Collaborate with Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Cancer Drugs: Herceptin News and More
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Cancer Drugs: News from ASCO
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KineMed, Inc. Enters Into Collaboration With Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) (JOBS)
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KineMed Enters Into Collaboration With Bristol-Myers Squibb
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KineMed Enters Into Collaboration With Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Roche to Present Major Advances With Targeted Cancer Medicines at ASCO
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Roche Sees Herceptin Growth As Stomach Cancer Drug
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Roche provides additional donation of 5.65 million packs of Tamiflu to World Health Organization
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Roche Donates Tamiflu to WHO
| Volume | 2,202,027 |
| Shares Outstanding | 2.8B |
| Market Cap | 118.8B |
| Year High | 42.080 |
| Year Low | 26.010 |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.37 |
| P/E Ratio | 17.8439 |
| Dividend | 0.6652 |
| Yield | 1.5729 |
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