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70.86 (1y: +16%)

Market Cap	7.56 B	P/E(ttm)	18.00
Enterprise Value	7 B	P/B	5.10

VAR- NYSE (USA)
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

Currently 5/5

Business Predictability Rank: 5-Star
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% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 3%.
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Market Cap $M	7,558	Revenue $M	2,908	Net Margin (%)	15.2	Z-Score	5.6
Enterprise Value $M	7,001	EPS $	3.9	Operating Margin %	21.2	F-Score	6
P/E(ttm))	18.0	Cash Flow Per Share $	4.4	Pre-tax Margin (%)	21.2	Higher ROA y-y	Y
Price/Book	5.1	10-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	15.5	Quick Ratio	1.4	Cash flow > Earnings	N
Price/Sales	2.7	5-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	13.0	Current Ratio	1.8	Lower Leverage y-y	Y
Price/Cash Flow	16.0	y-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	12.4	ROA % (ttm)	14.8	Higher Current Ratio y-y	Y
Dividend Yield %	0	Insider Buy (3m)	0	ROE % (ttm)	28.3	Less Shares Outstanding y-y	N
Payout Ratio %	0	Shares Outstanding M	109	ROI % (ttm)	29.7	Gross Margin Increase y-y	Y

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Number of guru portfolios checked: 51.

Total Records: 40 Page:1 2

Ticker	Guru	Date	Action	Impact	Price Range (Average)*	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
VAR	Joel Greenblatt	2013-03-31	Add	0.07%	$68.66 - $75.25 ($72.28)	$ 70.86	-2%	Add 65.73%	47,672
VAR	Ray Dalio	2013-03-31	Buy	0.03%	$68.66 - $75.25 ($72.28)	$ 70.86	-2%	New holding, 43827 sh.	43,827
VAR	John Hussman	2013-03-31	Sold Out	-0.25%	$68.66 - $75.25 ($72.28)	$ 70.86	-2%	Sold Out	0
VAR	Mario Gabelli	2012-12-31	Reduce		$57.08 - $72.35 ($66.56)	$ 70.86	6%	Reduce -30.95%	5,355
VAR	John Hussman	2012-12-31	Reduce	-0.17%	$57.08 - $72.35 ($66.56)	$ 70.86	6%	Reduce -46.8%	133,000
VAR	Joel Greenblatt	2012-12-31	Reduce	-0.06%	$57.08 - $72.35 ($66.56)	$ 70.86	6%	Reduce -33.84%	28,764
VAR	Joel Greenblatt	2012-09-30	Add	0.1%	$53.73 - $61.76 ($58.54)	$ 70.86	21%	Add 130.72%	43,476
VAR	John Hussman	2012-09-30	Reduce	-1.12%	$53.73 - $61.76 ($58.54)	$ 70.86	21%	Reduce -80%	250,000
VAR	Joel Greenblatt	2012-06-30	Buy	0.08%	$57.15 - $68.81 ($63.01)	$ 70.86	12%	New holding, 18844 sh.	18,844
VAR	Ray Dalio	2012-06-30	Sold Out	-0.04%	$57.15 - $68.81 ($63.01)	$ 70.86	12%	Sold Out	0
VAR	Ray Dalio	2012-03-31	Buy	0.04%	$64.48 - $71.7 ($63.77)	$ 70.86	11%	New holding, 40865 sh.	40,865
VAR	Ray Dalio	2011-12-31	Sold Out	-0.15%	$50.1 - $67.13 ($59.39)	$ 70.86	19%	Sold Out	0
VAR	Joel Greenblatt	2011-12-31	Sold Out	-0.09%	$50.1 - $67.13 ($59.39)	$ 70.86	19%	Sold Out	0
VAR	Ray Dalio	2011-09-30	Add	0.15%	$49.63 - $71.36 ($58.93)	$ 70.86	20%	Add 4192.44%	191,400
VAR	Joel Greenblatt	2011-09-30	Buy	0.09%	$49.63 - $71.36 ($59.22)	$ 70.86	20%	New holding, 10401 sh.	10,401
VAR	John Hussman	2011-06-30	Add	0.28%	$65.4 - $71.43 ($68.4)	$ 70.86	4%	Add 25%	1,250,000
VAR	John Hussman	2011-03-31	Add	0.82%	$64.6 - $71.96 ($68.65)	$ 70.86	3%	Add 266.3%	1,000,000
VAR	Mario Gabelli	2011-03-31	Reduce	-0.03%	$64.6 - $71.96 ($68.65)	$ 70.86	3%	Reduce -76.46%	12,390
VAR	John Hussman	2010-09-30	Buy	0.22%	$51.53 - $60.8 ($55.86)	$ 70.86	27%	New holding, 263000 sh.	263,000
VAR	Mario Gabelli	2010-09-30	Add	0.01%	$51.53 - $60.8 ($55.86)	$ 70.86	27%	Add 307.33%	54,045
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Total Records: 40 Page:1 2

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Ticker	Guru Name	Portfolio Date*	Current Shares	% of Shares Outstanding	% of Total Assets Managed	Change from Last Holdings
VAR	Ray Dalio	2013-03-31	43,827	0.04	0.03	New Buy
VAR	Joel Greenblatt	2013-03-31	47,672	0.04	0.17	+65.73%
VAR	Mario Gabelli	2013-03-31	5,275	0	0	-1.49%
VAR	John Hussman	2013-03-31	0	0	0	Sold Out

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VAR: Insider Buys/Sells

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)	Details
FINNEY ELISHA W	Exec VP and CFO	2013-06-17	Sell	5,000	$69.95	1.3	view
LEVY RICHARD M	Director	2013-06-17	Sell	20,000	$70	1.23	view
GUERTIN TIMOTHY E	Director	2013-06-10	Sell	27,000	$68.81	2.98	view
FINNEY ELISHA W	Exec VP and CFO	2013-05-21	Sell	2,313	$69.86	1.43	view
FINNEY ELISHA W	Exec VP and CFO	2013-05-14	Sell	5,000	$69.95	1.3	view
LEVY RICHARD M	Director	2013-05-14	Sell	20,000	$70	1.23	view
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T	SVP and Pres. Oncology Sys.	2013-05-14	Sell	954	$70.09	1.1	view
KUO JOHN W	SVP, Gen Counsel and Secretary	2013-05-14	Sell	1,112	$70	1.23	view
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T	SVP and Pres. Oncology Sys.	2013-05-13	Sell	640	$69.05	2.62	view
KENNEDY KOLLEEN T	SVP and Pres. Oncology Sys.	2013-04-15	Sell	954	$69.47	2	view

Press Releases about VAR :

GRUPO COI é o primeiro da América do Sul a encomendar o... 18 Dec 2012
GRUPO COI First In South America to Order a TrueBeam™... 18 Dec 2012
Varian Medical Systems stellt Flachdetektoren,... 13 Nov 2012
Varian Medical Systems Selected by Leading Russian... 02 Nov 2012
American Board of Radiology Foundation receives grant from... 31 Oct 2012

Quarterly/Annual Reports about VAR:

10-Q/A - VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC...: (10-Q/A) 18 Dec 2012
10-K - VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC...: (10-K) 21 Nov 2012
10-Q - VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC...: (10-Q) 07 Aug 2012
10-Q - VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC...: (10-Q) 08 May 2012
10-Q - VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC...: (10-Q) 07 Feb 2012

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comment on VAR Mar 03 2013

Wedgewood Partners' David Rolfe Comments on Varian Medical Systems Nov 12 2012

Weekly CFO Sells Highlight: CMCSA, MM, PIR, VAR, SPRT Nov 04 2012

Introducing New Guru David Rolfe, Added to EXPD, CTSH, VAR, QCOM in Q2 Sep 04 2012

simple business high Feb 24 2012

Weekly CEO Sells Highlight: Golub Capital BDC Inc, PNC Financial Services Group Inc, Meritor and Var Jan 08 2012

comment on VAR Sep 12 2011

orginally added 5 27 Sep 12 2011

john hussman jeremy Aug 04 2011

hussman recent decli Aug 01 2011

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