The world's third-largest drug company just met analyst expectations with fourth-quarter earnings of 83 cents per share, and its stock rose 6% in today's trading.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The stock trades at around 75% of the per-share value of the company's gold reserves, he estimates.

WSJ: Upside: Why Gold Stocks Look Good

Likewise, the company reported profits for the quarter of 52 cents a share excluding stock-based compensation expense, above the Street at 46 cents.

FORBES: Baidu Rallies Sharply In Late Trading On Strong Q4 Results

Profits were a penny a share, below the Street at 6 cents, although the company noted that the latest quarter included five cents a share in stock-based compensation expense.

FORBES: Blue Nile Rebounds On Q1 Results; Affirms Full Year Outlook

The company expects to complete its current 300 million share stock repurchase program by mid-year or sooner.

FORBES: AT&T Q4 Revs Beat, EPS Miss; Activates 8.6M iPhones

"And now, " he says, "this is your company, " putting his money where his mouth is by handing ten-share Anicom stock certificates to all present.

FORBES: All in the family

The company reported quarterly earnings of 16 cents a share (before a 3-cent deduction for stock compensation) versus the mean estimate of 10 cents.

FORBES: Pleasant Surprises

Last fall Berkshire announced that if the per-share book value fell below 110% of the stock price (1.1x the stock price) the company would step in and repurchase shares.

FORBES: Connect