Five Large-Cap Stocks on the Rise

BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Investors have been moving from small-cap stocks to blue chips, boosting the Dow Jones Industrial Average 7% this month. Here are five stocks poised to gain.

5. Express Scripts(ESRX Quote) is a pharmacy benefit manager.

The numbers: Third-quarter net income declined 2% to $198 million and earnings per share fell 12% to 71 cents, hurt by a higher share count. Revenue grew 3% to $5.6 billion. The company's gross margin increased from 10% to 11%, and its operating margin expanded from 6% to 7%. Express Scripts has a liquid balance sheet, with $5.2 billion of cash and $4 billion of debt.

The stock: Express Scripts has advanced 60% this year, more than major U.S. indices. The stock trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 28, a premium to the market and health care service peers. Express Scripts doesn't pay dividends.