Amgen Inc (AMGN): Today's Featured Drugs Winner

Amgen (AMGN) pushed the Drugs industry higher today making it today's featured drugs winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Amgen rose 48 cents (0.7%) to $71.17 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3.5 million shares of Amgen exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.5 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $70.13-$71.25 after having opened the day at $70.31 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $70.69. Other companies within the Drugs industry that increased today were: iBio (IBIO), up 27%, CytRx Corporation (CYTR), up 15.6%, NeurogesX (NGSX), up 14.7%, and Protalix BioTherapeutics (PLX), up 13.3%.

Amgen Inc., a biotechnology medicines company, discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets human therapeutics based on advances in cellular and molecular biology for grievous illnesses primarily in the United States, Europe, and Canada. Amgen has a market cap of $55.64 billion and is part of the health care sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.5, equal to the average drugs industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 10.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Amgen a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and 13 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Amgen as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, notable return on equity, attractive valuation levels and increase in net income. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.

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On the negative front, Savient Pharmaceuticals (SVNT), down 18.3%, Idera Pharmaceuticals (IDRA), down 11.8%, Amyris (AMRS), down 7.8%, and NuPathe (PATH), down 7.7%, were all losers within the drugs industry with Pfizer (PFE) being today's drugs industry loser.

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