Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc. (ENDP): Today's Featured Health Care Loser

Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings (ENDP) pushed the Health Care sector lower today making it today's featured Health Care loser. The sector as a whole closed the day up 1.3%. By the end of trading, Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings fell 24 cents (-0.8%) to $29.88 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 3.1 million shares of Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $29.75-$30.42 after having opened the day at $30.10 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $30.12. Other company's within the Health Care sector that declined today were: NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP), down 11.9%, ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (IMUC), down 11.9%, Urologix (ULGX), down 11.7%, and Strategic Diagnostics (SDIX), down 7.2%.

Endo Health Solutions Inc. provides specialty healthcare solutions in the United States and internationally. Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings has a market cap of $3.62 billion and is part of the drugs industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 90.9, equal to the average drugs industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 10.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, generally poor debt management and disappointing return on equity.

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On the positive front, Molina Healthcare (MOH), up 26.4%, Stereotaxis (STXS), up 17.4%, Unilife Corporation (UNIS), up 13.8%, and ProPhase Labs (PRPH), up 12.9%, were all gainers within the health care sector with Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) being today's featured health care sector winner.

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