Eli Lilly And Company (LLY): Today's Featured Health Care Winner

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) pushed the Health Care sector higher today making it today's featured health care winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 1.4%. By the end of trading, Eli Lilly and Company rose 23 cents (0.6%) to $41.80 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.1 million shares of Eli Lilly and Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $41.50-$41.99 after having opened the day at $41.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $41.57. Other companies within the Health Care sector that increased today were: Tengion (TNGN), up 30.4%, Escalon Medical Corporation (ESMC), up 24.9%, PhotoMedex (PHMD), up 18.9%, and Biostar Pharmaceuticals (BSPM), up 15.7%.

Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceutical products worldwide. Eli Lilly and Company has a market cap of $48.32 billion and is part of the drugs industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.8, equal to the average drugs industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 2.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Eli Lilly and Company a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Eli Lilly and Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels, solid stock price performance, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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On the negative front, Prima Biomed Ltd. ADR (PBMD), down 16.1%, Alexza Pharmaceuticals (ALXA), down 12.3%, Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (AEGR), down 10.9%, and Opexa Therapeutics (OPXA), down 10.9%, were all losers within the health care sector with Warner Chilcott (WCRX) being today's health care sector loser.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the health care sector could consider Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) while those bearish on the health care sector could consider ProShares Ultra Short Health Care (RXD).

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