Incyte Corp Ltd (INCY): Today's Featured Health Care Winner

Incyte (INCY) pushed the Health Care sector higher today making it today's featured health care winner. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Incyte rose 17 cents (0.7%) to $25.32 on light volume. Throughout the day, 954,165 shares of Incyte exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $24.80-$25.41 after having opened the day at $24.98 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $25.15. Other companies within the Health Care sector that increased today were: Sunshine Heart (SSH), up 65.8%, Chelsea Therapeutics International (CHTP), up 41.5%, Palatin Technologies (PTN), up 27.9%, and Escalon Medical Corporation (ESMC), up 26.1%.

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Incyte Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of proprietary small molecule drugs for oncology and inflammation. Incyte has a market cap of $3.16 billion and is part of the drugs industry. Shares are up 67.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Incyte a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Incyte as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, weak operating cash flow and feeble growth in its earnings per share.

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On the negative front, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc. A (SCMP), down 24.8%, K-V Pharmaceutical Company (KV.A), down 23.1%, K-V Pharmaceutical Company (KV.B), down 12.6%, and American Caresource Holdings (ANCI), down 11.4%, were all losers within the health care sector with Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) being today's health care sector loser.

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