Life Technologies Corp (LIFE): Today's Featured Health Services Winner

Life Technologies (LIFE) pushed the Health Services industry higher today making it today's featured health services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, Life Technologies rose 95 cents (2.3%) to $42.50 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.9 million shares of Life Technologies exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.4 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $40.87-$42.68 after having opened the day at $41.27 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $41.55. Other companies within the Health Services industry that increased today were: Retractable Technologies (RVP), up 18%, Vision-Sciences Inc (DE (VSCI), up 17.3%, Graymark Healthcare (GRMH), up 13.5%, and Misonix (MSON), up 11.9%.

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Life Technologies Corporation operates as a global life sciences company. Life Technologies has a market cap of $7.37 billion and is part of the health care sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.2, equal to the average health services industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Life Technologies a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Life Technologies as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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On the negative front, IsoRay (ISR), down 11.2%, Theragenics Corporation (TGX), down 8.2%, Kips Bay Medical (KIPS), down 7.4%, and Strategic Diagnostics (SDIX), down 5.8%, were all losers within the health services industry with Express Scripts (ESRX) being today's health services industry loser.

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

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