Medivation Inc. (MDVN): Today's Featured Health Care Leader

Medivation (MDVN) pushed the Health Care sector higher today making it today's featured health care leader. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.9%. By the end of trading, Medivation rose 91 cents (1%) to $95.58 on light volume. Throughout the day, 330,600 shares of Medivation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 742,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $94.09-$95.78 after having opened the day at $94.51 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $94.67. Other companies within the Health Care sector that increased today were: Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company (AXN), up 24%, Astex Pharmaceuticals (ASTX), up 13.5%, Durect Corporation (DRRX), up 12.6%, and Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX), up 11.7%.

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Medivation, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing novel small molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases in the United States and Europe. Medivation has a market cap of $3.45 billion and is part of the drugs industry. Shares are up 105.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate Medivation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Medivation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including poor profit margins, weak operating cash flow and generally poor debt management.

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On the negative front, Staar Surgical (STAA), down 25.7%, Somaxon Pharmaceuticals (SOMX), down 13%, pSivida (PSDV), down 12%, and Novavax (NVAX), down 10.8%, were all laggards within the health care sector with Gilead (GILD) being today's health care sector laggard.

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