3 Stocks Pushing The Health Care Sector Lower

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All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 20 points (-0.2%) at 12,795 as of Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,283 issues advancing vs. 1,555 declining with 129 unchanged.

The Health Care sector currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%. A company within the sector that fell today was Express Scripts (ESRX), up 0.8%. A company within the sector that increased today was Baxter International (BAX), up 1.0%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector lower today:

3. Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) is one of the companies pushing the Health Care sector lower today. As of noon trading, Novo Nordisk A/S is down $1.76 (-1.1%) to $154.76 on average volume Thus far, 198,876 shares of Novo Nordisk A/S exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 424,400 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $154.69-$156.93 after having opened the day at $156.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $156.53.

Novo Nordisk A/S, a healthcare company, engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceutical products in Denmark and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Diabetes Care and Biopharmaceuticals. Novo Nordisk A/S has a market cap of $92.7 billion and is part of the drugs industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 4.0, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 38.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Novo Nordisk A/S a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Novo Nordisk A/S as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. Get the full Novo Nordisk A/S Ratings Report now.

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