3 Stocks Pushing The Health Services Industry Lower

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All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 17 points (0.1%) at 13,052 as of Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, 11:50 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,459 issues advancing vs. 1,413 declining with 145 unchanged.

The Health Services industry currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. A company within the industry that fell today was Baxter International (BAX), up 0.6%. Top gainers within the industry include Bio-Reference Labs (BRLI), up 5.4%, ResMed (RMD), up 1.2%, Mindray Medical International (MR), up 1.2%, Universal Health Services (UHS), up 1.2% and Edwards Life (EW), up 0.9%.

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

3. DENTSPLY International (XRAY) is one of the companies pushing the Health Services industry lower today. As of noon trading, DENTSPLY International is down $0.25 (-0.6%) to $39.03 on light volume Thus far, 232,157 shares of DENTSPLY International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 835,500 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $38.85-$39.19 after having opened the day at $39.05 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $39.28.

DENTSPLY International Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets dental consumable products, dental laboratory products, and dental specialty products worldwide. DENTSPLY International has a market cap of $5.6 billion and is part of the health care sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 24.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 11.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate DENTSPLY International a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates DENTSPLY International as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and generally higher debt management risk. Get the full DENTSPLY International Ratings Report now.

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