5 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 42 points (0.3%) at 14,338 as of Thursday, March 7, 2013, 11:50 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,674 issues advancing vs. 1,197 declining with 153 unchanged.

The Health Services industry currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include DaVita HealthCare Partners (DVA), down 2.6%, and Fresenius Medical Care Corporation (FMS), down 0.7%. Top gainers within the industry include Universal Health Services (UHS), up 2.1%, Life Technologies (LIFE), up 1.8% and Smith & Nephew (SNN), up 1.2%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the industry lower today:

5. ResMed (RMD) is one of the companies pushing the Health Services industry lower today. As of noon trading, ResMed is down $1.20 (-2.7%) to $43.81 on average volume Thus far, 538,098 shares of ResMed exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 965,500 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $43.65-$44.85 after having opened the day at $44.80 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $45.01.

ResMed Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of medical equipment for treating, diagnosing, and managing sleep-disordered breathing and other respiratory disorders. ResMed has a market cap of $6.5 billion and is part of the health care sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 8.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate ResMed a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates ResMed 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, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full ResMed Ratings Report now.

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