3 Health Care Stocks On The Rise

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the health care sector higher today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

All three major indices are trading down today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 163 points (-0.9%) at 17,539 as of Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 691 issues advancing vs. 2,260 declining with 136 unchanged.

The Health Care sector currently sits down 0.8% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.7%. Top gainers within the sector include

Intercept Pharmaceuticals

(

ICPT

), up 5.2%,

AbbVie

(

ABBV

), up 0.7%,

Anthem

(

ANTM

), up 0.6% and

Biogen

(

BIIB

), up 0.5%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

(

VRX

), down 3.7%,

Sanofi

(

SNY

), down 3.0%,

Shire

(

SHPG

), down 2.4%,

AstraZeneca

(

AZN

), down 2.4% and

Biomarin Pharmaceutical

(

BMRN

), down 2.0%.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector higher today:

3.

Cigna

(

CI

) is one of the companies pushing the Health Care sector higher today. As of noon trading, Cigna is up $1.03 (0.8%) to $132.84 on light volume. Thus far, 474,415 shares of Cigna exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $130.73-$133.57 after having opened the day at $131.16 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $131.81.

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Cigna Corporation, a health services organization, provides insurance and related products and services in the United States and internationally. Cigna has a market cap of $34.6 billion and is part of the health services industry. Shares are up 28.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 6 analysts who rate Cigna a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Cigna

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full

Cigna Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Illumina

(

ILMN

) is up $2.75 (1.8%) to $157.72 on light volume. Thus far, 411,838 shares of Illumina exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $153.20-$158.67 after having opened the day at $154.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $154.97.

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Illumina, Inc. provides sequencing and array-based solutions for genetic analysis in North America, Europe, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and South Africa. Illumina has a market cap of $22.4 billion and is part of the drugs industry. Shares are down 16.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 10 analysts who rate Illumina a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Illumina

as a

hold

. 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 and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the stock has had a generally disappointing performance in the past year. Get the full

Illumina Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

(

BMY

) is up $0.35 (0.5%) to $64.59 on light volume. Thus far, 1.3 million shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $64.00-$64.67 after having opened the day at $64.05 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $64.24.

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company discovers, develops, licenses, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products worldwide. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company has a market cap of $108.5 billion and is part of the drugs industry. Shares are up 8.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 8 analysts who rate Bristol-Myers Squibb Company a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

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, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Ratings Report

now.

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If you are interested in one of these 3 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the health care sector could consider

Health Care Select Sector SPDR

(

XLV

) while those bearish on the health care sector could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Health Care

(

RXD

).

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