3 Stocks Pulling The Health Services Industry Downward

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the health services industry lower today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

One out of the three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 56 points (-0.3%) at 17,863 as of Thursday, July 7, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,647 issues advancing vs. 1,277 declining with 139 unchanged.

The Health Services industry currently sits up 0.3% versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged. A company within the industry that fell today was

Anthem

(

ANTM

), up 1.6%.

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

3.

Humana

(

HUM

) is one of the companies pushing the Health Services industry lower today. As of noon trading, Humana is down $14.81 (-8.2%) to $165.17 on heavy volume. Thus far, 1.5 million shares of Humana exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $160.97-$180.37 after having opened the day at $179.07 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $179.98.

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Humana Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a health and well-being company. The company operates through three segments: Retail, Group, and Healthcare Services. Humana has a market cap of $25.9 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 0.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Humana a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Humana

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Humana Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Aetna

(

AET

) is down $0.75 (-0.6%) to $119.49 on average volume. Thus far, 1.5 million shares of Aetna exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $119.30-$120.99 after having opened the day at $120.58 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $120.24.

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Aetna Inc. operates as a health care benefits company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Health Care, Group Insurance, and Large Case Pensions. Aetna has a market cap of $42.1 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 11.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Aetna a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Aetna

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Aetna Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

UnitedHealth Group

(

UNH

) is down $0.79 (-0.6%) to $141.59 on light volume. Thus far, 948,932 shares of UnitedHealth Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $141.41-$142.66 after having opened the day at $142.43 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $142.38.

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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health and well-being company in the United States. UnitedHealth Group has a market cap of $133.9 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 21.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate UnitedHealth Group a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

UnitedHealth Group

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, solid stock price performance and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full

UnitedHealth Group 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 services industry could consider

Health Care Select Sector SPDR

(

XLV

) while those bearish on the health services industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Health Care

(

RXD

).

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