Abbott Laboratories (ABT): Today's Featured Health Services Winner

Abbott Laboratories was a winner within the health services industry, rising $0.49 (1.4%) to $35.41 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Abbott Laboratories

(

ABT

) pushed the Health Services industry higher today making it today's featured health services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Abbott Laboratories rose $0.49 (1.4%) to $35.41 on average volume. Throughout the day, 7,403,998 shares of Abbott Laboratories exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,063,300 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $34.94-$35.47 after having opened the day at $34.95 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $34.92. Other companies within the Health Services industry that increased today were:

Response Genetics

(

RGDX

), up 8.0%,

Addus Homecare Corporation

(

ADUS

), up 5.5%,

Harvard Bioscience

(

HBIO

), up 4.8% and

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics

(

IMUC

), up 4.8%.

Abbott Laboratories engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of health care products worldwide. Abbott Laboratories has a market cap of $53.4 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 6.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Abbott Laboratories a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Abbott Laboratories as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity and reasonable valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share.

On the negative front,

Natus Medical

(

BABY

), down 13.2%,

Pingtan Marine Enterprise

(

PME

), down 12.8%,

Alpha Pro Tech

(

APT

), down 6.9% and

Daxor Corporation

(

DXR

), down 3.8%.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, 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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