Actavis Inc (ACT): Today's Featured Health Care Winner
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) pushed the Health Care sector higher today making it today's featured health care winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Actavis rose $2.10 (1.7%) to $128.85 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1,846,310 shares of Actavis exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,748,000 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $124.45-$129.81 after having opened the day at $126.32 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $126.75. Other companies within the Health Care sector that increased today were:
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), up 15.2%,
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), up 12.7%,
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), up 12.6% and
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), up 11.6%.
Actavis, Inc., an integrated specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in developing, manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing generic, branded generic, brand, biosimilar, and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products worldwide. Actavis has a market cap of $16.1 billion and is part of the drugs industry. Shares are up 47.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Actavis a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Actavis
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Actavis Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 29.6%,
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), down 20.9%,
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), down 14.2% and
IntelliPharmaCeutics International
(
), down 13.0% , were all laggards within the health care sector with
(
) being today's health care sector laggard.
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Health Care Select Sector SPDR
(
) while those bearish on the health care sector could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Health Care
(
).
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