Baxter International Inc. (BAX): Today's Featured Health Services Winner
(
) pushed the Health Services industry higher today making it today's featured health services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.6%. By the end of trading, Baxter International rose $0.79 (1.1%) to $70.06 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2,029,221 shares of Baxter International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,518,200 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $69.40-$70.50 after having opened the day at $69.64 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $69.27. Other companies within the Health Services industry that increased today were:
(
), up 19.3%,
(
), up 9.6%,
(
), up 8.5% and
Diversicare Healthcare Services
(
), up 8.0%.
Baxter International Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets products for people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. Baxter International has a market cap of $37.8 billion and is part of the health care sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.8, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 3.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate Baxter International a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Baxter International
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, expanding profit margins, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Baxter International Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 61.1%,
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), down 11.0%,
(
), down 6.7% and
(
), down 5.6% , were all laggards within the health services industry with
(
) being today's health services industry laggard.
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Health Care Select Sector SPDR
(
) while those bearish on the health services industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Health Care
(
).
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