Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ONXX): Today's Featured Health Care Laggard
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) pushed the Health Care sector lower today making it today's featured Health Care laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Onyx Pharmaceuticals fell $1.83 (-1.4%) to $131.17 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2,047,839 shares of Onyx Pharmaceuticals exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,538,900 shares. The stock ranged in price between $130.93-$132.90 after having opened the day at $132.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $133.00. Other companies within the Health Care sector that declined today were:
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), down 35.9%,
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), down 8.5%,
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), down 6.9% and
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), down 6.8%.
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapies that target the molecular mechanisms that cause cancer in the United States and internationally. Onyx Pharmaceuticals has a market cap of $9.7 billion and is part of the drugs industry. Shares are up 76.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Onyx Pharmaceuticals a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Onyx Pharmaceuticals
as a
. 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 solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Onyx Pharmaceuticals Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 15.1%,
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), up 13.3%,
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), up 11.6% and
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), up 10.3% , were all gainers within the health care sector with
(
) being today's featured health care sector leader.
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(
) while those bearish on the health care sector could consider
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).
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