Stryker Corporation (SYK): 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 0.9%. By the end of trading, Stryker Corporation rose $0.79 (1.2%) to $68.22 on light volume. Throughout the day, 760,530 shares of Stryker Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,355,100 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $67.34-$68.28 after having opened the day at $67.41 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $67.43. Other companies within the Health Services industry that increased today were:
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), up 15.1%,
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), up 13.3%,
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), up 10.3% and
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), up 9.7%.
Stryker Corporation, a medical technology company, provides reconstructive, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine products for doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. Stryker Corporation has a market cap of $25.5 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 22.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 15 analysts that rate Stryker Corporation a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Stryker Corporation
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, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance 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 Stryker Corporation Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 8.5%,
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), down 6.8%,
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), down 5.5% and
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), down 4.4% , 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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