Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA): Today's Featured Health Care Laggard

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries was a leading decliner within the health care sector, falling $0.83 (-2.0%) to $39.90 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

(

TEVA

) pushed the Health Care sector lower today making it today's featured Health Care laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries fell $0.83 (-2.0%) to $39.90 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4,335,976 shares of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,541,600 shares. The stock ranged in price between $39.72-$40.09 after having opened the day at $40.03 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $40.73. Other companies within the Health Care sector that declined today were:

Mast Therapeutics

(

MSTX

), down 37.9%,

Pingtan Marine Enterprise

(

PME

), down 11.1%,

Hyperion Therapeutics

(

HPTX

), down 8.2% and

Chelsea Therapeutics International

(

CHTP

), down 8.1%.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes pharmaceutical products worldwide. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has a market cap of $35.2 billion and is part of the drugs industry. Shares are up 10.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Teva Pharmaceutical Industries a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 13 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

On the positive front,

Reliv' International

(

RELV

), up 54.8%,

Synta Pharmaceuticals

(

SNTA

), up 41.3%,

Idera Pharmaceuticals

(

IDRA

), up 38.0% and

Spherix

(

SPEX

), up 26.3% , were all gainers within the health care sector with

Warner Chilcott

(

WCRX

) being today's featured health care sector leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the health care sector could consider

Health Care Select Sector SPDR

(

XLV

) while those bearish on the health care sector could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Health Care

(

RXD

).

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