Today's Stocks Driving Success For The Drugs Industry

TheStreet highlights 5 stocks pushing the health services industry higher today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 63 points (0.4%) at 15,199 as of Monday, July 8, 2013, 12:50 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,878 issues advancing vs. 1,083 declining with 93 unchanged.

The Drugs industry currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is up 1.0%. Top gainers within the industry include

Allergan

(

AGN

), up 2.8%,

Sanofi

(

SNY

), up 1.1%,

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

(

TEVA

), up 0.9%,

AstraZeneca

(

AZN

), up 0.7% and

GlaxoSmithKline

(

GSK

), up 0.6%.

TheStreet would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

5.

Abbott Laboratories

(

ABT

) is one of the companies pushing the Drugs industry higher today. As of noon trading, Abbott Laboratories is up $0.32 (0.9%) to $35.24 on average volume. Thus far, 4.4 million shares of Abbott Laboratories exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $34.94-$35.36 after having opened the day at $34.95 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $34.92.

Abbott Laboratories engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of health care products worldwide. Abbott Laboratories has a market cap of $53.4 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 6.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Abbott Laboratories a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Abbott Laboratories

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity and reasonable valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. Get the full

Abbott Laboratories Ratings Report

now.

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4. As of noon trading,

Eli Lilly and Company

(

LLY

) is up $0.41 (0.8%) to $50.99 on light volume. Thus far, 2.0 million shares of Eli Lilly and Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $50.66-$51.10 after having opened the day at $50.80 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $50.58.

Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceutical products worldwide. Eli Lilly and Company has a market cap of $56.5 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 2.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Eli Lilly and Company a buy, 3 analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Eli Lilly and Company

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in stock price during the past year, increase in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and reasonable valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Eli Lilly and Company Ratings Report

now.

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3. As of noon trading,

Amgen

(

AMGN

) is up $0.69 (0.7%) to $98.33 on light volume. Thus far, 1.1 million shares of Amgen exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $98.10-$99.22 after having opened the day at $98.46 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $97.64.

Amgen Inc., a biotechnology medicines company, engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of human therapeutic products in the areas of supportive cancer care, inflammation, nephrology, and bone diseases primarily in the United States, Europe, and Canada. Amgen has a market cap of $71.9 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 13.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Amgen a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Amgen

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full

Amgen Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Johnson & Johnson

(

JNJ

) is up $0.58 (0.7%) to $88.45 on average volume. Thus far, 4.3 million shares of Johnson & Johnson exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 10.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $87.97-$88.99 after having opened the day at $88.09 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $87.87.

Johnson & Johnson, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of various products in the health care field worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. Johnson & Johnson has a market cap of $243.8 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 25.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Johnson & Johnson a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Johnson & Johnson

as a

buy

. 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, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Johnson & Johnson Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Pfizer

(

PFE

) is up $0.18 (0.6%) to $28.14 on light volume. Thus far, 15.7 million shares of Pfizer exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 63.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $28.08-$28.30 after having opened the day at $28.24 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $27.97.

Pfizer Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells medicines for people and animals worldwide. Pfizer has a market cap of $195.4 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 11.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Pfizer a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Pfizer

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and reasonable valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Pfizer Ratings Report

now.

3x UPSIDE POTENTIAL: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12-months. Learn more.

If you are interested in one of these 5 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the drugs industry could consider

SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF

(

XPH

) while those bearish on the drugs industry could consider

ProShares UltraShort Nasdaq Biotech

(

BIS

).

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