Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB): Today's Featured Drugs Winner
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) pushed the Drugs industry higher today making it today's featured drugs winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.1%. By the end of trading, Biogen Idec rose $4.42 (2.1%) to $214.13 on light volume. Throughout the day, 838,706 shares of Biogen Idec exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,417,400 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $209.03-$217.07 after having opened the day at $209.19 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $209.71. Other companies within the Drugs industry that increased today were:
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), up 33.1%,
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), up 15.4%,
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TheStreet Recommends
), up 8.6% and
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), up 8.0%.
Biogen Idec Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, hemophilia, and autoimmune disorders in the United States and internationally. Biogen Idec has a market cap of $50.5 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 45.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Biogen Idec a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Biogen Idec
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, reasonable valuation levels, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
- You can view the full Biogen Idec Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 42.8%,
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), down 9.9%,
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), down 9.6% and
IntelliPharmaCeutics International
(
), down 7.8% , were all laggards within the drugs industry with
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) being today's drugs industry laggard.
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) while those bearish on the drugs industry could consider
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).
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