C.R. Bard Inc. (BCR): Today's Featured Health Services Loser
The
industry closed the day up 1.1%.
Spherix Inc
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SPEXD
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), and
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) were all decliners today within the health services industry with
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) being today's featured health services loser. C.R. Bard Inc fell $4.30 (-4.9%) to $83.40 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 2.6 million shares of C.R. Bard Inc exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of one million shares.
C. R. Bard, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, packaging, distribution, and sale of medical, surgical, diagnostic, and patient care devices worldwide. It offers vascular, urology, oncology, and surgical specialty products. C.R. Bard Inc has a market cap of $7.7 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 23.8, equal to the average health services industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 4.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.
TheStreet Ratings rates C.R. Bard as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, 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 find that net income has been generally deteriorating over time.
- You can view the full C.R. Bard Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), and
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) were all gainers within the health services industry with
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) being today's featured health services industry winner.
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) while those bearish on the health services industry could consider
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