Medivation Reaches New 52-Week High (MDVN)

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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Medivation (Nasdaq: MDVN) hit a new 52-week high Thursday as it is currently trading at $56.60, above its previous 52-week high of $56.50 with 1.2 million shares traded as of 1:56 p.m. ET. Average volume has been 935,600 shares over the past 30 days.

Medivation has a market cap of $4 billion and is part of the health care sector and drugs industry. Shares are up 135.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

Medivation, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing novel small molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases in the United States and Europe.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Medivation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including weak operating cash flow, generally higher debt management risk and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. You can view the full Medivation Ratings Report.

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