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Steve Hach is the Senior Editor at ValuEngine.com, a Newtown, Pennsylvania-based stock valuation and forecast service. ValuEngine utilizes Ivy League financial research as the basis for its coverage of more than 7000 US, Japanese, and Canadian, and other foreign stocks. Hach utilizes... More
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  • ValuEngine Rates Medical Stocks 0 comments
    Dec 16, 2011 1:29 PM | about stocks: ABMD, DXCM, CSII, HTWR, DNDN, AET, WLP, HNT, UNH, PDLI, VRUS, INHX, PCYC, CRIS, DVAX

    MARKET OVERVIEW

     

     

    Index

    started week

    Thursday Close

    4 day change

    4 day change %

    ytd

    DJIA

    12181.08

    11868.81

    -312.27

    -2.56%

    3.05%

    NASDAQ

    2617.32

    2541.01

    -76.31

    -2.92%

    -3.24%

    RUSSELL 2000

    737.15

    716.01

    -21.14

    -2.87%

    -7.61%

    S&P 500

    1255.05

    1215.75

    -39.3

    -3.13%

    -2.59%

     

     

    Summary of VE Stock Universe

    Stocks Undervalued

    77.33%

    Stocks Overvalued

    22.67%

    Stocks Undervalued by 20%

    44.13%

    Stocks Overvalued by 20%

    10.78%

     

     

     

    SECTOR OVERVIEW

     

    Sector

    Change

    MTD

    YTD

    Valuation

    Last 12-MReturn

    P/E Ratio

    Aerospace

    0.51%

    -1.98%

    -4.34%

    2.20% undervalued

    -8.39%

    15.14

    Auto-Tires-Trucks

    0.15%

    -4.79%

    -32.86%

    17.21% undervalued

    -6.09%

    22

    Basic Materials

    -0.55%

    -7.88%

    -26.08%

    11.83% undervalued

    -24.05%

    26.82

    Business Services

    0.55%

    -1.70%

    -3.59%

    6.93% undervalued

    1.37%

    28.17

    Computer and Technology

    -0.17%

    -0.91%

    -7.75%

    1.43% overvalued

    -12.75%

    34.72

    Construction

    0.99%

    -2.84%

    -22.97%

    13.29% undervalued

    -21.49%

    36.88

    Consumer Discretionary

    0.13%

    -1.81%

    -12.93%

    11.54% undervalued

    -5.12%

    22.12

    Consumer Staples

    0.62%

    0.45%

    -13.92%

    3.82% overvalued

    0.09%

    18.37

    Finance

    0.36%

    -0.62%

    -8.72%

    7.86% overvalued

    -6.61%

    19.65

    Industrial Products

    0.00%

    -2.69%

    -13.35%

    6.95% overvalued

    -9.03%

    22.85

    Medical

    0.77%

    -1.70%

    -5.74%

    9.00% overvalued

    26.98%

    27.75

    Multi-Sector Conglomerates

    -0.10%

    -2.95%

    -15.78%

    5.06% undervalued

    -11.22%

    13.96

    Oils-Energy

    -0.37%

    -6.66%

    -21.19%

    2.50% undervalued

    -13.26%

    33.15

    Retail-Wholesale

    0.12%

    -1.09%

    -3.53%

    1.54% overvalued

    1.12%

    21.45

    Transportation

    0.49%

    -2.43%

    -16.78%

    6.50% undervalued

    -18.90%

    28.56

    Utilities

    1.14%

    -2.18%

    1.46%

    6.75% overvalued

    3.18%

    23.83
    Sector Talk—Medical

    Below, we present the latest data on leading Medical Sector Stocks from our Institutional software package (VEI). These results were filtered by market price and volume--no results below 3$/share or less than 100k shares/day volume.


     

    Top-Five Medical Sector Stocks--Short-Term Forecast Returns

    Ticker

    Name

    Mkt Price

    Valuation(%)

    Last 12-M Retn(%)

    ABMD

    ABIOMED INC

    19.77

    25

    114.43

    DXCM

    DEXCOM INC

    8.21

    -42.86

    -36.01

    AMLN

    AMYLIN PHARMA

    10.14

    -60.6

    -26.73

    CSII

    CARDIOVASCLR SY

    8.82

    -61.39

    -16.56

    HTWR

    HEARTWARE INTL

    69.29

    -6.48

    -18.26


     


     

    Top-Five Medical Stocks--Long-Term Forecast Returns

    Ticker

    Name

    Mkt Price

    Valuation(%)

    Last 12-M Retn(%)

    ABMD

    ABIOMED INC

    19.77

    25

    114.43

    DXCM

    DEXCOM INC

    8.21

    -42.86

    -36.01

    AMLN

    AMYLIN PHARMA

    10.14

    -60.6

    -26.73

    DNDN

    DENDREON CORP

    7.44

    -70.01

    -79.46

    HTWR

    HEARTWARE INTL

    69.29

    -6.48

    -18.26


     

    Top-Five Medical Stocks--Composite Score

    Ticker

    Name

    Mkt Price

    Valuation(%)

    Last 12-M Retn(%)

    AET

    AETNA INC-NEW

    40.05

    -25.5

    33.37

    WLP

    WELLPOINT INC

    64.5

    -19.94

    16.22

    HNT

    HEALTH NET INC

    28.58

    -30.93

    10.43

    UNH

    UNITEDHEALTH GP

    48.52

    -10.79

    38.67

    PDLI

    PDL BIOPHARMA

    5.93

    -49.19

    6.08


     

    Top-Five Medical Stocks--Most Overvalued

    Ticker

    Name

    Mkt Price

    Valuation(%)

    Last 12-M Retn(%)

    VRUS

    PHARMASSET INC

    127.79

    300

    438.29

    INHX

    INHIBITEX INC

    12.99

    300

    459.91

    PCYC

    PHARMACYCLICS

    14.26

    300

    136.09

    CRIS

    CURIS INC

    4

    300

    115.05

    DVAX

    DYNAVAX TECH CP

    3.06

    300

    22.89

    Stocks: ABMD, DXCM, CSII, HTWR, DNDN, AET, WLP, HNT, UNH, PDLI, VRUS, INHX, PCYC, CRIS, DVAX
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