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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/Health Care Sector Stocks 0 comments
    Oct 7, 2011 3:14 PM | about stocks: VNDA, DEPO, ABMD, GTIV, AMRN, HTWR, KERX, PDLI, AET, BSX, MDT, VRUS, REGN, ELGX, PCYC, ARIA

    MARKET OVERVIEW

     

     

    Index

    started week

    Thursday Close

    4 day change

    4 day change %

    ytd

    DJIA

    10912.02

    11123.33

    211.31

    1.94%

    -3.76%

    NASDAQ

    2401.19

    2506.82

    105.63

    4.40%

    -6.26%

    RUSSELL 2000

    639.73

    673.8

    34.07

    5.33%

    -14.38%

    S&P 500

    1131.21

    1164.97

    33.76

    2.98%

    -7.64%

     

     

    Summary of VE Stock Universe

    Stocks Undervalued

    87.42%

    Stocks Overvalued

    12.58%

    Stocks Undervalued by 20%

    58.79%

    Stocks Overvalued by 20%

    3.71%

     

    SECTOR OVERVIEW

     

    Sector

    Change

    MTD

    YTD

    Valuation

    Last 12-MReturn

    P/E Ratio

    Aerospace

    1.55%

    6.50%

    1.40%

    22.40% undervalued

    -0.07%

    20.99

    Auto-Tires-Trucks

    3.32%

    13.49%

    -33.49%

    23.05% undervalued

    6.65%

    30.02

    Basic Materials

    3.67%

    9.58%

    -25.80%

    25.19% undervalued

    -2.78%

    32.19

    Business Services

    1.72%

    7.73%

    -12.28%

    23.65% undervalued

    -3.35%

    28.13

    Computer and Technology

    2.03%

    8.42%

    -14.54%

    25.00% undervalued

    -3.58%

    33.56

    Construction

    2.71%

    9.05%

    -29.12%

    30.18% undervalued

    -18.72%

    35.51

    Consumer Discretionary

    2.15%

    8.11%

    -17.73%

    24.85% undervalued

    -4.25%

    29.02

    Consumer Staples

    1.83%

    4.82%

    -19.23%

    15.77% undervalued

    -2.98%

    16.97

    Finance

    2.10%

    6.92%

    -14.64%

    23.18% undervalued

    -7.44%

    18.06

    Industrial Products

    2.36%

    9.59%

    -21.50%

    27.74% undervalued

    -0.51%

    17.24

    Medical

    1.79%

    5.47%

    -8.74%

    27.40% undervalued

    -0.87%

    28.48

    Multi-Sector Conglomerates

    1.70%

    6.02%

    -20.13%

    21.14% undervalued

    -4.48%

    19.96

    Oils-Energy

    2.94%

    10.45%

    -24.76%

    28.93% undervalued

    18.95%

    32.97

    Retail-Wholesale

    1.99%

    7.30%

    -6.86%

    20.80% undervalued

    7.66%

    27.43

    Transportation

    2.19%

    7.93%

    -18.34%

    22.97% undervalued

    -7.17%

    23.25

    Utilities

    1.44%

    4.40%

    -6.65%

    10.64% undervalued

    0.64%

    20.3
    Sector Talk—Medical Stocks

    Below, we present the latest data on leading Medical 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 Stocks--Short-Term Forecast Returns

    Ticker

    Name

    Mkt Price

    Valuation(%)

    Last 12-M Retn(%)

    VNDA

    VANDA PHARMACT

    5.53

    -45.35

    -21.67

    DEPO

    DEPOMED INC

    5.56

    -6.85

    21.66

    ABMD

    ABIOMED INC

    11.59

    -24.69

    6.04

    GTIV

    GENTIVA HEALTH

    3.72

    -75

    -82.8

    AMRN

    AMARIN CORP PLC

    9.2

    -75

    268


     


     

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

    Ticker

    Name

    Mkt Price

    Valuation(%)

    Last 12-M Retn(%)

    VNDA

    VANDA PHARMACT

    5.53

    -45.35

    -21.67

    DEPO

    DEPOMED INC

    5.56

    -6.85

    21.66

    ABMD

    ABIOMED INC

    11.59

    -24.69

    6.04

    HTWR

    HEARTWARE INTL

    69.04

    -18.68

    4.61

    KERX

    KERYX BIOPHARMA

    3.16

    -42.32

    -32.33


     

    Top-Five Medical Stocks--Composite Score

    Ticker

    Name

    Mkt Price

    Valuation(%)

    Last 12-M Retn(%)

    AMRN

    AMARIN CORP PLC

    9.2

    -75

    268

    PDLI

    PDL BIOPHARMA

    5.63

    -53.81

    13.74

    AET

    AETNA INC-NEW

    35.5

    -21.94

    17.9

    BSX

    BOSTON SCIENTIF

    5.64

    -45.69

    -8.14

    MDT

    MEDTRONIC

    32.74

    -30.25

    -0.91


     

    Top-Five Medical Stocks--Most Overvalued

    Ticker

    Name

    Mkt Price

    Valuation(%)

    Last 12-M Retn(%)

    VRUS

    PHARMASSET INC

    80.37

    300

    437.23

    REGN

    REGENERON PHARM

    64.73

    132.41

    121.83

    ELGX

    ENDOLOGIX INC

    10.82

    124.6

    129.72

    PCYC

    PHARMACYCLICS

    12

    113.72

    46.34

    ARIA

    ARIAD PHARMA

    9.35

    86.26

    142.86

     


         
         
         
         
         
         

    Themes: health care Stocks: VNDA, DEPO, ABMD, GTIV, AMRN, HTWR, KERX, PDLI, AET, BSX, MDT, VRUS, REGN, ELGX, PCYC, ARIA
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