Is IHI a buy? - Seeking Alpha

Quote & Headlines Market Currents StockTalk

Today 5d 1m 3m 1y 5y 10y

52wk high:

52wk low:

EPS:

PE:

Div Rate:

Yield:

Market Cap:

Volume:

105 people get IHI articles and Market Currents by email alert.

Get email alerts on IHI »

FOCUS | PRO | RELATED | TRANSCRIPTS | NEWS & PR

Boomer Demand For Knees And Hips Should Boost Medical Devices ETF
Gary Gordon • Fri, Feb 10, 2012 • 2 Comments
Tuesday’s ETF to Watch: iShares Medical Devices
Eric Dutram • Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Re-Evaluating Your Healthcare Exposure: A Sector ETF Overview
Morningstar • Thu, Mar 4, 2010
Prospects for iShares Medical Devices ETF
Jeff Miller • Mon, Feb 9, 2009 • 1 Comment

To learn more about Seeking Alpha Pro, click here.

Healthcare ETFs Will Perk Up Your Portfolio
John Dowdee • Mon, Jun 3 • 2 Comments
Top 10 Healthcare Sector ETFs
David Fry • Thu, May 30 • 1 Comment
Enough On Da Vinci: What About Growth?
Nick Chiu • Fri, Apr 19 • 14 Comments
4 Medical Device Companies, 4 Completely Different Stories
Charles Russo • Tue, Mar 12 • 6 Comments
Underperforming Sector ETFs Sending Optimistic Economic Message
Gary Jakacky • Thu, Jan 10 • 6 Comments
Obamacare Is Unhealthy For Medical Devices ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, Nov 14, 2012 • 6 Comments
The Changing U.S. Demographics Snapshot: Labor Supply Vs. Consumer Demand Shift
Nick Chiu • Wed, Nov 7, 2012 • 8 Comments
Presidential Election: ETFs For An Obama Or Romney Victory
Tom Lydon • Fri, Nov 2, 2012
Election Could Make Or Break Health Care ETFs
Tom Lydon • Tue, Sep 18, 2012
7 Stocks With Exposure To China's Growing Orthopedic Market
Stock Whiz • Fri, Aug 24, 2012 • 2 Comments
China Orthopedic: What Drives The Growth?
Stock Whiz • Fri, Jul 6, 2012 • 1 Comment
China Orthopedic: Steered By Aging Demographics
Stock Whiz • Fri, Jun 29, 2012 • 2 Comments
Healthcare ETFs React Differently To Supreme Court's Ruling
Gary Gordon • Thu, Jun 28, 2012 • 4 Comments
Top 10 Healthcare ETFs
David Fry • Tue, Jun 19, 2012 • 3 Comments
Beware Of The U.S. Healthcare Bubble
Jesse Colombo • Thu, May 17, 2012 • 24 Comments
Forget AAPL, Find Some Intuitive Surgical
Stoyan Bojinov • Tue, May 15, 2012 • 2 Comments
Bulls Or Bears Gaining The Edge?
George Simone • Wed, May 2, 2012 • 4 Comments
My Market Pullback ETF Wish-List [Podcast]
Gary Gordon • Mon, Feb 27, 2012 • 1 Comment
Healthcare ETFs Look To Supreme Court Ruling
Tom Lydon • Wed, Nov 16, 2011
Breaking Down ETFs With Different Healthcare Weightings
Gary Gordon • Mon, Nov 7, 2011

There are no Transcripts on IHI.

Small- And Mid-Cap Stocks Offer Most Promise In Health Care Sector

at CNBC.com (May 20, 2011)
Stocks Will Move Higher After Correction: Stock Pickers

at CNBC.com (May 17, 2011)
Analyst Watch: Top Trades for the Next Six Months

at CNBC.com (Jul 15, 2010)
Art Cashin: Markets Are 'Nowhere Near a Top'

at CNBC.com (Apr 26, 2010)

IHI vs. ETF Alternatives

IHI Description

The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Medical Devices Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Medical Equipment Index.
See more details on sponsor's website

Sector: Healthcare

Country: United States

Key Info

In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Sector ETFs, A Guide to Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech ETFs
Asset Class Performance: Themes & Subsectors, Sectors

All
| Earnings
| Dividends
| M&A
| On the move

Friday, May 31, 2:49 PM Stocks turn lower (DIA -0.5%) 90 minutes ahead of the bell as Treasury prices tumble anew (TLT -1.2%), the 10-year yield gaining another 9 bps to 2.20%. The levered Treasury short ETF (TBT +2.5%) hits a 52-week high. Again hardest hit are the previously hot defensive sectors whose yields no longer stand so tall over Treasurys. Health care (XLV -1.1%), Consumer staples (XLP -1.1%). Utilities (XLU +0.1%) however, get a respite from an ugly month. 6 Comments
Friday, May 17, 8:13 AM Thomas Lee lifts his year-end S&P 500 (SPY) forecast to 1,715 from 1,580 as the bull has already outrun his expectations. His team sees clues economic performance is picking up, including the outperformance of semiconductors (XSD) vs. transports (IYT), and the steepening of the 10 year/30 year Treasury curve. Risk/reward is particularly appealing in tech (XLK), healthcare (XLV), and financials (XLF). Comment!
Thursday, May 16, 11:42 AM The Dow and S&P 500 are flat, but the Nasdaq gains 0.4% late morning behind a 12.5% jump in Cisco post-earnings and Apple bouncing from the last 2 days' drubbing, up 1.5%. Dragging the Dow is a 2.1% decline in Wal-Mart post-earnings. The notably weak sector today is the year's hottest, healthcare (XLV -0.8%). 1 Comment
Monday, May 6, 7:27 AM The S&P 500 (SPY) is fairly valued, says Goldman, but opportunity lies in cyclicals (XLY, XLE, XLI, XLB) which are more undervalued vs. defensives (XLU, XLP, XLV, XTL) than at any time in the last 15 years. "Given the 4 P/E multiple point head start, even a slight valuation normalization should translate into outperformance of cyclicals over defensives during the next 12 months." 1 Comment
Friday, April 26, 8:34 AM The beginning of a bigger move? Two of the year's three strongest performing sectors - healthcare (XLV) and consumer staples (XLP) - are down on the week as the three weakest sectors - energy (XLE), materials (XLB), and tech (XLK) - post gains of 3%-4.5%. 2 Comments
Tuesday, April 2, 1:22 PM Already the best sector YTD, Healthcare widens its lead even further thanks to hikes in Medicaid Advantage rates. The XLV's 17.1% gain is more than 200 bps greater than 2nd place Consumer Staples (XLP), and about 700 bps better than SPY. Getting a relative drubbing are Materials (XLB) and Tech (XLK) - each up less than 4%. Comment!
Friday, March 22, 10:39 AM The health care sector (IYH, XLV) is outperforming the S&P 500 (SPY) through the year's first 11 weeks for the first time in 15 years as companies cut costs and investors bet whatever emanates from D.C. will be good for all involved. "Most of the big drug companies have experienced patent cliffs and are now repositioning themselves for growth," says one fund manager. 2 Comments [Healthcare]
Tuesday, January 8, 6:04 AM Healthcare spending rose at a record low pace of 3.9% to $2.7T in 2011 as patients continued to cut back on medical services amid the economic slump. The growth was the same as in 2010 and 2009, and well below the 8% prior to the financial crisis. However, there are signs the rise in spending could be speeding up again, with expenditure on drugs increasing by 2.9% in 2011 vs 0.4% in 2010, and on doctors' visits by 4.3%. Comment! [Healthcare]
Wednesday, January 2, 9:44 AM The Street's Adam Feuerstein makes 13 biotech stock predictions for 2013, with his number one being that the U.S. launch of Arena Pharmaceuticals' (ARNA) and Eisai's weight-loss pill Belviq "will be a major disappointment." Feuerstein also reckons that Belviq will fail to receive European approval. 17 Comments [Healthcare]
Tuesday, January 1, 6:49 AM The number of drugs that the FDA authorized in 2012 rose to 39 from 30 last year and 21 in 2010, with the figure the highest since 53 in 1996. It also includes 10 medicines with fast-track status. The increase in approvals should help offset the patent cliff, which cost major U.S. and European drug companies $31B in revenues last year. (graph of approvals) Comment! [Healthcare]
Sunday, December 9, 2012, 2:27 AM The Supreme Court will review a "pay for delay" case in which Solvay, now owned by Abbott Labs (ABT), paid three generic drug companies to up to $40M a year, including Watson (WPI), to postpone making copycat versions of Solvay's Androgel testosterone treatment. The case has industry wide ramifications, with the FTC saying the practice costs customers $3.5B a year. (previous) 1 Comment [Healthcare, Top Stories]
Monday, November 19, 2012, 10:01 AM President Obama's re-election did not, as some believe, bring an end to the battle over Obamacare, write James Capretta and Yuval Levin in the WSJ. That's because the Administration is reliant on states for two key elements of the the reform: health-insurance exchanges and expanding Medicaid. Some GOP governors have already said "they won't do the federal government's bidding." Capretta and Levin explain why they agree. Comment! [Healthcare]
Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 9:59 AM Obamacare is set to "take a toll" on medical-equipment companies due to a "stealth tax" on medical devices, says Tom Lydon of ETF Trends. A number of companies in the sector are planning pre-emptive layoffs in anticipation of the tax, including Medtronic (MDT) and St. Jude (STJ). Other companies in the field include [[J&J]], ISRG and BSX. ETFs worth watching include IYH, XLV, IHI and XHE. 6 Comments [Healthcare]
Saturday, October 6, 2012, 9:00 AM The financial (XLF) and healthcare (XLV) sectors were the big winners this week, both adding to their gains relative to the S&P YTD. Another YTD outperformer, tech (XLK) combined with energy (XLE) to be the weakest sectors this week as both Apple (post-iPhone 5) and oil (post-QE∞) can't shake their hangovers. The defensive utility area (XLU) - which had a big (and worrying to some) run from mid-Spring to mid-Summer - continues to lose ground to the broader market. 3 Comments
Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 9:58 AM Around 12M people will buy $55B worth of health coverage in 2014 via the insurance exchanges being created as part of Obamacare, PWC predicts, adding that the figures could rise to 29M people and $205B respectively by 2021. Most of the money will be new, although some will come from other parts of the market, such as from people whose employers had paid for coverage until now. 1 Comment [Healthcare]
Saturday, August 25, 2012, 10:00 AM Southern Co. (SO) and Verizon (VZ) may be the "poster children" among high dividend-payers as the quest for yield takes the utility (XLU), telecom (IXP), and consumer staples (XLP) sectors to frothy levels. The flip-side are health-care services (XHS), autos (CARZ), housing (IYR), and tech (XLK) - lower payers, but with relative valuations that have rarely been this cheap. 17 Comments [Quick Ideas]

Dr. Kris
Medical devices etf $IHI breaking out to new all-time high on 2.7x volume. Top holdings: $MDT, $COV, $TMO, $ISRG, $SYK....
Jan 9, 2:23 PM
Reply (5)

• !Report Abuse
View all 5 replies
Dr. Kris: Bob: I'm dubbing you the official SA music director. Each stock should have its own theme song.
Jan 9, 2:59 PM
• !Report Abuse
techwonk: $MZOR rising 12% today on unusual volume
9 hours ago
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Dr. Kris
The CRY-ing Game: Med device makers (IHI) burning up the charts. One big gainer is Cryolife (CRY +5.6%) breaking major $6 resistance.
9/24/12
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

Gary Jakacky
ISRG rippin. ABT on the move. Obamacare in its last throes; He Who Must Not Be Middle Named on his way out. Watch XLV, IHI.
10/19/11
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

Gary Jakacky
Supremes will finally remove Obamacare uncertainty. Massively bullish if found unconstitutional. IHI,XHE,XLV!
9/27/11
Reply (4)

• !Report Abuse
View all 4 replies
Native Texan: The most recent Nutcase is/was grossly under qualified but hey, at least she's a Woman & is Latin! Race & Gender trump qualifications
9/27/11
• !Report Abuse
Oceanstats: Apparently, look whose occupying 1600 Penn. Ave.
9/27/11
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Justin M. Hall
7/24/11 9:30A ET: 96 ETFs with Bearish Patterns [Rx Investors.com] = (IBB, IHI, VHT) = http://bit.ly/nNH35V
7/24/11
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

KtgGroup
Medical devices seem up. IHI, ISRG, MAKO, SYK
9/15/10
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

ETFdesk
WaysToPlay: China becomes world's new diabetes capital http://bit.ly/9OWUIb $BBH $IHI #ETF #MKT #China #Healthcare
3/30/10
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

Gary Jakacky
Health Care dead..XLV/IHI still weak..congress demagogues profit as the root of all evil. Jimmy Carter congress = Jimmy Carter PE ratios.
2/25/10
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

Gary Jakacky
As long as O'Bamacare has risen from the dead, the market will be weak, including XLV and IHI. Once socialism reigns, freedom rains.
2/23/10
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

ETFdesk
WaysToPlay: Medtronic Profit Soars 59%, Boosts Forecast http://bit.ly/6pU14r $IHI #ETF #MKT
11/24/09
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

LATEST REPLIES

Dr. Kris
Medical devices etf $IHI breaking out to new all-time high on 2.7x volume. Top holdings: $MDT, $COV, $TMO, $ISRG, $SYK....
Jan 9, 2:23 PM
Reply (5)

• !Report Abuse
View all 5 replies
Dr. Kris: Bob: I'm dubbing you the official SA music director. Each stock should have its own theme song.
Jan 9, 2:59 PM
• !Report Abuse
techwonk: $MZOR rising 12% today on unusual volume
9 hours ago
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Gary Jakacky
Supremes will finally remove Obamacare uncertainty. Massively bullish if found unconstitutional. IHI,XHE,XLV!
9/27/11
Reply (4)

• !Report Abuse
View all 4 replies
Native Texan: The most recent Nutcase is/was grossly under qualified but hey, at least she's a Woman & is Latin! Race & Gender trump qualifications
9/27/11
• !Report Abuse
Oceanstats: Apparently, look whose occupying 1600 Penn. Ave.
9/27/11
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

IHI iShares Dow Jones US Medical Devices ETF

IHI

iShares Dow Jones US Medical Devices ETF