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The Best Investing Ideas in Health Care
Thu, 12/17/2009 - 14:43 by Motley Fool
Chasing highfliers is a sucker's game. But tracking monthly trends across the market can lead to great investment ideas, as well as shed new light on stocks you already have in your portfolio.
Let's take a look at the biggest movers in the health-care sector. These stocks -- which include companies from health-care equipment, services, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and life sciences industries -- have clocked some of the biggest gains during the past month.
Health-care market movers
|
Company |
Industry |
CAPS Rating (out of 5) |
30-Day Return |
Market Cap (in Millions) |
Price / Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Medical Action Industries (Nasdaq: MDCI) |
Health-Care Equipment and Supplies |
***** |
44.03% |
$270 |
28.3 |
|
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories (NYSE: CPD) |
Pharmaceuticals |
***** |
40.00% |
$222 |
NA |
|
Delcath Systems, (Nasdaq: DCTH) |
Health-Care Equipment and Supplies |
** |
38.31% |
$146 |
NA |
|
BMP Sunstone (Nasdaq: BJGP) |
Health-Care Providers and Services |
*** |
36.88% |
$241 |
NA |
|
MannKind (Nasdaq: MNKD) |
Biotechnology |
** |
35.03% |
$957 |
NA |
Source: CAPS and Yahoo! Finance.
Those returns are certainly eye-catching. But do these highfliers have staying power?
Let's see what The Motley Fool CAPS community (more than 145,000 investors strong) has to say about the best plays in the health-care market.
And the next big winners are ...
The
following stocks are of similar size in comparable industries to the
ones in the previous chart. However, these are companies CAPS members
think have more promising future returns than the ones already making
waves, as shown by their high CAPS rating.
CAPS community health-care favorites
|
Company |
Industry |
CAPS Rating
|
Market Cap (in Millions) |
Price / Earnings |
Fools Saying Outperform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
SuperGen (Nasdaq: SUPG) (Alternative for CPD) |
Pharmaceuticals |
***** |
$173 |
NA |
194 of 203 |
|
Five Star Quality Care (Alternative for BJGP) |
Health-Care Providers and Services |
***** |
$118 |
3.8 |
96 of 101 |
|
Rockwell Medical Technologies (Nasdaq: RMTI) (Alternative for DCTH and MDCI) |
Health-Care Equipment and Supplies |
***** |
$108 |
NA |
22 of 22 |
|
PDL BioPharma (Nasdaq: PDLI) (Alternative for MNKD) |
Biotechnology |
***** |
$814 |
5.9 |
608 or 644 |
Source: CAPS and Yahoo! Finance.
Of course, some of today's winners might continue to rack up outsize returns. But isn't it better to snag tomorrow's winners before they start running up?
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