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Best Healthcare Stocks To Watch Today - September 6th

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Key Points

  • Alphabet, UnitedHealth Group, and Oracle are highlighted as the top healthcare stocks to watch, noted for their strong trading volumes recently.
  • UnitedHealth Group operates as a diversified health care company, providing a range of health benefit plans and services that cater to various demographics, including the economically disadvantaged.
  • Oracle Corporation is focused on enterprise technology solutions, offering cloud-based services that include healthcare applications among its software offerings.
  • Five stocks to consider instead of Alphabet.

Alphabet, UnitedHealth Group, and Oracle are the three Healthcare stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Healthcare stocks are equity shares of companies involved in the research, development, manufacturing and delivery of medical products and services—ranging from pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical devices to hospitals, clinics and health insurers. Investors often view them as defensive holdings given the steady demand for healthcare, while also seeking growth opportunities from demographic trends, technological innovation and regulatory approvals. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Healthcare stocks within the last several days.

Alphabet (GOOGL)

Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.

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UnitedHealth Group (UNH)

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older addressing their needs; Medicaid plans, children's health insurance and health care programs; and health and dental benefits, and hospital and clinical services, as well as health care benefits products and services to state programs caring for the economically disadvantaged, medically underserved, and those without the benefit of employer-funded health care coverage.

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Oracle (ORCL)

Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Cerner healthcare, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing.

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