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Best Medical Stocks To Follow Today - November 7th

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Key Points

  • Stryker, Humana, and Gilead Sciences were highlighted as medical stocks to watch because they had the highest dollar trading volume among medical stocks in recent days.
  • In Friday trading, Stryker fell $9.81 to $325.26, while Humana rose $20.90 to $432.69.
  • Gilead Sciences slipped $0.68 to $166.89; its shares traded near their 12-month high of $176.58.
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Stryker, Humana, and Gilead Sciences are the three Medical stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Medical stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in healthcare, such as pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, medical-device makers, and healthcare providers. Investors may buy them to gain exposure to healthcare demand and innovation, though their performance can be affected by factors such as regulation, clinical-trial results, and changes in healthcare spending. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Medical stocks within the last several days.

Stryker (SYK)

Stryker Corporation operates as a medical technology company. The company operates through two segments, MedSurg and Neurotechnology, and Orthopaedics and Spine. The Orthopaedics and Spine segment provides implants for use in total joint replacements, such as hip, knee and shoulder, and trauma and extremities surgeries.

NYSE:SYK traded down $9.81 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $325.26. 3,778,566 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,751,012. Stryker has a 1-year low of $267.00 and a 1-year high of $389.33. The business has a 50 day moving average of $292.37 and a 200 day moving average of $323.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 2.18 and a quick ratio of 1.30. The company has a market capitalization of $123.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.64, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.78.

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Humana (HUM)

Humana Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides medical and specialty insurance products in the United States. It operates through two segments, Insurance and CenterWell. The company offers medical and supplemental benefit plans to individuals. It has a contract with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to administer the Limited Income Newly Eligible Transition prescription drug plan program; and contracts with various states to provide Medicaid, dual eligible, and long-term support services benefits.

NYSE:HUM traded up $20.90 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $432.69. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,576,136 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,620,345. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $403.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $312.27. Humana has a twelve month low of $163.11 and a twelve month high of $456.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 1.74 and a quick ratio of 1.74. The company has a market capitalization of $51.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.94, a PEG ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 0.65.

Read Our Latest Research Report on HUM

Gilead Sciences (GILD)

Gilead Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes medicines in the areas of unmet medical need in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company provides Biktarvy, Genvoya, Descovy, Odefsey, Truvada, Complera/ Eviplera, Stribild, Sunlencs, and Atripla products for the treatment of HIV/AIDS; Veklury, an injection for intravenous use, for the treatment of COVID-19; and Epclusa, Harvoni, Vemlidy, and Viread for the treatment of viral hepatitis.

Shares of Gilead Sciences stock traded down $0.68 on Friday, hitting $166.89. The stock had a trading volume of 5,817,414 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,406,722. The firm has a market capitalization of $207.00 billion, a P/E ratio of -52.81 and a beta of 0.35. Gilead Sciences has a twelve month low of $116.88 and a twelve month high of $176.58. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $153.04 and a 200 day moving average of $140.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a current ratio of 1.38.

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