Medical Stocks To Keep An Eye On - October 28th

Key Points

• Boston Scientific, HCA Healthcare, and Medtronic are highlighted as medical-sector stocks to watch based on their recent high dollar trading volume.
• Boston Scientific develops medical devices across gastrointestinal, urological, neurological, cardiovascular, and pain-management specialties.
• HCA Healthcare operates hospitals and outpatient facilities in the U.S., while Medtronic provides device-based therapies including pacemakers, defibrillators, ablation products, and cardiac monitoring systems.

Boston Scientific, HCA Healthcare, and Medtronic 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 pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, hospitals, diagnostics, or health insurance. Investors buy these stocks to gain exposure to the medical and healthcare sector, which may be influenced by factors such as drug approvals, clinical-trial results, regulations, and changing demand for healthcare services. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Medical stocks within the last several days.

Boston Scientific (BSX)

Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for use in various interventional medical specialties worldwide. It operates through two segments, MedSurg and Cardiovascular. The company offers devices to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal and pulmonary conditions, such as resolution clips, biliary stent systems, stents and electrocautery enhanced delivery systems, direct visualization systems, digital catheters, and single-use duodenoscopes; devices to treat urological conditions, including ureteral stents, catheters, baskets, guidewires, sheaths, balloons, single-use digital flexible ureteroscopes, holmium laser systems, artificial urinary sphincter, laser system, fiber, and hydrogel systems; and devices to treat neurological movement disorders and manage chronic pain, such as spinal cord stimulator system, proprietary programming software, radiofrequency generator, indirect decompression systems, practice optimization tools, and deep brain stimulation system.

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HCA Healthcare (HCA)

HCA Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States. It operates general and acute care hospitals that offers medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic, and emergency services; and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy.

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Medtronic (MDT)

Medtronic plc develops, manufactures, and sells device-based medical therapies to healthcare systems, physicians, clinicians, and patients worldwide. Its Cardiovascular Portfolio segment offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices; cardiac ablation products; insertable cardiac monitor systems; TYRX products; and remote monitoring and patient-centered software.

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