UnitedHealth Group, Eli Lilly and Company, and Johnson & Johnson are the three Medical stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Medical stocks are shares of publicly traded companies operating in the healthcare sector—this includes pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, medical device manufacturers, hospitals and other care providers. Investing in these stocks lets shareholders participate in the development, approval and distribution of medical treatments, technologies and services. Their performance is often driven by factors such as clinical trial results, regulatory decisions and broader healthcare policy changes. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Medical stocks within the last several days.
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.
NYSE:UNH traded up $32.53 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $304.02. 67,934,484 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 19,286,994. The firm has a market cap of $275.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.17, a P/E/G ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 0.43. UnitedHealth Group has a 52 week low of $234.60 and a 52 week high of $630.73. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $288.91 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $396.85. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73.
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Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)
Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, and markets human pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix 75/25, Humulin, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, and Humulin U-500 for diabetes; Jardiance, Mounjaro, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes; and Zepbound for obesity.
NYSE:LLY traded up $17.08 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $701.51. 8,211,278 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,346,453. The firm has a market cap of $663.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.85, a P/E/G ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 0.44. Eli Lilly and Company has a 52 week low of $623.78 and a 52 week high of $972.53. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $764.55 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $794.63. The company has a quick ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.86.
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the healthcare field. It operates through the Innovative Medicine and MedTech segments. The Innovative Medicine segment focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension.
NYSE:JNJ traded up $2.04 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $176.76. 9,476,237 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,427,234. The firm has a market cap of $425.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.90, a P/E/G ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 0.41. Johnson & Johnson has a 52 week low of $140.68 and a 52 week high of $177.27. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $161.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $158.39. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50.
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