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Illumina has the Best Relative Performance in the Healthcare Sector (ILMN, VPHM, BVF, LNCR, LIFE)

Written on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 9:46am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Healthcare sector as measured by relative performance. Highest relative performance is a comparison between a share and its peers made to determine over performance.
This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as SmarTrend searches for stocks that have the potential to outperform their peers.
Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) ranks first with a gain of 6.62%; Viropharma (NASDAQ:VPHM) ranks second with a gain of 3.07%; and Biovail (NYSE:BVF) ranks third with a gain of 1.42%.
Lincare Holdings (NASDAQ:LNCR) follows with a gain of 0.54% and Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE) rounds out the top five with a gain of 0.39%.
SmarTrend is bullish on shares of BVF and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on June 21, 2010 at $16.07. The stock has risen 37.5% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: illumina relative performance

Ticker(s): ILMN VPHM BVF LNCR LIFE

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