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NutriSystem is Among the Companies in the Healthcare Sector With the Lowest Relative Performance (NTRI, THOR, DCTH, MRK, ZMH)

Written on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 9:55am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Healthcare sector as measured by relative performance. Lowest relative performance is a comparison between a share and its peers made to determine under performance.
This analysis was based on yesterday's trading activity as SmarTrend searches for stocks that could be relative bargains compared to their peers.
NutriSystem (NASDAQ:NTRI) ranks first with a loss of 10.56%; Thoratec (NASDAQ:THOR) ranks second with a loss of 9.05%; and Delcath Systems (NASDAQ:DCTH) ranks third with a loss of 2.49%.
Merck (NYSE:MRK) follows with a loss of 2.42% and Zimmer (NYSE:ZMH) rounds out the top five with a loss of 2.3%.
SmarTrend is bullish on shares of THOR and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on January 19, 2010 at $28.76. The stock has risen 34.5% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: nutrisystem relative performance

Ticker(s): NTRI THOR DCTH MRK ZMH

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