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Questcor Pharmaceuticals is Among the Companies in the Healthcare Sector With the Best Relative Performance (QCOR, PSSI, VAR, ONXX, GENZ)

Written on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 9:44am
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.
Questcor Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:QCOR) ranks first with a gain of 9.89%; PSS World Medical (NASDAQ:PSSI) ranks second with a gain of 5.09%; and Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) ranks third with a gain of 3.83%.
Onyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ONXX) follows with a gain of 3.75% and Genzyme (NASDAQ:GENZ) rounds out the top five with a gain of 3.07%.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of PSSI and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on June 25, 2010 at $21.77. The stock has fallen 11.8% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: questcor pharmaceuticals relative performance

Ticker(s): QCOR PSSI VAR ONXX GENZ

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