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Top 5 Companies in the Health Care Supplies Industry With the Lowest Beta (UTMD, HAE, TSON, ICUI, VASC)

Written on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 6:06am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Health Care Supplies industry as measured by beta. Lower-beta stocks mean minimal volatility and are therefore generally considered to be a less risk and offer more stable returns.
Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ:UTMD) ranks first with a beta of 0.6; Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE) ranks second with a beta of 0.6; and TranS1 (NASDAQ:TSON) ranks third with a beta of 0.7.
ICU Medical (NASDAQ:ICUI) follows with a beta of 0.7 and Vascular Solutions (NASDAQ:VASC) rounds out the top five with a beta of 0.8.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of TSON and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on March 26, 2010 at $3.34. The stock has fallen 29.6% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:utmd utah medical products lowest beta

Ticker(s): UTMD HAE TSON ICUI VASC

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