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.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) ranks first with a gain of 2.88%; Sunrise Senior Living (SRZ) ranks second with a gain of 2.71%; and MAKO Surgical (MAKO) ranks third with a gain of 2.63%.
Celgene (CELG) follows with a gain of 2.17% and Covidien (COV) rounds out the top five with a gain of 2.17%.
SmarTrend currently has shares of Sunrise Senior Living in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on August 05, 2010 at $3.23. The stock has risen 227.7% since the Uptrend alert was issued.