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If you're interested in investing in the health product industry, take a closer look at what companies in this industry do and how the stocks have historically performed. Keep in mind that positive past performance doesn't guarantee that a stock will continue to rise in the future.
1. Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Abbott Laboratories, together with its subsidiaries, discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells health care products worldwide. It operates in four segments: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products, and Medical Devices. The company provides generic pharmaceuticals for the treatment of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, irritable bowel syndrome or biliary spasm, intrahepatic cholestasis or depressive symptoms, gynecological disorder, hormone replacement therapy, dyslipidemia, hypertension, hypothyroidism, Ménière's disease and vestibular vertigo, pain, fever, inflammation, and migraine, as well as provides anti-infective clarithromycin, influenza vaccine, and products to regulate physiological rhythm of the colon.
Abbott Laboratories stock opened the day at $112.64 after a previous close of $112.42. The latest price was $114.23 (25-minute delay). Abbott Laboratories is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD41.2 billion and employs 114,000 staff.
Abiomed, Inc. engages in the research, development, and sale of medical devices to assist or replace the pumping function of the failing heart. It also provides a continuum of care to heart failure patients.
ABIOMED stock opened the day at $0.00 after a previous close of $0.00. The latest price was $0.00 (25-minute delay). ABIOMED is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.1 billion and employs 2,003 staff.
Align Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets Invisalign clear aligners, and iTero intraoral scanners and services for orthodontists and general practitioner dentists in the United States, Switzerland, and internationally. The company's Clear Aligner segment offers comprehensive products, including Invisalign comprehensive package that addresses the orthodontic needs of younger patients, such as mandibular advancement, compliance indicators, and compensation for tooth eruption; and Invisalign First Phase I and Invisalign First Comprehensive Phase 2 package for younger patients generally between the ages of six and ten years, which is a mixture of primary/baby and permanent teeth.
Align Technology stock opened the day at $211.64 after a previous close of $213.58. The latest price was $211.06 (25-minute delay). Align Technology is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$4 billion and employs 21,690 staff.
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation provides products and technologies for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring in the United States, Europe, Japan, and internationally. It offers transcatheter heart valve replacement products for the minimally invasive replacement of aortic heart valves under the Edwards SAPIEN family of valves system; and transcatheter heart valve repair and replacement products to treat mitral and tricuspid valve diseases under the PASCAL PRECISION and Cardioband names. The company also provides surgical structural heart solutions, such as aortic surgical valve under the INSPIRIS name; INSPIRIS RESILLA aortic valve, which offers RESILIA tissue and VFit technology; KONECT RESILIA, a pre-assembled tissue valves conduit for complex combined procedures; and MITRIS RESILIA valve.
Edwards Lifesciences stock opened the day at $73.30 after a previous close of $73.93. The latest price was $74.81 (25-minute delay). Edwards Lifesciences is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$6.3 billion and employs 19,800 staff.
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for use in various interventional medical specialties worldwide. It operates through two segments, MedSurg and Cardiovascular. The company offers devices to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal and pulmonary conditions, such as resolution clips, biliary stent systems, stents and electrocautery enhanced delivery systems, direct visualization systems, digital catheters, and single-use duodenoscopes; devices to treat urological conditions, including ureteral stents, catheters, baskets, guidewires, sheaths, balloons, single-use digital flexible ureteroscopes, holmium laser systems, artificial urinary sphincter, laser system, fiber, and hydrogel systems; and devices to treat neurological movement disorders and manage chronic pain, such as spinal cord stimulator system, proprietary programming software, radiofrequency generator, indirect decompression systems, practice optimization tools, and deep brain stimulation system.
Boston Scientific stock opened the day at $88.00 after a previous close of $88.66. The latest price was $88.95 (25-minute delay). Boston Scientific is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$15.9 billion and employs 48,000 staff.
Medtronic plc develops, manufactures, and sells device-based medical therapies to healthcare systems, physicians, clinicians, and patients worldwide. The Cardiovascular Portfolio segment offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices; cardiac ablation products; insertable cardiac monitor systems; TYRX products; and remote monitoring and patient-centered software. It also provides aortic valves, surgical valve replacement and repair products, endovascular stent grafts and accessories, and transcatheter pulmonary valves; and percutaneous coronary intervention products, percutaneous angioplasty balloons, and other products.
Medtronic stock opened the day at $79.87 after a previous close of $79.99. The latest price was $81.03 (25-minute delay). Medtronic is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$32.6 billion and employs 95,000 staff.
Penumbra, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices in the United States and internationally. The company offers peripheral products, including the Indigo System for power aspiration of thrombus in the body; Lightning Flash, a mechanical thrombectomy system; Lightning Bolt 7, an arterial thrombectomy system; and CAT RX.
Penumbra stock opened the day at $242.00 after a previous close of $243.52. The latest price was $242.54 (25-minute delay). Penumbra is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.2 billion and employs 4,200 staff.
Inogen, Inc. , a medical technology company, develops, manufactures, and markets portable oxygen concentrators to patients, physicians and other clinicians, and third-party payors in the United States and internationally. Its oxygen concentrators are used to deliver supplemental long-term oxygen therapy to patients suffering from chronic respiratory conditions.
Inogen stock opened the day at $8.18 after a previous close of $8.31. The latest price was $8.48 (25-minute delay). Inogen is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$331.5 million and employs 834 staff.
SmileDirectClub, Inc. , an oral care company, offers clear aligner therapy treatment. The company manages the end-to-end process, which include marketing, aligner manufacturing, fulfillment, treatment by a customer's dentist or orthodontist, and facilitating remote clinical monitoring through a network of orthodontists and general dentists through its proprietary teledentistry platform, SmileCheck in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland, Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore, France, Spain, and Austria.
SmileDirectClub stock opened the day at $0.00 after a previous close of $0.00. The latest price was $0.00 (25-minute delay). SmileDirectClub is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$414.9 million and employs 2,700 staff.
While it’s possible to turn a profit investing in medical device stocks, keep in mind that — like any investment — medical device stocks are not immune to risk. These stocks are subject to fluctuating conditions — both in the market and in the health product industry, so carefully vet your picks before you invest. And if you’re new to investing, or if it’s been awhile since you’ve taken a critical look at your investing accounts, compare brokers to make sure you’re getting the best features in your trading account.
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