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12Stocks.com Healthcare Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
August 11, 2025 - Although long term trends for Healthcare sector are not good, the short and mid term trends are improving.

The overall Smart Investing & Trading Score is 46 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Healthcare sector in short term neutral trend.

The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 68 and hence a deterioration of trend.

 Year To Date Performance: -5.02 %
 Weekly Performance: -0.74 %
 Daily Performance: 0.63 %
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Here are the Smart Investing & Trading Scores of the most requested Healthcare stocks at 12Stocks.com (click stock name for detailed review):

12Stocks.com: Investing in Healthcare sector with Stocks
The following table helps investors and traders sort through current performance and trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score) of various stocks in the Healthcare sector.

Quick View: Move mouse or cursor over stock symbol (ticker) to view short-term Technical chart and over stock name to view long term chart. Click on to add stock symbol to your watchlist and to view watchlist. Click on any ticker or stock name for detailed market intelligence report for that stock.

12Stocks.com Performance of Stocks in Healthcare Sector

TickerStock NameWatchlistCategoryRecent PriceSmart Investing & Trading ScoreChange %YTD Change%
NKTRNektar  Biotechnology23.064612.50%NA
ADPTAdaptive Biotechnologies Biotechnology12.205310.45%103.50%
SANASana Biotechnology Biotechnology3.00466.18%84.05%
GHGuardant Health Laboratories54.23544.35%77.51%
IRTCiRhythm Technologies Instruments158.50660.42%75.78%
EDITEditas Medicine Biotechnology2.21542.11%74.02%
BBIOBridgeBio Pharma Biotechnology46.5863-21.54%69.75%
INSMInsmed  Biotechnology109.5568-0.42%58.68%
PROKProKidney  Biotechnology2.59730.63%53.25%
CORTCorcept  Biotechnology72.30301.73%43.48%
AXONAxovant Sciences Biotechnology842.5068-0.71%41.76%
LGNDLigand  Biotechnology150.065154.66%40.05%
ELANElanco Animal Pharmaceutical16.6746-0.38%37.65%
ACADACADIA  Biotechnology24.6063-40.34%34.06%
PCRXPacira BioSciences Pharmaceutical25.1837-62.83%33.65%
HALOHalozyme  Biotechnology62.906644.82%31.56%
THCTenet  Hospitals165.5810124.80%31.17%
MEDPMedpace  Laboratories434.35611.11%30.74%
PRMEPrime Medicine Biotechnology3.79625.11%29.62%
ALHCAlignment  Healthcare Plans14.51306.43%28.98%
VTYXVentyx Biosciences Biotechnology2.815420.86%28.31%
EHCEncompass Health Hospitals117.583228.21%27.77%
AUPHAurinia  Biotechnology11.3773-30.38%26.61%
DOCSDoximity  Health Information 66.5836-0.60%24.71%
AXSMAxsome  Biotechnology104.80201.21%23.86%
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Healthcare Sector: Technical Analysis, Trends & YTD Performance
Healthcare sector is composed of stocks from pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics labs, insurance providers and healthcare services.

Healthcare sector, as represented by XLV, an exchange-traded fund [ETF] that holds basket of Healthcare stocks (e.g, Merck, Amgen) is down by -5.02% and is currently underperforming the overall market by -13.41% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends:

XLV Weekly Chart
Long Term Trend: Not Good
Medium Term Trend: Good

XLV Daily Chart
Short Term Trend: Good
Overall Trend Score: 46
YTD Performance: -5.02%
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12Stocks.com: Top Performing Healthcare Sector Stocks
Hot Healthcare Stocks of 2025 We try to spot trends by analyzing the performances of various stocks or components within Healthcare sector and try to find best performing stocks. The movers and shakers. The winners and losers.

The top performing Healthcare sector stocks year to date are
Nektar [2380%] Adaptive Biotechnologies[104%] Sana Biotechnology[84%]
Guardant Health[78%] iRhythm Technologies[76%] Editas Medicine[74%]
BridgeBio Pharma[70%] Insmed [59%] ProKidney [53%]
Corcept [43%] Axovant Sciences[42%] Ligand [40%]
View complete list of Healthcare stocks by year-to-date performance

Now, more recently, over last week, the top performing Healthcare sector stocks on the move are
STAAR Surgical[53.5%] Alector [48.3%] Esperion [33.6%]
Guardant Health[30.9%] Embecta [23.3%] Elanco Animal[20.9%]
National Research[20%] Kodiak Sciences[18.8%] LivaNova [18.8%]
Adaptive Biotechnologies[18.1%] Ironwood [16.3%] Doximity [16.1%]
View complete list of Healthcare stocks by weekly performance

Unfortunately not all Healthcare stocks have done well this year. Investors of these stocks hope they have seen the worst and hope that these stocks are set to bounce back. The bearish stocks in this index year to date (YTD) are
Sarepta [-85%] Ironwood [-80%] IGM Biosciences[-79%]
Iovance Bio[-71%] Tandem Diabetes[-69%] Xencor [-69%]
Arvinas [-67%] NeoGenomics [-65%] NovoCure [-63%]
Biohaven [-61%] Neogen [-58%] agilon health[-54%]
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Investors can get enhanced performance by riding the current stock trends. Using complex algorithms, 12Stocks.com has come up with Smart Investing & Trading Scores (on 0-bearish to 100-bullish scale) to identify best trending stocks. Top trending Healthcare stocks are
Esperion [74] Ensign [73] Cytek Biosciences[73]
Apellis [73] Amicus [73] ProKidney [73]
STAAR Surgical[73] Aurinia [73] Iovance Bio[71]
Warby Parker[68] Envista [68] AdaptHealth [68]
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12Stocks.com: Investing in Healthcare Sector using Exchange Traded Funds
The following table shows list of key exchange traded funds (ETF) that help investors track Healthcare Index. For detailed view, check out our ETF Funds section of our website.

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12Stocks.com List of ETFs that track Healthcare Index

TickerETF NameWatchlistRecent PriceSmart Investing & Trading ScoreChange %Week %Year-to-date %
XLVHealth Care  130.16460.63-0.74-5.02%
IBBBiotechnology  132.046616.19-0.75-0.04%
BBHBiotech  159.346913.23-1.991.51%
IHFHealthcare Providers  42.62201.484.44-11.01%
BIBBiotechnology  50.80812.26-0.430.52%
BISShort Biotech 15.7318-1.90.19-12.85%
CUREHealthcare Bull 3X 69.313333.21-2.7-24.66%
RXLHealth Care  37.463525.59-1.68-14.61%
RXDShort Health Care 13.0241-1.141.5110.11%
 Smart Investing & Trading Score (0-Bearish to 100-Bullish)
12Stocks.com: Charts, Trends, Fundamental Data and Performances of Healthcare Stocks
We now take in-depth look at all Healthcare stocks including charts, multi-period performances and overall trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score).

One can sort Healthcare stocks (click link to choose) by Daily, Weekly and by Year-to-Date performances. Also, one can sort by size of the company or by market capitalization.
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Stock Chart of Nektar TherapeuticsNKTR Nektar Therapeutics
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 2953.45 Millions
Recent Price: 23.06    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 46
Day Percent Change: 12.5%    
Day Change: 0.15
Week Change: 0.44%    
Year-to-date Change: 2,379.6%
NKTR Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add NKTR to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete NKTR Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Adaptive Biotechnologies CorporationADPT Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 3525.75 Millions
Recent Price: 12.20    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 53
Day Percent Change: 10.45%    
Day Change: 0.46
Week Change: 18.1%    
Year-to-date Change: 103.5%
ADPT Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Sana Biotechnology, Inc.SANA Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 1210 Millions
Recent Price: 3.00    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 46
Day Percent Change: 6.18%    
Day Change: 0.34
Week Change: -23.27%    
Year-to-date Change: 84.1%
SANA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Guardant Health, Inc.GH Guardant Health, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Medical Laboratories & Research
MarketCap: 5678.7 Millions
Recent Price: 54.23    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 54
Day Percent Change: 4.35%    
Day Change: 1.21
Week Change: 30.93%    
Year-to-date Change: 77.5%
GH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of iRhythm Technologies, Inc.IRTC iRhythm Technologies, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Medical Instruments & Supplies
MarketCap: 2167.9 Millions
Recent Price: 158.50    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 66
Day Percent Change: 0.42%    
Day Change: 0.3
Week Change: -3.92%    
Year-to-date Change: 75.8%
IRTC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Editas Medicine, Inc.EDIT Editas Medicine, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 1194.95 Millions
Recent Price: 2.21    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 54
Day Percent Change: 2.11%    
Day Change: 0.08
Week Change: -9.43%    
Year-to-date Change: 74.0%
EDIT Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.BBIO BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 3879.35 Millions
Recent Price: 46.58    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 63
Day Percent Change: -21.54%    
Day Change: -6.95
Week Change: -1.67%    
Year-to-date Change: 69.8%
BBIO Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Insmed IncorporatedINSM Insmed Incorporated
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 1452.45 Millions
Recent Price: 109.55    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 68
Day Percent Change: -0.42%    
Day Change: -0.33
Week Change: 0.79%    
Year-to-date Change: 58.7%
INSM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of ProKidney Corp.PROK ProKidney Corp.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 2470 Millions
Recent Price: 2.59    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 73
Day Percent Change: 0.63%    
Day Change: 0.02
Week Change: -8.16%    
Year-to-date Change: 53.3%
PROK Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Corcept Therapeutics IncorporatedCORT Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 1228.45 Millions
Recent Price: 72.30    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: 1.73%    
Day Change: 0.59
Week Change: 4.78%    
Year-to-date Change: 43.5%
CORT Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Axovant Sciences Ltd.AXON Axovant Sciences Ltd.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 1492.04 Millions
Recent Price: 842.50    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 68
Day Percent Change: -0.71%    
Day Change: -2.66
Week Change: 13.47%    
Year-to-date Change: 41.8%
AXON Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Ligand Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedLGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 1344.45 Millions
Recent Price: 150.06    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 51
Day Percent Change: 54.66%    
Day Change: 36.69
Week Change: 13.07%    
Year-to-date Change: 40.1%
LGND Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Elanco Animal Health IncorporatedELAN Elanco Animal Health Incorporated
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Drugs - Generic
MarketCap: 7752.15 Millions
Recent Price: 16.67    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 46
Day Percent Change: -0.38%    
Day Change: -0.05
Week Change: 20.88%    
Year-to-date Change: 37.7%
ELAN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.ACAD ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 5400.35 Millions
Recent Price: 24.60    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 63
Day Percent Change: -40.34%    
Day Change: -10.78
Week Change: 4.55%    
Year-to-date Change: 34.1%
ACAD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Pacira BioSciences, Inc.PCRX Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Drugs - Generic
MarketCap: 1403.95 Millions
Recent Price: 25.18    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 37
Day Percent Change: -62.83%    
Day Change: -23.99
Week Change: 14.09%    
Year-to-date Change: 33.7%
PCRX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.HALO Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 2383.75 Millions
Recent Price: 62.90    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 66
Day Percent Change: 44.82%    
Day Change: 19.41
Week Change: 6.57%    
Year-to-date Change: 31.6%
HALO Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Tenet Healthcare CorporationTHC Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Hospitals
MarketCap: 1544.46 Millions
Recent Price: 165.58    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: 124.8%    
Day Change: 91.34
Week Change: 4.74%    
Year-to-date Change: 31.2%
THC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Medpace Holdings, Inc.MEDP Medpace Holdings, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Medical Laboratories & Research
MarketCap: 2888.7 Millions
Recent Price: 434.35    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 61
Day Percent Change: 1.11%    
Day Change: 4.29
Week Change: 2.66%    
Year-to-date Change: 30.7%
MEDP Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Prime Medicine, Inc.PRME Prime Medicine, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 1440 Millions
Recent Price: 3.79    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 62
Day Percent Change: 5.11%    
Day Change: 0.21
Week Change: -6.31%    
Year-to-date Change: 29.6%
PRME Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Alignment Healthcare, Inc.ALHC Alignment Healthcare, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Healthcare Plans
MarketCap: 1100 Millions
Recent Price: 14.51    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 30
Day Percent Change: 6.43%    
Day Change: 0.56
Week Change: 11.87%    
Year-to-date Change: 29.0%
ALHC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.VTYX Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 1950 Millions
Recent Price: 2.81    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 54
Day Percent Change: 20.86%    
Day Change: 0.39
Week Change: 6.84%    
Year-to-date Change: 28.3%
VTYX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Encompass Health CorporationEHC Encompass Health Corporation
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Hospitals
MarketCap: 5384.06 Millions
Recent Price: 117.58    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 32
Day Percent Change: 28.21%    
Day Change: 20.13
Week Change: 8.34%    
Year-to-date Change: 27.8%
EHC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.AUPH Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 1319.75 Millions
Recent Price: 11.37    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 73
Day Percent Change: -30.38%    
Day Change: -2.95
Week Change: 8.39%    
Year-to-date Change: 26.6%
AUPH Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Doximity, Inc.DOCS Doximity, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Health Information Services
MarketCap: 6540 Millions
Recent Price: 66.58    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 36
Day Percent Change: -0.6%    
Day Change: -0.22
Week Change: 16.13%    
Year-to-date Change: 24.7%
DOCS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.AXSM Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 2284.25 Millions
Recent Price: 104.80    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 1.21%    
Day Change: 1.05
Week Change: 1.73%    
Year-to-date Change: 23.9%
AXSM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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