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12Stocks.com Healthcare Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
April 29, 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 64 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Healthcare sector in short term neutral to bullish trend.

The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 12 and hence an improvement of trend.

 Year To Date Performance: 1.14 %
 Weekly Performance: 0.4 %
 Daily Performance: 0.63 %
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Healthcare Sector Trend
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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%
ANABAnaptysBio  Biotechnology21.33480.5661.10%
LXRXLexicon  Biotechnology0.69200.55-6.84%
AVTEAerovate  Biotechnology2.68830.541.13%
GLSIGreenwich LifeSciences Biotechnology10.04200.54-10.60%
XERSXeris  Biotechnology4.41800.5330.09%
CNCCentene  Insurance59.47170.51-1.83%
VKTXViking  Biotechnology25.94170.47-35.54%
KNSAKiniksa  Biotechnology21.47900.438.54%
BDXBecton Dickinson Instruments204.63570.43-9.39%
OVIDOvid  Biotechnology0.35340.42-62.51%
IRTCiRhythm Technologies Instruments106.64570.4218.27%
CHEChemed  Home Care565.86400.376.90%
ORICORIC  Biotechnology5.09170.31-36.93%
ITOSiTeos  Biotechnology7.07200.29-7.94%
NTRANatera  Laboratories152.99400.29-3.35%
NBIXNeurocrine Biosciences Biotechnology106.46590.27-22.01%
MRKMerck  Pharmaceutical83.19640.20-15.65%
CGEMCullinan Oncology Biotechnology7.75100.17-36.33%
VERAVera  Biotechnology23.41240.15-44.64%
AMEDAmedisys  Home Care94.69360.094.30%
VRTXVertex  Biotechnology496.49800.0823.29%
ALKSAlkermes  Biotechnology27.91740.02-2.96%
ERASErasca  Biotechnology1.40100.00-44.22%
GALTGalectin  Biotechnology1.32360.002.33%
BOLDAudentes  Biotechnology1.45200.00-50.00%
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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 up by 1.14% and is currently outperforming the overall market by 7.29% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends:

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

XLV Daily Chart
Short Term Trend: Very Good
Overall Trend Score: 64
YTD Performance: 1.14%
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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
X4 [627%] 908 Devices[142%] agilon health[102%]
Radius Health[96%] 2seventy bio[70%] Soleno [64%]
AnaptysBio [61%] Trevi [60%] Alignment [57%]
Guardant Health[57%] KalVista [53%] Heron [52%]
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
Agenus [16.3%] UroGen Pharma[14.1%] ADMA Biologics[12.1%]
CVRx [11.7%] ADC [9.8%] Biohaven [9.6%]
Ironwood [9.2%] AirSculpt Technologies[7.7%] Revolution Medicines[7%]
Fennec [6.8%] 89bio [6.6%] EyePoint [6.4%]
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
Pliant [-89%] Harvard Bioscience[-82%] IGM Biosciences[-79%]
Ironwood [-78%] Acrivon [-74%] Mersana [-73%]
Zynex [-72%] Humacyte [-71%] ALX Oncology[-68%]
Tenaya [-66%] Inozyme Pharma[-65%] Annexon [-63%]
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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
Trevi [100] Exelixis [100] Quest Diagnostics[100]
Edwards Lifesciences[100] TG [90] Encompass Health[90]
Adaptive Biotechnologies[90] Organogenesis [90] GeneDx [90]
Avita [90] Rhythm [90] Guardant Health[90]
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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.

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

12Stocks.com List of ETFs that track Healthcare Index

TickerETF NameWatchlistRecent PriceSmart Investing & Trading ScoreChange %Week %Year-to-date %
XLVHealth Care  138.60640.630.41.14%
IBBBiotechnology  124.626416.191.14-5.66%
BBHBiotech  150.186413.230.93-4.33%
IHFHealthcare Providers  49.67251.480.183.72%
BIBBiotechnology  45.87642.262.82-9.23%
BISShort Biotech 18.5736-1.90-2.572.88%
CUREHealthcare Bull 3X 88.236433.211.16-4.1%
RXLHealth Care  43.665925.590.94-0.48%
RXDShort Health Care 11.5886-1.14-0.92-2.07%
 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 AnaptysBio, Inc.ANAB AnaptysBio, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 405.985 Millions
Recent Price: 21.33    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 48
Day Percent Change: 0.56%    
Day Change: 0.21
Week Change: 3.04%    
Year-to-date Change: 61.1%
ANAB Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add ANAB to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete ANAB Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.LXRX Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 251.185 Millions
Recent Price: 0.69    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0.55%    
Day Change: 0.01
Week Change: -2.88%    
Year-to-date Change: -6.8%
LXRX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add LXRX to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete LXRX Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc.AVTE Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 478 Millions
Recent Price: 2.68    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 83
Day Percent Change: 0.54%    
Day Change: 0.01
Week Change: 0%    
Year-to-date Change: 1.1%
AVTE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add AVTE to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete AVTE Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc.GLSI Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 86487 Millions
Recent Price: 10.04    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0.54%    
Day Change: 0.08
Week Change: 0.6%    
Year-to-date Change: -10.6%
GLSI Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add GLSI to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete GLSI Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.XERS Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 74.5785 Millions
Recent Price: 4.41    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 0.53%    
Day Change: 0.01
Week Change: 2.32%    
Year-to-date Change: 30.1%
XERS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add XERS to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete XERS Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Centene CorporationCNC Centene Corporation
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Health Care Plans
MarketCap: 29075 Millions
Recent Price: 59.47    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 17
Day Percent Change: 0.51%    
Day Change: 0.40
Week Change: 3.09%    
Year-to-date Change: -1.8%
CNC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add CNC to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete CNC Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Viking Therapeutics, Inc.VKTX Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 388.585 Millions
Recent Price: 25.94    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 17
Day Percent Change: 0.47%    
Day Change: 0.30
Week Change: 3.8%    
Year-to-date Change: -35.5%
VKTX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add VKTX to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete VKTX Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.KNSA Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 780.285 Millions
Recent Price: 21.47    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 0.43%    
Day Change: 0.08
Week Change: 0.49%    
Year-to-date Change: 8.5%
KNSA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add KNSA to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete KNSA Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Becton, Dickinson and CompanyBDX Becton, Dickinson and Company
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Medical Instruments & Supplies
MarketCap: 62758.4 Millions
Recent Price: 204.63    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 57
Day Percent Change: 0.43%    
Day Change: 1.01
Week Change: -0.22%    
Year-to-date Change: -9.4%
BDX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add BDX to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete BDX Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Ovid Therapeutics Inc.OVID Ovid Therapeutics Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 130.385 Millions
Recent Price: 0.35    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 34
Day Percent Change: 0.42%    
Day Change: 0.01
Week Change: 0.89%    
Year-to-date Change: -62.5%
OVID Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add OVID to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete OVID Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of iRhythm Technologies, Inc.IRTC iRhythm Technologies, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Medical Instruments & Supplies
MarketCap: 2167.9 Millions
Recent Price: 106.64    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 57
Day Percent Change: 0.42%    
Day Change: 0.30
Week Change: 0.61%    
Year-to-date Change: 18.3%
IRTC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add IRTC to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete IRTC Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Chemed CorporationCHE Chemed Corporation
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Home Health Care
MarketCap: 6148.95 Millions
Recent Price: 565.86    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: 0.37%    
Day Change: 2.09
Week Change: 1.82%    
Year-to-date Change: 6.9%
CHE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add CHE to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete CHE Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc.ORIC ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 12787 Millions
Recent Price: 5.09    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 17
Day Percent Change: 0.31%    
Day Change: 0.03
Week Change: -0.2%    
Year-to-date Change: -36.9%
ORIC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add ORIC to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete ORIC Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.ITOS iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 10487 Millions
Recent Price: 7.07    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0.29%    
Day Change: 0.05
Week Change: -3.81%    
Year-to-date Change: -7.9%
ITOS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add ITOS to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete ITOS Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Natera, Inc.NTRA Natera, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Medical Laboratories & Research
MarketCap: 2152.1 Millions
Recent Price: 152.99    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 40
Day Percent Change: 0.29%    
Day Change: 0.36
Week Change: -0.52%    
Year-to-date Change: -3.4%
NTRA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add NTRA to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete NTRA Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 7897.85 Millions
Recent Price: 106.46    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 59
Day Percent Change: 0.27%    
Day Change: 0.41
Week Change: -0.25%    
Year-to-date Change: -22.0%
NBIX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add NBIX to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete NBIX Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Merck & Co., Inc.MRK Merck & Co., Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Drug Manufacturers - Major
MarketCap: 192657 Millions
Recent Price: 83.19    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 64
Day Percent Change: 0.20%    
Day Change: 0.23
Week Change: 0.54%    
Year-to-date Change: -15.7%
MRK Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Cullinan Oncology, Inc.CGEM Cullinan Oncology, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 433 Millions
Recent Price: 7.75    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: 0.17%    
Day Change: 0.03
Week Change: -4.73%    
Year-to-date Change: -36.3%
CGEM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add CGEM to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete CGEM Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Vera Therapeutics, Inc.VERA Vera Therapeutics, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 746 Millions
Recent Price: 23.41    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 24
Day Percent Change: 0.15%    
Day Change: 0.06
Week Change: 0.82%    
Year-to-date Change: -44.6%
VERA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Amedisys, Inc.AMED Amedisys, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Home Health Care
MarketCap: 6058.95 Millions
Recent Price: 94.69    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 36
Day Percent Change: 0.09%    
Day Change: 0.09
Week Change: 0.2%    
Year-to-date Change: 4.3%
AMED Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add AMED to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete AMED Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedVRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 57669.6 Millions
Recent Price: 496.49    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 80
Day Percent Change: 0.08%    
Day Change: 0.37
Week Change: 0.54%    
Year-to-date Change: 23.3%
VRTX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add VRTX to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete VRTX Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Alkermes plcALKS Alkermes plc
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 2311.95 Millions
Recent Price: 27.91    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 74
Day Percent Change: 0.02%    
Day Change: 0.00
Week Change: 0.25%    
Year-to-date Change: -3.0%
ALKS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add ALKS to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete ALKS Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Erasca, Inc.ERAS Erasca, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 419 Millions
Recent Price: 1.40    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: 0.00%    
Day Change: 0.00
Week Change: 0.72%    
Year-to-date Change: -44.2%
ERAS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add ERAS to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete ERAS Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Galectin Therapeutics, Inc.GALT Galectin Therapeutics, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 114.185 Millions
Recent Price: 1.32    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 36
Day Percent Change: 0.00%    
Day Change: 0.00
Week Change: 0%    
Year-to-date Change: 2.3%
GALT Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Audentes Therapeutics, Inc.BOLD Audentes Therapeutics, Inc.
Sector: Health Care
SubSector: Biotechnology
MarketCap: 336.2 Millions
Recent Price: 1.45    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 0.00%    
Day Change: 0.00
Week Change: -1.36%    
Year-to-date Change: -50.0%
BOLD Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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