PRHSX : T. ROWE PRICE HEALTH SCIENCES

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ZACKS RANK: 1 - STRONG BUY

Ticker: PRHSX
Manager: Kris H. Jenner
Manager Since: 01/00
NAV (05/21/2013): 50.37
Objective: Equity - Sector Health
Peer: HL MG
Net Assets ($mil): 5016.00
Inception: 12/29/1995
PRHSX : Description

The fund was incepted in December 1995 and is managed by T.Rowe Price Associates. This health fund's main objective is long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in common stocks of companies engaged in the research, development, production, or distribution of products or services related to health care, medicine, or the life sciences. The fund may invest in companies of any size, the majority of fund assets are invested in large and mid capitalization companies. Dividends and capital gains, if any, are declared annually in December.

PRHSX : Composition - 05/13
Stocks 98.86%
Foreign Stocks 12.16%
Cash 2.04%
Bonds 0.00%
Foreign Bonds 0.00%
Preferred 0.13%
Convertible 0.19%
Other -1.22%
Foreign Hedged 0.00%
Composition Horizontal Bar Chart
PRHSX : Style Analysis - 05/13
Large Growth 41.90%
Large Value 0.00%
Small Growth 0.00%
Small Value 0.00%
Foreign Stock 41.90%
Emerging Market 0.00%
Precious Metals 0.00%
Intermediate Bond 0.00%
High Yield Bond 30.58%
Foreign Bond 0.00%
Style Analysis Horizontal Bar Chart
PRHSX : Risk Analysis
Beta v. S&P 500 0.97
Beta v. EAFE -0.04
Beta v. Barclays Agg Bond -0.22
Alpha 3 Yr 10.56
Alpha 5 Yr 11.06
R-Sq 3 Yr 0.76
R-Sq 5 Yr 0.71
Std Dev 3 Yr 16.20
Std Dev 5 Yr 19.25
Sharpe 3 Yr 1.53
Sharpe 5 Yr 0.91
PRHSX : Fees
Expense Ratio 0.79
% Max Load NA
% Min Load NA
% Deferred Load NA
% Redemption NA
% Max 12 B1 Fee 0.00
% Max Mgt Fee 0.65
PRHSX : Purchase Choices:
Min Initial Investment 2500
Min Subsequent Investment 100
PRHSX : Returns Analysis - Annual

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  2003200420052006200720082009201020112012YTD
NAV ($) 19.9523.1125.0726.1328.3219.8026.1730.2832.6041.2250.37
Total Return (%) 37.4915.8413.539.5718.74-28.7732.1716.3211.0031.9318.80
Annual Dividend Yield (%) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.300.26
Relative Performance
Rel Performance-S&P500(%) 88.0049.6786.42-62.17132.5282.3757.5112.6289.07159.4160.59
Rel Performance-Obj.Ret.(%) 69.4670.6045.7058.4498.82-50.74102.9583.0132.58127.02-7.80
Ret.Quintile vs Obj(1 is best) 21221411113
Turnover, Yields, and Gains
Fund Assets Net($mil) 1,0271,3291,3421,7142,2951,7002,1572,4833,0735,0165,016
Annual Turnover (%) 45.0044.1055.7048.8044.8047.4033.4036.4023.3012.900.00
Annual Dividend Paid ($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.140.00
Annual Capital Gains Paid($) 0.000.001.161.342.680.340.000.160.961.670.00
PRHSX : Returns Analysis - Trailing Total Return
  1 Month 3 Month 6 Month YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 15 Year 20 Year
Total Return (through 05/13) 3.20% 10.29% 22.77% 18.80% 30.82% 23.46% 15.64% 15.16% 11.89% NA
Ret. Percentile vs. Obj. (1 is best) 62 68 36 58 19 14 17 9 2 NA
PRHSX : Stock Portfolio Snapshot - 05/13
Average Price/Earnings 26.91
Average Price/Book 4.86
Average EPS Growth 14.88
Average Market Value 19,453.00
PRHSX : Stock Sector Breakout - 05/13
Stock Sector Breakout
PRHSX : Top Holdings - 05/13
Name Weight Shares
ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC 6.17 3,298,000
CATAMARAN CORP 4.63 4,925,000
GILEAD SCIENCES INC 4.10 2,800,000
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS 2.92 2,450,000
MCKESSON CORP 1.70 877,400
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 2.18 639,900
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.16 2,000,000
INCYTE PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.75 5,290,000
PHARMACYCLICS INC 2.48 2,150,000