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BioTelemetry Forms Partnership with Bloomlife, Stock Down

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BioTelemetry Inc (BEAT - Free Report) announced a strategic partnership with Bloom Technologies, also known as Bloomlife, a digital health company focused on improving the health of mothers and babies.

Under the terms of the deal, Bloomlife will make use of BioTelemetry’s proprietary ‘Telemetry Technology’ for a prenatal health sensor. In return, Bloomlife will pay a significant portion of its revenues to BioTelemetry’s for having the license of its exclusive technology. Notably, all the other terms of the deal have been kept under wraps.

Coming to share price movement, BioTelemetry declined almost 1.6% to close at $20.58 following the news.

Nevertheless, the current market sentiments are quite impressive, as BioTelemetry represents a solid one-year return of 44.6%, higher than the S&P 500’s return of 17.1% over the same time frame. We believe the recent development would further enhance the current trends for BioTelemetry.

Benefiting from this agreement, BioTelemetry is expected expand its networks by foraying into the unidentified prenatal healthcare markets. Moreover, this deal would significantly enhance the company’s healthcare revenues in the coming quarters.

Meanwhile we note that in the just-reported second-quarter, BioTelemetry reported a $5.9 million rise in health care revenues on a year-over-year basis.

Our Take

Taking into consideration the growing awareness in the prenatal healthcare markets, we believe the latest deal will help BioTelemetry tap into opportunities going ahead.

Notably, an analysis by Transparency Market Research reveals that the ‘prenatal diagnostics market’ is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 4.3% to $5.9 billion by 2018.

Buoyed by this trend, we presume BioTelemetry, with its new partner Bloomlife, will significantly gain traction in the prenatal care and related ancillary markets and fortify its position by expanding networks.

Zacks Rank & Other Key Picks

Currently, BioTelemetry has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

Other favorably ranked stocks in the broader medical sector include CryoLife Inc. , Masimo Corporation (MASI - Free Report) and NuVasive Inc. . Notably, all the three stocks sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

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