UnitedHealth Falls Despite Q1 Beat, Healthcare ETFs in Focus

by Sweta Killa Published on April 17,2019

UnitedHealth Group reported robust first-quarter 2019 results. The company breezed past the Zacks Consensus Estimate on both earnings and revenues and raised its full-year forecast.

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JNJ Beats, Ups Sales Growth View: Healthcare ETFs in Focus

by Sweta Killa Published on April 17,2019

Johnson & Johnson continued its long streak of earnings beat and also outpaced revenue estimates. Though it raised the guidance for full-year sales growth, it tightened the earnings per share forecast.

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Health Day Checkup of Medical ETFs: 5 Top Picks

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on April 05,2019

M&A activity, approval of novel drugs and earnings growth in Q1 put healthcare ETFs in a decent spot.

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Healthcare ETFs in Focus Ahead of Q4 Earnings

by Sweta Killa Published on January 24,2019

With lower negative earnings revisions, the healthcare sector is expected to witness earnings growth of 7.7% in the fourth quarter, suggesting continued outperformance for healthcare ETFs.

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JNJ Beats, Offers Bleak Outlook: Health Care ETFs in Focus

by Sweta Killa Published on January 23,2019

Johnson & Johnson expects its sales growth to slow down this year due to pricing pressures and generic-drug competition for its pharmaceutical division. This has put healthcare ETFs in focus.

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UnitedHealth Pops on Solid Q4: Healthcare ETFs to Buy

by Sweta Killa Published on January 16,2019

ETFs having the largest allocation to UnitedHealth has been in focus post its solid result.

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10 Top-Ranked ETFs That Crushed the Market in 2018

by Sweta Killa Published on January 02,2019

While there have been losers in most corner of the space, several ETFs still managed to end the year in green and are likely to continue outperforming in 2019 too.

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Healthcare ETFs to Buy Ahead of Q3 Earnings

by Sweta Killa Published on October 24,2018

The positive estimate revisions suggest continued outperformance for the healthcare ETFs.

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3 Globally Winning ETF Areas of Q3

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on October 09,2018

Inside the winning ETF areas of the third quarter.

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Best ETFs & Stocks From the Top Sector of Q3

by Sweta Killa Published on October 01,2018

Healthcare was the best-performing sector of the third quarter, jumping 14.1% - its highest quarterly gain since the first quarter of 2013.

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