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IMS Health, Inc. (RX)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company provides critical business intelligence, including information, analytics and consulting services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries worldwide.

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Total Members

195 Outperforms
26 Underperforms
 

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79 Outperforms
8 Underperforms
 

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6 Outperforms
2 Underperforms
 

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Ticker Tags

Services (185), Defensive (1457), Healthcare (711), Health Care Technology (28), Mid Cap (610), S&P 500 (499)
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IMS Health, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $21.87
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:03 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $21.80
Daily Range: $21.81 - $21.89
52-Week Range: $11.12 - $21.90
Volume: 4,620,566
Market Cap: $3.99B
P/E Ratio: 13.89
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IMS Health, Inc. (RX)

Avatar frankaj1 (86.34) Submitted: 12/05/09 12:14 PM

Stock screening analysis of the market, sectors, industries - looking for the top 3 companies ... this is one of the best in it's industry, with the best prospects for the next 12 months. Did it come out 1, 2, ... or 3? I'll let you guess.

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IMS Health, Inc. (RX)

Avatar AtticusFynch (62.93) Submitted: 9/06/06 12:15 AM

Here's how it works. IMS collects prescription data from pharmacies. It pulls doctor license numbers from the prescriptions, then puts together a dossier of what each doctor prescribes. It then sells the data to big pharma companies so they can target their marketing efforts to convert doctors fr...More

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Avatar Bill1Ragan (< 20) Submitted: 1/02/10 10:20 AM : Outperform Start Price: $21.13 RX Score: 8.09

Obamacare wil make this company outperform

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Avatar frankaj1 (86.34) Submitted: 12/05/09 12:14 PM : Outperform Start Price: $21.38 RX Score: 5.62

Stock screening analysis of the market, sectors, industries - looking for the top 3 companies ... this is one of the best in it's industry, with the best prospects for the next 12 months. Did it come out 1, 2, ... or 3? I'll let you guess.

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Avatar bdj911 (64.32) Submitted: 12/03/09 1:24 PM : Outperform Start Price: $21.41 RX Score: 5.86

Positioned well regardless of healthcare reform.

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Avatar Paramnesia1930 (79.97) Submitted: 11/03/09 8:47 AM : Underperform Start Price: $16.53 RX Score: -28.94

More than 9% above its 50-Day Moving Average.

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Avatar germanjuggler (< 20) Submitted: 10/19/09 11:43 PM : Outperform Start Price: $17.45 RX Score: 27.82

quick money but be careful.

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TrackRWBaird 87.00 07/24/09 Underperform NS $11.72+86.59%+10.83%-75.76
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TrackHAndW 80.22 03/31/08 Outperform NS $20.72+5.53%-14.84%+20.36 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackLehmanBros 85.06 01/07/08 Outperform NS $21.71+0.73%-20.81%+21.54
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TrackRichPzena 38.72 09/30/07 Outperform NS $30.15-27.45%-26.38%-1.08 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
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