A doubling of Gilead Sciences ‘ sales has given investors plenty of reason to cheer on the biotech Goliath over the past year. However, with Gilead Sciences’ sales growth set to slow this year, investors may find that these three top biotech stocks prove to be a better bet in 2015.Source: Biogen Idec: Gilead Sciences’ slowing sales growth this year […]
When it comes to figuring out the best stocks to buy in any given month or year, crystal balls can be hazy, but our top Motley Fool contributors have scoured SEC filings, read industry trade journals, and crunched numbers to uncover three biotech stocks that they think could be among the top stocks to buy in February.Source: BioMarin.: The road […]
Although biotech stocks as a whole handily outpaced the S&P 500 returns last year, there’s no guarantee that investors will be similarly rewarded this year. To get insight into whether biotech stocks can continue climbing, we asked three top Motley Fool contributors to give us their opinion. Read on to learn what they think.: Bringing a new drug to market […]
It’s been shown that dividend-paying stocks outperform their non-dividend paying counterparts, but focusing on dividends may not be the best strategy when it comes to big biotech stocks. Read on to learn why three Motley Fool contributors don’t think it makes sense for these big biotech companies to pay investors a dividend.Cheryl Swanson : Take a little trip through history […]
Biotech stocks are among the market’s riskiest, but investors willing to accept the potential for pipeline failure might consider owning these five small-cap biotech stocks in 2015. All five have intriguing therapies in late-stage clinical trials, and three have high-profile big-cap partners.Source: Flickr user Carlos Gracia1. Proven performerInsys Therapeutics is already rewarding shareholders with rapid sales growth and profitability, but […]
Source: Flickr user Chris PotterBiotechnology stocks were among the market’s top performers in 2014, but biotech stocks were also among the market’s riskiest plays. For risk tolerant investors, biotech’s pop-and-drop nature may be enticing, but should investors focus on big or small cap biotech stocks? We asked some of our top Motley Fool analysts for their opinion. Read on to […]
Source: GlaxoSmithKline via Flickr.When it comes to healthcare events, there is none more important than the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference. Filled with dozens upon dozens of biotech and medical device companies, the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, coming up in mid-January, is the perfect time for companies to unveil a study or device they’ve been keeping under their thumb for a rainy day.With […]
This healthcare edition of Industry Focus takes a look at three biotech stocks and why each company is positioned for a great performance in the coming year.If your portfolio could use some exposure to healthcare and biotechs, join the Fool’s Michael Douglass and Todd Campbell, along with special guest Kristine Harjes, to learn more about three promising stocks in the […]
With 2014 drawing to a close, biotech investors are probably wondering which stocks to stuff in their stockings for next year. While there are plenty of promising biotech stocks to choose from, we should also take note of three high-risk, low-growth biotech stocks that investors might consider avoiding: Inovio Pharmaceuticals , VIVUS , and Zogenix .Inovio Pharmaceuticals At first glance, […]
Source: Celgene CorpBiotech stocks are notorious for their stratospheric gains and subterranean losses, especially clinical stage biotech stocks that develop promising, yet unproven, next-generation drugs. Those emerging biotech stocks may offer the potential for outsized returns, but they also carry significant risks. To help investors decide which of these clinical-stage companies may be worth considering in 2015, we asked three […]
