{"id":44449,"date":"2018-12-05T03:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T03:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp2.inovestor.com\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T03:47:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T03:47:00","slug":"twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #1d2129;\">In the filter created this week for\u00a0The Globe and Mail, we\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">screened for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/investment-ideas\/number-cruncher\/article-twelve-quality-us-health-care-stocks-during-market-uncertainty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #62ccf9;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Q<\/span>uality US-listed Health Care companies<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The health care industry is viewed as a defensive sector and as a hedge during market uncertainty. Today we look for quality U.S.-listed companies in that sector. To do that, we screened the U.S. health care universe, including American depositary receipts, by focusing on the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"c-article-body__ul\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; color: #595959; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\n<li class=\"c-article-body__li\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Pratt, Georgia, Palatino, 'Book Antiqua', 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #191919; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.625rem;\">\n<h5>Positive three-month and 24-month change in the economic value-added (EVA) metric \u2013 a positive figure shows us that the company\u2019s profits are increasing at a faster and greater pace than the costs of capital. The EVA is the economic profit generated by the company and is calculated as the net operating profit after tax minus capital expenses;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-article-body__li\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Pratt, Georgia, Palatino, 'Book Antiqua', 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #191919; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.625rem;\">\n<h5>Economic performance index (EPI) \u2013 the ratio of return on capital to cost of capital \u2013 must be greater than one;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-article-body__li\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Pratt, Georgia, Palatino, 'Book Antiqua', 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #191919; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.625rem;\">\n<h5>Average five-year return on capital (ROC) must be greater than 10 per cent and the 12-month change in return on capital must be positive;<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-article-body__li\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Pratt, Georgia, Palatino, 'Book Antiqua', 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #191919; font-size: 1.125rem; padding-bottom: 0.625rem;\">\n<h5>Future growth value\/market value (FGV\/MV). This ratio represents the proportion of the market value of the company that is made up of future growth expectations rather than the actual profit generated. The higher the percentage, the higher the baked-in premium for expected growth and the higher the risk.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px; color: #222222; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Read more in this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/investment-ideas\/number-cruncher\/article-twelve-quality-us-health-care-stocks-during-market-uncertainty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #62ccf9; text-decoration-line: none; background: transparent; outline: -webkit-focus-ring-color auto 5px; outline-offset: -2px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">article<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/investment-ideas\/number-cruncher\/article-sizing-up-the-wealth-creators-among-us-technology-stocks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #62ccf9;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>written by\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Noor Hussain, Analyst &#038; Account Executive at Inovestor Inc.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the filter created this week for\u00a0The Globe and Mail, we\u00a0screened for\u00a0Quality US-listed Health Care companies The health care industry is viewed as a defensive sector and as a hedge during market uncertainty. Today we look for quality U.S.-listed companies in that sector. To do that, we screened the U.S. health care universe, including American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[626,627],"tags":[722,688,660],"class_list":["post-44449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-number-cruncher-en-us","category-screeners-en-us","tag-healthcare-en-us","tag-quality-en-us","tag-us-en-us"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty - Inovestor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the filter created this week for\u00a0The Globe and Mail, we\u00a0screened for\u00a0Quality US-listed Health Care companies The health care industry is viewed as a defensive sector and as a hedge during market uncertainty. Today we look for quality U.S.-listed companies in that sector. To do that, we screened the U.S. health care universe, including American [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Inovestor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Inovestor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-05T03:47:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Newswire Inovestor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Inovestor_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Inovestor_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Newswire Inovestor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newswire Inovestor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/4a05be738abb4600b8509b4f2d5a0bd7\"},\"headline\":\"Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-05T03:47:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Healthcare\",\"Quality\",\"US\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Number Cruncher\",\"Screeners\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-USA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/\",\"name\":\"Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty - Inovestor\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-05T03:47:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-USA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/\",\"name\":\"Inovestor\",\"description\":\"Make investment decisions that matter most\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-USA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Inovestor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-USA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Inovestor-logo-high-res.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Inovestor-logo-high-res.png\",\"width\":1581,\"height\":422,\"caption\":\"Inovestor\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Inovestor\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Inovestor_\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inovestor\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/4a05be738abb4600b8509b4f2d5a0bd7\",\"name\":\"Newswire Inovestor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-USA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/78fc6fbe2a1682a18a02d0addf9d93b68e1cf7bf880a315179f181cc5e834df7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/78fc6fbe2a1682a18a02d0addf9d93b68e1cf7bf880a315179f181cc5e834df7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Newswire Inovestor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/author\/inovestor-media\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty - Inovestor","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty","og_description":"In the filter created this week for\u00a0The Globe and Mail, we\u00a0screened for\u00a0Quality US-listed Health Care companies The health care industry is viewed as a defensive sector and as a hedge during market uncertainty. Today we look for quality U.S.-listed companies in that sector. To do that, we screened the U.S. health care universe, including American [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/","og_site_name":"Inovestor","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Inovestor\/","article_published_time":"2018-12-05T03:47:00+00:00","author":"Newswire Inovestor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Inovestor_","twitter_site":"@Inovestor_","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Newswire Inovestor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/"},"author":{"name":"Newswire Inovestor","@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/4a05be738abb4600b8509b4f2d5a0bd7"},"headline":"Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty","datePublished":"2018-12-05T03:47:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/"},"wordCount":243,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#organization"},"keywords":["Healthcare","Quality","US"],"articleSection":["Number Cruncher","Screeners"],"inLanguage":"en-USA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/","url":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/","name":"Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty - Inovestor","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-12-05T03:47:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-USA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/twelve-quality-u-s-health-care-stocks-for-market-uncertainty\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Twelve quality U.S. health care stocks for market uncertainty"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/","name":"Inovestor","description":"Make investment decisions that matter most","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-USA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#organization","name":"Inovestor","url":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-USA","@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Inovestor-logo-high-res.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Inovestor-logo-high-res.png","width":1581,"height":422,"caption":"Inovestor"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Inovestor\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Inovestor_","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inovestor"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/4a05be738abb4600b8509b4f2d5a0bd7","name":"Newswire Inovestor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-USA","@id":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/78fc6fbe2a1682a18a02d0addf9d93b68e1cf7bf880a315179f181cc5e834df7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/78fc6fbe2a1682a18a02d0addf9d93b68e1cf7bf880a315179f181cc5e834df7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Newswire Inovestor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/author\/inovestor-media\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inovestor.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}