Health Care
Health Care sector: regime, opportunity and risk scores, industry rankings, signals, leading stocks and ETFs, and the weekly brief.
Health Care at a glance
Health Care (XLV) is in a Bullish regime with a Bull/Bear score of +100, ranked 1 of 11 on opportunity (81/100) with low risk. It is leading against the S&P 500: +5.5% over 1 month and +10.4% over 3 months; 88% of its 60 stocks are above their 200-day average.
Industries
| Rank | Industry | Signal | Opportunity | 3 months | Leaders |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biotechnology | Bullish | 93 | +19.2% | MRNA, IQV, AMGN |
| 2 | Managed Health Care | Bullish | 92 | +6.7% | HUM, CNC, ELV |
| 3 | Medical Distributors | Bullish | 86 | +8.7% | MCK, CAH, COR |
| 4 | Medical/Nursing Services | Bullish | 86 | +9.5% | LH, SOLV, DVA |
| 5 | Other Health Care | Bullish | 84 | +20.2% | VEEV, CRL, HCA |
| 6 | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Bullish | 81 | +9.0% | BIIB, ABBV, LLY |
| 7 | Medical Specialties | Bullish | 72 | +14.4% | ILMN, RVTY, A |
Leading stocks
- IQV – IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (Biotechnology): Bullish, 3 months +34.2%
- VEEV – Veeva Systems Inc. (Packaged Software): Bullish, 3 months +77.2%
- CRL – Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (Miscellaneous Commercial Services): Bullish, 3 months +50.0%
- CNC – Centene Corporation (Managed Health Care): Bullish, 3 months +9.3%
- RVTY – Revvity, Inc. (Medical Specialties): Bullish, 3 months +40.3%
- BDX – Becton, Dickinson and Company (Medical Specialties): Bullish, 3 months +28.8%
What drives Health Care
Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, healthcare demand. Bullish indicators: Drug sales strengthen; successful approvals; positive earnings revisions and improving margins. Bearish indicators: Failed trials; pricing or reimbursement pressure; declining earnings forecasts.
Source: Sonsero Sectors weekly snapshot 2026-10-25 (market data from TradingView). Scores, regimes and signals are rules-based descriptions of market conditions, not investment advice.