Top Drug Stocks 2015

Drug stocks are still the top performing sectors in week 9, 2015. Can they go higher in 2015? Top performing industries are drug delivery, drug stores, home healthcare, etc.

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of -0.24%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 0.15%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of 0.02%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of 0.16%.

Top performing stock industries in week 9, 2015 (February 23, 2015 to March 1, 2015) are:

1. Drug Delivery 11.00%
2. Internet Service Providers 8.25%
3. Drug Stores 6.52%
4. Home Health Care 5.75%
5. Auto Parts Wholesale 4.73%
6. Basic Materials Wholesale 4.64%
7. Specialized Health Services 4.36%
8. Research Services 3.80%
9. Gold 3.68%
10. Restaurants 3.46%
11. General Contractors 3.02%
12. Hospitals 2.84%
13. Publishing – Newspapers 2.59%
14. Semiconductor – Specialized 2.57%
15. Textile - Apparel Footwear & Accessories 2.48%
16. Water Utilities 2.40%
17. Beverages - Soft Drinks 2.39%
18. Beverages – Brewers 2.18%
19. Investment Brokerage – Regional 1.95%
20. Foreign Utilities 1.92%
21. Cleaning Products 1.90%
22. Drug Related Products 1.88%
23. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 1.85%
24. Textile Industrial 1.83%
25. Long-Term Care Facilities 1.76%
26. Air Services, Other 1.74%

Top Drug Delivery Stocks

Looking into best weekly stocks can provide an insight what stock market will bring for the next session. Retail or institutional investors may want to rotate to this sector to avoid bad returns. Can growth stocks finally make the comeback? Will value stocks continue to be the winner? Some great sectors in 2014 are major airlines, real estate (REIT), semiconductors, drug manufacturers, aluminum, etc.

Best performing Drug Delivery stocks 2015 are:

1. Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ACUR) 34.92%
2. Delcath Systems, Inc. (DCTH) 16.51%
3. Columbia Laboratories Inc. (CBRX) 15.67%
4. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (VRX) 13.98%
5. Flamel Technologies SA (FLML) 7.05%
6. IntelliPharmaCeutics International Inc. (IPCI) 2.82%
7. Aradigm Corporation (ARDM) 2.56%

Top performing drug stores stocks 2015 are:

1. China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc. (CJJD) 11.11%
2. China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (NPD) 8.55%
3. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) 7.71%
4. PharMerica Corporation (PMC) 5.71%