IBD Weekly Top Ranked Medical Stocks...


The following list represents the top ten medical stocks ranked according to Earnings Per Share and Relative Strength by Investor's Business Daily (10/07/06)

scores out of 100 (last week's rank, change in score):

1(2) Abaxis [ABAX] EPS=98 RS=94(+2)
2(1) Lifecell [LIFC] EPS=99 RS=91(-3)
3(7) Wellcare [WCG] EPS=94 RS=95(+3)
4(3) Icon [ICLR] EPS=93 RS=96
5(8) Immucor [BLUD] EPS=96(+1) RS=92(+2)
6(10) Celgene [CELG] EPS=97 RS=91(+5)
7(-) Palomar Medical Tech [PMTI] EPS=99 RS=89
8(4) Systems Xcellence [SXCL] EPS=90 RS=98
9(-) Arrhythmia Research Tech [HRT] EPS=90 RS=96
10(5) Parexel [PRXL] EPS=92 RS=94(-1)

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