Analysts Give Healthcare Sector A Clean Bill Of Health

Here’s a summary of recent analyst coverage on Healthcare:

• Bernstein on HCA Holdings Inc HCA: Market Perform, $88 Price Target
• Bernstein on UnitedHealth Group Inc UNH: Outperform, $142 Price Target
• Morgan Stanley on Cepheid CPHD: Equal Weight, $30 Price Target
• Janney Capital on Cynapsus Therapeutics Inc CYNA: Buy, $24 Price Target
• BTIG Research on Entellus Medical Inc ENTL: Buy, $22 Price Target
• Piper Jaffray on DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc XRAY: Overweight, $70 Price Target
• Avondale on Kindred Healthcare, Inc. KND: Market Perform, $14 Price Target

With the exception of Avondale’s note on Kindred, all of these ratings were the result of fresh initiations. In almost every case the research firms leaned positive on the sector. Also of note, there is an average upside of 16 percent for these stocks between the analysts price targets and their current share prices.