FEX - Quick Look At Healthcare Headed Into Q1 '19 Earnings

Every Thursday night, Bespoke publishes a YTD return for all 11 sectors of the S&P 500, and last Thursday night's bar chart shows that the Healthcare sector was now negative for 2019 YTD, dramatically underperforming the S&P 500 YTD.

Using IBES by Refinitiv actual earnings and revenue growth for the sector, here is historical growth rates for the Healthcare sector:

Earnings Growth:

• 1-year: +16.1% avg
• 3-year: +10.8% avg
• 5-year: +12.4% avg
• 29-mos: +10.2% avg

Revenue Growth:

• 1-year: +7.5% avg
• 3-year: +6.8% avg
• 5-year: +8.1% avg
• 25-mos: +7.9% avg

But here is what is interesting for

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