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Relatively Low Earnings Yield Detected in Shares of Harvard Bioscience in the Life Sciences Tools & Services Industry (HBIO, LMNX, ILMN, PRXL, ICLR)Jul 23, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Life Sciences Tools & Services industry with the lowest earnings yields. Earnings yield is useful to compare the relative benefit of owning a stock vs. owning other yield assets such as bonds. If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may be considered undervalued.Harvard Bioscience ranks lowest with a an earnings yield of 0.8%. Following is Luminex with a an earnings yield of 1.2%. Illumina ranks third lowest with a an earnings yield of 2.5%. Parexel International follows with a an earnings yield of 2.9%, and ICON rounds out the bottom five with a an earnings yield of 2.9%. SmarTrend recommended that subscribers consider buying shares of ICON on May 14th, 2013 as our technology indicated a new Uptrend was in progress when shares hit $33.79. Since that recommendation, shares of ICON have risen 10.8%. We continue to monitor ICON for any potential shift so investors can protect gains and will alert SmarTrend subscribers immediately. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup |