On Friday, Guardant Health stock hit an important performance benchmark, with its Relative Strength (RS) Rating rising into the 80-plus percentile with an improvement to 82, an increase from 78 the day before.
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This exclusive rating from Investor's Business Daily tracks market leadership with a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score. The rating shows how a stock's price performance over the last 52 weeks compares to all the other stocks in our database.
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Is Guardant Health Stock A Buy?
Guardant Health stock is currently trading near its 200-day moving average. Now is not an ideal time to jump in since it isn't near a proper buy zone, but see if the stock manages to establish and enter a buy zone in heavy trade.
The precision oncology company reported 0% earnings growth in its most recent report, while sales growth came in at 34%.
Guardant Health stock earns the No. 16 rank among its peers in the Medical-Services industry group. NeoGenomics and Sotera Health are also among the group's highest-rated stocks.