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The list of trillion-dollar stocks is small and doesn't feature a single medical company. That might change in the next decade, as several leading healthcare stocks have market caps that are inching

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) has attracted much attention over the past year, for both good and bad reasons. Recently, well-known value investors Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway and Michael

A buoyant stock market that keeps reaching new heights is great for the stocks already in our brokerage accounts. After a few strongly positive years, though, finding stocks that pay high dividend

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has become the dividend investor's siren song. With shares down 31% over the past five years and a current yield of 7%, the pharmaceutical giant offers one of the juiciest payouts

Some decisions require lengthy deliberations and extensive analysis. Others don't.

Three Fool.com contributors think they've identified pharmaceutical stocks in the latter category. Here's why they

Dividend stocks are a great way for investors to generate passive income that can be more reliable and predictable than investing in stocks for pure appreciation. While there are no guarantees in

One of the highest honors among dividend stocks is to be a Dividend Aristocrat®, which requires 25 consecutive years or more in annual increases. The title Dividend Aristocrat is such a big deal

Small biopharma story stocks just aren't paying off like they used to. Maybe there are just too many of them, with each one working on a medical breakthrough that's statistically unlikely to even

Michael Burry is best known as one of the earliest and most vocal investors to predict the housing collapse of 2008 -- a prescient call that earned him notoriety and a Hollywood portrayal by

The healthcare industry is a good place to look for strong dividend-paying stocks. Many companies in the sector offer products that are consistently in demand, regardless of the state of the

Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A), a global leader in laboratory instruments and scientific solutions for life sciences and diagnostics, released its Q3 fiscal 2025 results on Aug. 27, 2025. The company

Veeva Systems(NYSE:VEEV) reported fiscal second quarter 2026 results on August 27, 2025, delivering $789 million in revenue and raising full-year billings guidance by $35 million. The quarter

Agilent Technologies(NYSE:A) reported Q3 FY2025 revenue of $1.74 billion, up 6.1% year-over-year on a core basis, with non-GAAP EPS of $1.37, both exceeding guidance. The company raised its

Dividend investing can be tricky, since income-focused investors want to find high yields while also avoiding stocks that end up cutting their quarterly payouts. There's a balance that has to be

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) is usually a market-beater, but it hasn't been so over the past year. The company's shares are down 18% over the trailing-12-month period due to a combination

Dividend stocks aren't all created equal. Some decrease their payouts, or suspend them altogether, when they face headwinds. Others have much stronger businesses and continue to raise their

Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) have faced challenges this year that have sunk their stock prices. The former is down by 37% this year, while the

While the market is full of varying perspectives from many different investors, the "smart money" is still held in high regard. By smart money, I mean professional investors, many of whom run their

How does getting paid to own a stock sound to you? That's exactly what dividends do. Even if you don't need extra income, reinvesting dividends can significantly increase the total returns you

The old saying that "birds of a feather flock together" doesn't always apply to the world of the super-wealthy. Rich investors often follow their own paths rather than buying the same assets. So

I happily own stock in Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), one of the largest medical device makers in the world. Of late, the company is struggling through a rough patch that has Wall Street worried about the

The use of robotics in surgery is on the rise. The market was valued at $800 million in 2015, and has since risen to over $3 billion. One reason behind this rapid growth is that these robot systems

A clutch of post-earnings price target increases by analysts helped raise Medtronic's (NYSE: MDT) stock at a healthy rate on Wednesday. The sturdy medical device specialist's shares rose by almost

The average healthcare stock has a yield of just 1.8%, which isn't much to write home about today. You can do much better than that with Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), currently yielding 3%, or if you're

What's better than a stock that pays great dividends? How about one that's also a bargain? Granted, most strong dividend stocks aren't available at a discount in the current high-flying market