NEW YORK, August 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

This morning's stocks in focus on Stock-Callers.com belong in the Healthcare sector which rose 0.3% in midday trading on Monday, August 22, 2016. As per Forbes, the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) climbed 0.2%, up 4.21% on an YTD basis. Let us now review the following Medical Appliances and Equipment equities and see how they fared at the close: St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE: STJ), Wright Medical Group N.V. (NASDAQ: WMGI), Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (NYSE: EW), and Steris PLC (NYSE: STE). Download the free research reports on these stocks today:

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St. Jude Medical  

Shares in St. Paul, Minnesota headquartered St. Jude Medical Inc. ended Monday's session at $82.88, which was a slight decline of 0.12%. The stock recorded a trading volume of 2.30 million shares. The Company's shares have gained 1.44% in the last one month, 9.07% in the previous three months, and 35.50% since the start of this year. The stock is trading 3.05% above its 50-day moving average and 25.92% above its 200-day moving average. Moreover, shares of St. Jude Medical, which together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for cardiac rhythm management, cardiovascular, and atrial fibrillation therapy areas worldwide, have a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 56.55.

On August 3rd, 2016, St. Jude Medical announced that its Board of Directors declared a Q3 dividend of $0.31 per common share of the company's stock. The dividend is payable on October 28th, 2016, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 30th, 2016. See our free and comprehensive research report on STJ at:

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Amsterdam, the Netherlands headquartered Wright Medical Group N.V.'s stock rose 1.82%, closing the day at $25.18 with a total volume of 1.10 million shares traded. The Company's shares have advanced 15.93% in the last month, 30.87% over the previous three months, and 4.14% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading 21.56% above its 50-day moving average and 26.67% above its 200-day moving average. Additionally, shares of Wright Medical Group, which designs, manufactures, markets, and sells orthopedic products in the US, Europe, and internationally, have an RSI of 73.33.

On August 3rd, 2016, the company reported that net sales from continuing operations totaled $170.7 million during Q2 ended June 26th, 2016. Combined pro forma net sales from continuing operations totaled $150.2 million during Q2 2015. Wright Medical's net loss from continuing operations for Q2 2016 totaled $42.0 million, or $(0.41) per diluted share. WMGI free research report PDF is just a click away at: http://stock-callers.com/registration/?symbol=WMGI Edwards Lifesciences  

On Monday, shares in Irvine, California headquartered Edwards Lifesciences Corp. recorded a trading volume of 1.36 million shares. The stock ended the day 0.91% lower at $116.99. The Company's shares have gained 10.11% in the past month, 16.97% in the previous three months, and 48.13% since the start of this year. The stock is trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages by 10.14% and 25.54%, respectively. Furthermore, shares of Edwards Lifesciences, which provides products and technologies to treat structural heart disease and critically ill patients worldwide, have an RSI of 68.69.

On July 27th, 2016, research firm Bank of America/ Merrill upgraded the Company's stock rating from 'Neutral' to 'Buy'.

On August 18th, 2016, Edwards Lifesciences announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to expand use of the Edwards SAPIEN 3 transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of patients suffering from severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis who have been determined by a Heart Team to be at intermediate risk for open-heart surgery. The SAPIEN 3 valve is the first transcatheter aortic valve replacement therapy to obtain this indication in the US. Sign up for your complimentary report on EW at:

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Leicester, the UK headquartered Steris PLC's stock saw a slight drop of 0.66%, finishing yesterday's session at $70.36 and with a total volume of 358,847 shares traded. The Company's shares have advanced 1.37% in the last one month and 2.80% over the previous three months. The stock is trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages by 1.67% and 0.59%, respectively. Additionally, shares of Steris, which develops, manufactures, and markets infection prevention, contamination control, microbial reduction, and surgical and gastrointestinal support products and services for healthcare, pharmaceutical, scientific, research, industrial, and governmental customers worldwide, have an RSI of 48.16.

On August 9th, 2016, Steris announced that Q1 FY17 revenue increased 45% to $638.4 million compared to $439.9 million in Q1 FY16. As reported, net income for Q1 was $48.4 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, compared to net income of $24.3 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, in Q1 FY16. Register for free on Stock-Callers.com and download the latest research report on STE at:

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