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1 Medtronic 217 12,299.0 8.9 2,802.0 10.0
2 Baxter International 236 11,263.0 8.5 1,707.0 22.2
3 Boston Scientific 310 8,357.0 6.9 -495.0 0.0
4 Becton Dickinson 380 6,392.8 9.6 890.0 18.3
5 Stryker 401 6,107.9 13.0 1,017.4 30.8
6 Zimmer Holdings 560 3,897.5 11.5 773.2 -7.3
7 St. Jude Medical 574 3,779.3 14.4 559.0 2.0
8 Beckman Coulter 714 2,761.3 9.2 211.3 13.1
9 C.R. Bard 837 2,202.0 10.9 406.4 49.4
10 Applera 861 2,132.5 9.4 159.3 -25.0
11 Biomet 866 2,107.4 4.0 335.9 -17.3
12 Hill-Rom Holdings 889 2,023.7 3.0 190.6 -13.8
13 Dentsply International 896 2,009.8 11.0 259.7 16.1
14 Varian Medical Systems 949 1,776.6 11.2 239.5 -2.3
1 Medtronic 22.8 14.4 25.5
2 Baxter International 15.2 11.2 24.7
3 Boston Scientific -5.9 -1.6 -3.3
4 Becton Dickinson 13.9 12.1 20.4
5 Stryker 16.7 13.8 18.9
6 Zimmer Holdings 19.8 11.7 14.2
7 St. Jude Medical 14.8 10.5 19.1
8 Beckman Coulter 7.7 5.9 14.7
9 C.R. Bard 18.5 16.4 22.0
10 Applera 7.5 5.1 6.9
11 Biomet 15.9 13.7 16.4
12 Hill-Rom Holdings 9.4 9.0 14.9
13 Dentsply International 12.9 9.7 17.1
14 Varian Medical Systems 13.5 14.2 29.2
1 Medtronic 16.0 7.3 -5.2 38,000 5.6
2 Baxter International 17.3 10.9 27.8 46,500 -3.1
3 Boston Scientific 0.0 0.1 -32.3 27,500 -3.8
4 Becton Dickinson 11.7 14.2 20.7 28,018 3.8
5 Stryker 22.5 23.4 36.1 16,026 -14.8
6 Zimmer Holdings 0.0 0.0 -15.6 7,600 10.1
7 St. Jude Medical 27.1 18.2 11.2 12,000 9.1
8 Beckman Coulter 0.0 14.9 22.9 10,500 1.5
9 C.R. Bard 19.8 21.3 15.1 10,200 8.5
10 Applera 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,530 8.6
11 Biomet 12.7 0.0 0.0 6,506 2.3
12 Hill-Rom Holdings 3.0 2.8 -0.2 9,900 6.5
13 Dentsply International 13.9 16.7 51.5 8,900 4.7
14 Varian Medical Systems 7.1 24.5 9.6 4,500 15.4
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