Goldman Says These 25 Healthcare Stocks Are Immune To The Election

Most healthcare stocks have had a rough election season this year after Hillary Clinton made prescription drug prices a centerpiece of her campaign. In fact, the Health Care SPDR (ETF) XLV is down 3.2 percent thus far in 2016.

Healthcare investors are bracing for some significant volatility in the weeks leading up to and after the election. However, Goldman Sachs analyst Asad Haider recently compiled a list of healthcare stocks that could see minimal impact from the election.

“While large swaths of the Healthcare sector are exposed to the election theme, we attempt to isolate the companies within our coverage groups that our analysts see as least exposed to shifts in political dynamics,” Haider explained.

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Here’s Goldman’s full lists of 25 stocks:

1. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ALXN.
2. Align Technology, Inc. ALGN.
3. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc MDRX.
4. Amsurg Corp AMSG.
5. athenahealth, Inc ATHN.
6. Bayer AG (ADR) BAYRY.
7. BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. BMRN.
8. Cerner Corporation CERN.
9. DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc XRAY.
10. GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) GSK.
11. Illumina, Inc. ILMN.
12. Impax Laboratories Inc IPXL.
13. Johnson & Johnson JNJ.
14. Merck KGaA(ADR) MKGAY.
15. Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MNTA.
16. Mylan NV MYL.
17. Owens & Minor, Inc. OMI.
18. Surgery Partners Inc SGRY.
19. Surgical Care Affiliates Inc SCAI.
20. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) TEVA.
21. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO.
22. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated VRTX.
23. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc WBA.
24. WellCare Health Plans, Inc. WCG.
25. Zoetis Inc ZTS.

In addition, Goldman’s expectations for how certain healthcare subsectors will react to the election’s outcome are included in the chart below.

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