Are Pfizer, Merck and Moderna Still Worthy to Be in Portfolio?
Pfizer is now outperforming Merck and Moderna stocks after announcing its anti-COVID pill despite its shares not being the best option for investments in the first half of this year. Pfizer stocks gained only 35% since the beginning of this year until mid-August. Moderna stocks were skyrocketed by 375% for the same period. So, undoubtedly Moderna was the favourite.
However, when Merck announced the production of its COVID pills, the shares of vaccine producers spiraled into correction. But Merck was not the one to get its COVID pills into the market. Its shares peaked up to $91.40 and plunged with a gap after Pfizer announced its even more promising COVID treatment pills. The company said clinical trials showed that hospitalisation and deaths were reduced by 89% when the pill is taken within three days of the onset of symptoms.
So, this news from Pfizer came on November 5 and since then the technical picture for the above-mentioned three Big Pharma stocks changed dramatically. Pfizer shares are taking the lead while waving away all their August corrections and now they are close to the all-time highs at $51.86. If they are successful at breaking through this level, technical price acceleration may bring its stocks to $56.03 and $58.60 may be the next target. These levels could be a correction impulse to the decline from $51.86 to $40.94 per share. The nearest support level is at $47.70-48.80.
As for Moderna stocks, the last quarter financial report hit them badly. Nevertheless, impulsive selloffs are now over as shares dipped to the important support level established in November 2020. So, now it is worth consider buying these shares. Corrections went into an ABC zigzag and shares are likely to return on the upside track. Initially, A and B waves were suggested to be equal, but now we see that the C wave is 161.8% of the A wave that gave us a decline to $225.85 per share. In my opinion Moderna shares have accomplished their correction and are close to the trend line of the last 12 month, and for that reason are an interesting investment. So, Moderna stocks may even be catching up to Pfizer. The nearest targets for Moderna stocks are within the area of $283-291 where EMA 21 moving average is located at the daily timeframe chart together with the resistance level formed by dips of July and October 2021. Moreover, at the $298 landmark, the resistance line of the downward trend that started on September 23 is located. If this zone would be broken the perspectives for Moderna stocks should be extended.Despite all these different technical pictures for these stocks, I would recommend holding all three stocks in your investment portfolio. Pfizer and Merck continue to compete in the COVID pills market while Moderna has a forward P/E ratio at 9, which highlights that the company is the cheapest among the Big Pharma biotech companies if compared with its peers sector performance.
However, when Merck announced the production of its COVID pills, the shares of vaccine producers spiraled into correction. But Merck was not the one to get its COVID pills into the market. Its shares peaked up to $91.40 and plunged with a gap after Pfizer announced its even more promising COVID treatment pills. The company said clinical trials showed that hospitalisation and deaths were reduced by 89% when the pill is taken within three days of the onset of symptoms.
So, this news from Pfizer came on November 5 and since then the technical picture for the above-mentioned three Big Pharma stocks changed dramatically. Pfizer shares are taking the lead while waving away all their August corrections and now they are close to the all-time highs at $51.86. If they are successful at breaking through this level, technical price acceleration may bring its stocks to $56.03 and $58.60 may be the next target. These levels could be a correction impulse to the decline from $51.86 to $40.94 per share. The nearest support level is at $47.70-48.80.
As for Moderna stocks, the last quarter financial report hit them badly. Nevertheless, impulsive selloffs are now over as shares dipped to the important support level established in November 2020. So, now it is worth consider buying these shares. Corrections went into an ABC zigzag and shares are likely to return on the upside track. Initially, A and B waves were suggested to be equal, but now we see that the C wave is 161.8% of the A wave that gave us a decline to $225.85 per share. In my opinion Moderna shares have accomplished their correction and are close to the trend line of the last 12 month, and for that reason are an interesting investment. So, Moderna stocks may even be catching up to Pfizer. The nearest targets for Moderna stocks are within the area of $283-291 where EMA 21 moving average is located at the daily timeframe chart together with the resistance level formed by dips of July and October 2021. Moreover, at the $298 landmark, the resistance line of the downward trend that started on September 23 is located. If this zone would be broken the perspectives for Moderna stocks should be extended.Despite all these different technical pictures for these stocks, I would recommend holding all three stocks in your investment portfolio. Pfizer and Merck continue to compete in the COVID pills market while Moderna has a forward P/E ratio at 9, which highlights that the company is the cheapest among the Big Pharma biotech companies if compared with its peers sector performance.
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