Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP)

Hospira, Inc. provides injectable drugs and infusion technologies to develop, manufacture, distribute, and markets products worldwide. The company offers specialty injectable pharmaceuticals, which include approximately 200 injectable generic drugs in multiple dosages and formulations; proprietary specialty injectables, including Precedex, a proprietary drug for sedation; and Biosimilars that comprise Retacrit, a biosimilar erythropoietin, which is primarily used in the treatment of anemia in dialysis and in certain oncology applications, as well as Nivestim, a biosimilar filgrastim used for the treatment of low white blood cells in patients who have received a chemotherapeutic agent. It also provides intravenous solutions and nutritional products; and contract manufacturing services. In addition, the company offers medication management products consisting of infusion pumps and dedicated administration sets; Hospira MedNet safety software system and related services; software applications and devices that support point-of-care medication administration; gravity administration sets; and other device products.
To review Hospira's stock, please take a look at the 1-year chart of HSP (Hospira, Inc.) below with my added notations:
1-year chart of HSP (Hospira, Inc.) HSP has been trading sideways for the last 5 months. Over that period of time, the stock has formed a clear resistance level at $42 (red). In addition, the stock has also created a strong level of support at $38 (blue) that has held since the beginning of July. At some point the stock will have to break one of those two levels.

The Tale of the Tape: HSP has clear levels of support ($38) and resistance ($42). The possible long positions on the stock would be either on a pullback to $38, or on a breakout above $42. The ideal short opportunity would be on a break below $38.
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