[April 28, 2013] Top 5 Companies in the Health Care Supplies Industry With the Highest Earnings Yield (SPAN, SURG, UTMD, ATRI, MMSI) Tweet Apr 28, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Health Care Supplies industry with the highest earnings yields. Earnings yield is useful to compare the relative benefit of owning a stock vs. owning other yield assets such as bonds. If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may be considered undervalued.Span-America Medical Systems ranks highest with a an earnings yield of 9.4%. Following is Synergetics USA with a an earnings yield of 8.3%. Utah Medical Products ranks third highest with a an earnings yield of 6.1%. Atrion follows with a an earnings yield of 5.9%, and Merit Medical Systems rounds out the top five with a an earnings yield of 5.8%. SmarTrend recommended that subscribers consider buying shares of Span-America Medical Systems on November 2nd, 2011 as our technology indicated a new Uptrend was in progress when shares hit $14.80. Since that recommendation, shares of Span-America Medical Systems have risen 31.8%. We continue to monitor Span-America Medical Systems for any potential shift so investors can protect gains and will alert SmarTrend subscribers immediately. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]