ABIOMED develops, manufactures and markets products that are designed to enable the heart to rest, heal and recover by improving blood flow to the coronary arteries and end-organs and/or temporarily assisting the pumping function of the heart. Co.'s products include: Impella 2.5®, which is a percutaneous micro heart pump with an integrated motor and sensors; Impella CP®, which provides more blood flow than the Impella 2.5; Impella RP®, which is a percutaneous catheter-based axial flow pump; and Impella Connect®, which is a cloud-based technology that enables remote viewing of the Automated Impella Controller for physicians and hospital staff from anywhere with internet connectivity.
When researching a stock like ABIOMED, many investors are the most familiar with Fundamental Analysis — looking at a company's balance sheet, earnings, revenues, and what's happening in that company's underlying business. Investors who use Fundamental Analysis to identify good stocks to buy or sell can also benefit from ABMD Technical Analysis to help find a good entry or exit point. Technical Analysis is blind to the fundamentals and looks only at the trading data for ABMD stock — the real life supply and demand for the stock over time — and examines that data in different ways. One of those ways is to calculate a Simpe Moving Average ("SMA") by looking back a certain number of days. One of the most popular "longer look-backs" is the ABMD 200 day moving average ("ABMD 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the ABMD 50 day moving average ("ABMD 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for ABIOMED. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the ABMD 200 DMA and the ABMD 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("ABMD MACD"). The ABMD MACD chart, in conjunction with the chart of the moving averages, basically helps in visualizing how the moving averages are showing convergence (moving closer together), or divergence (moving farther apart). |
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