IQVIA Holdings is a provider of analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. Co. is managed through three reportable segments: Technology and Analytics Solutions, which provides information, technology solutions and real-world insights and services to its life science clients; Research and Development Solutions, which primarily serves biopharmaceutical customers and provides outsourced clinical research and clinical trial related services; and Contract Sales and Medical Solutions, which provides health care provider (including contract sales) and patient engagement services to both biopharmaceutical customers and the healthcare market.
When researching a stock like IQVIA Holdings, 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 IQV 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 IQV 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 IQV 200 day moving average ("IQV 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the IQV 50 day moving average ("IQV 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for IQVIA Holdings. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the IQV 200 DMA and the IQV 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("IQV MACD"). The IQV 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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