LifePoint Hospitals Reports Q4 EPS of $0.70 vs. $0.67

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. LPNT today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. For the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010, revenues from continuing operations were $853.3 million, up 14.3% from $746.9 million for the same period a year ago. Income from continuing operations attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010, decreased 5.5% to $36.3 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, compared with income from continuing operations attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders of $38.6 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, for the same period last year. Net income attributable to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. stockholders for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010, was $36.2 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, compared with $38.0 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, for the same period last year.