Health Care Facilities

HealthSouth (NYSE: HLS) will report second quarter earnings after the market close on Wednesday, July 27, “followed by a conference call on Thursday at 9:30 AM EDT to discuss the results,” Morgan Keegan reports. “Our income from continuing operations estimate of $0.25 is $0.02 below the First Call...

According to Piper Jaffray, VCA Antech (NASDAQ: WOOF) announced the acquisition of MediMedia Animal Health, also known as Vetstreet, the nation's largest provider of online veterinary services. Piper Jaffray said that, in addition, WOOF announced the acquisition of BrightHeart Veterinary Centers,...

Morgan Keegan is out with its report today on Skilled Healthcare Group (NYSE: SKH), lowering its PT from $18 to $14. In a note to clients, Morgan Keegan writes, "We believe that SKH can grow earnings by providing high-acuity medically complex services to short-stay patients at its owned and leased...

Morgan Keegan is out with its report today on Sun Healthcare Group (NASDAQ: SUNH), lowering its PT from $17 to $11. In a note to clients, Morgan Keegan writes, "At our target 12x P/E multiple and 7x EV/EBITDAR multiple, our revised price target is $11. We conclude that Sun shares are undervalued,...

Morgan Keegan has lowered the price target on Skilled Healthcare Group (NYSE: SKH) from $18 to $14 and maintains its Outperform rating.

Morgan Keegan has lowered the price target on Sun Healthcare GRoup (NASDAQ: SUNH) from $17 to $11 and maintains its Outperform rating.

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The S&P 500 lost 9.4 points, or 0.7%, in Friday's trading session, as a weaker-than-expected jobs report put an end to the recent market rally. The SPX is now 26.78 points lower than its 52-week high of 1370.58, which was set on May 2nd. The Sector breakdown for Friday's session is as follows...

Wells Fargo has downgraded Sun Healthcare Group (NASDAQ: SUNH) to Market Perform.

Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. ASML Holding NV (NASDAQ: ASML) 2,718 puts, 5 calls 2. Jarden Corp. (NYSE: JAH) 6,934 puts, 21 calls 3. Yanzhou Coal Mining (NYSE: YZC) 3,038 puts, 34 calls 4. HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS) 2,972 puts, 58 calls 5. Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) 3,323...

Goldman Sachs is cutting its earnings estimates on shares of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD), but it still has a Buy rating and a $30 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "We lower our 2Q CFFO estimate for Buy-rated leading senior housing operator Brookdale...

Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "We lower our 2Q CFFO estimate for Buy-rated leading senior housing operator Brookdale Senior Living but maintain our positive investment view and believe...

LCA-Vision Inc. (NASDAQ: LCAV) today reported that 14,081 procedures were performed during the second quarter of 2011, compared with 15,266 procedures during the second quarter of 2010.  Same-store procedures increased slightly year-over-year from 13,943 procedures during the second quarter of 2010...

Below are the top small-cap hospitals stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Amsurg Corp (NASDAQ: AMSG) is 26.14%. AMSG's PEG ratio is 1.33. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Select Medical Holdings Corp (NYSE: SEM...

Bank of America reiterated its Underperform rating on Amsurg (NASDAQ: AMSG). At the moment, Bank of America has a price target of $22 placed on the company's stock. On Friday, Amsurg finished the week at $26.81.