Health Care Facilities

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (NYSE: SKH) today announced that one of its subsidiaries has agreed to acquire Altura Homecare & Rehab, a leading home health care agency serving the Albuquerque, New Mexico market. Altura, which began operations in 2006, has contracts with key insurance and...

Shares of Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) are higher on the session by 0.50%, trading at $52.13. Overall put volume is now running at 7.70x the daily average, with 2% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,001 contracts have traded on the session so far. Universal Health...

Shares of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) are lower on the session by 1.29%, trading at $22.12. Overall call volume is now running at 22.48x the daily average, with 24% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,214 contracts have traded on the session so far. Kindred Healthcare,...

Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE: SRZ), reaffirming Buy. In a note to clients, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "Although cautioning that senior housing may be a lagging indicator, management indicated occupancy trends for Sunrise have held up well and Sunrise...

Deutsche Bank is reiterating its Buy rating on LifePoint Hospitals (NASDAQ: LPNT) as the company's development strategy is picking up steam. In its report, Deutsche Bank writes, “Since the Duke JV was annc'd in Jan. 2011, LPNT has made notable progress in North Carolina w/3 annc'd deals and, in...

Deutsche Bank provided updates a number of companies in a research report published today. Dana Corporation (NYSE: DAN) had its rating maintained at Buy and its price target was left unchanged at $22 after a meeting with the company's management. In the report, Deutsche Bank states, "Dana...

Cusick's Corner Support held. The Harami that formed on yesterday's close was confirmed and the market turned up. (You can get more info about the Harami pattern on the Educate Center > Stocks > Level 2 > Bullish Candlesticks.) Will the bullishness last? As I said earlier, shorts are getting...

Shares of Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (NYSE: FVE) are lower on the session by 4.57%, trading at $5.43. Overall put volume is now running at 33.00x the daily average, with 60% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,617 contracts have traded on the session so far. Five Star Quality...

The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Monday's trading session: 1) Greif (NYSE: GEF): Shares of Greif hit a 52-week high of $67.36 in Monday's trading session. The stock closed at $67.04. The year-to-date performance of Greif has been a gain of 9%. 2) Raptor Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: RPTP...

Cusick's Corner This is one of those moments where one side of the market gets to sit back and think things are fat and happy - dollar up, metals and market down. This is a moment, one to respect, and now the "whys" start to pop up, .i.e. the market is down because of bad data/weak sectors like...

The Health Care Sector is one of the worst performing areas of the market in today's session, currently down 1.3%. Some of the worst performing Health Care stocks right now are: 1) Pfizer (NYSE: PFE): Shares of Pfizer are currently trading down 2.9% from yesterday's close to $20.16. The stock has...

Five Star Quality Care (NYSE: FVE) today announced that it commenced a public offering of 10,000,000 common shares. FVE expects to use the proceeds of this offering for general business purposes, including repaying its outstanding bridge loan and for funding in part the cash purchase price of...

Morgan Keegan recently hosted meetings between Emeritus Corp. (NYSE: ESC) management and institutional investors. “Our takeaway from our meetings is that the company remains on track to meet our expectation of modest occupancy and rate improvement, leading to steady CFFO growth,” Morgan Keegan...

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (NYSE: FVE) today announced that it commenced a public offering of 10,000,000 common shares. FVE expects to use the proceeds of this offering for general business purposes, including repaying its outstanding bridge loan and for funding in part the cash purchase price of...

Below are the top small-cap medical instruments & supplies stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio China Medical Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: CMED) has a PEG ratio of 0.31. CMED's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 25.73%. Kensey Nash Corporation (NASDAQ: KNSY) has a PEG...