Health Care Facilities

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) will report first quarter earnings before the open next Tuesday, May 10, followed by a conference call at 10 AM EDT to discuss the results. Morgan Keegan's cash from facility operations estimate is $0.56 versus $0.46 in the prior year period. Since this metric is...

Morgan Keegan's EPS estimate on RadNet (NASDAQ: RDNT) of ($0.03) is $0.03 above the First Call consensus and up from ($0.09) in the prior year period. Morgan Keegan believes a better measure of RadNet profitability is adjusted EBITDA. It has modeled $26.2 million versus $20.5 million in the prior...

Jefferies & Co. is lowering its price target on shares of Skilled Healthcare Group (NYSE: SKH) to $16 from $17, and it has a Buy rating on shares following earnings. In a note to investors, Jefferies writes, "Solid Q1 results highlight the success that SKH continues to have in adjusting to the...

Gainers (% price change): Genetic Tech. Ltd. (ADR) (GENE) engaged in a diagnostic product business is trading at a price of $8.18, a dramatic change of +2.41 (41.77%) from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market)...

Jefferies & Company has lowered the price target on Sun Healthcare Group (NASDAQ: SUNH) from $17 to $15 and maintains its Buy rating.

Jefferies & Company has lowered the price target on Skilled Healthcare Group (NYSE: SKH) from $17 to $16 and maintains its Buy rating.

Cusick's Corner With the market teetering on a potential short-term pullback and volatility on the move, strategists may want to brush up on in-the-money calendar spreads. If you are short-term bearish and long-term bullish, selling the front month in-the-money option against the longer term long...

Skilled Healthcare Group (NYSE: SKH) Reports EPS of $0.34 vs. $0.30 Estimate; Revenues $222.6M vs. $217.7M Estimate

Sun Healthcare (NASDAQ: SUNH) Reports EPS of $0.33 vs. $0.33 Estimate; Revenues $483.9M vs. $485.88M Estimate

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) reported a 10% rise in its first-quarter profit. The company's profit came in at $2.22 billion, or $0.28 per share, versus $2.03 billion, or $0.25 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's adjusted earnings came in at $0.60 per share. The company's revenue dropped...

Tenet Healthcare Corp (NYSE: THC) released its results for the first quarter today. The company's quarterly profit declined to $73 million, or $0.14 per share, from $88 million, or $0.17 per share, in the year-ago period. The company's revenue rose to $2.51 billion from $2.34 billion. However,...

Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) Reports Q1 EPS of $0.14 vs. $0.14 Estimate; Revenues $2.51B vs. $2.48B Estimate

US stock futures are lower this morning, as investors are awaiting earnings from Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) and report on factory orders. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 40 points to 12,724.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index fell 5.20 points to 1,352.50. Nasdaq 100 futures...

Legg Mason Inc (NYSE: LM) is expected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.45 on revenue of $712.27 million. Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $4.10 on revenue of $1.46 billion. Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS) is expected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.44 on revenue of...

Cusick's Corner What I do not like about the short-term action is that the market has been unable to hold the gains that we started off with and that we have had almost a week of indecision. Could this be the May syndrome of "Sell in May and Go Away"? If you sell in May and come back in September...