Health Care Facilities

In an attempt to press forward the take over bid, Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH) plans to nominate directors on the board of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) at the 2011 annual meeting. Tenet's board has agreed for re-election, though Community Health has not decided upon the number of...

In an attempt to press forward the take over bid, Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH) plans to nominate directors on the board of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) at the 2011 annual meeting. Tenet's board has agreed for re-election, though Community Health has not decided upon the number of...

Morgan Keegan is out with a research report on the healthcare REITs, like National HealthCare Corporation (AMEX: NHC). In a note sent to clients, Morgan Keegan writes, "We believe 2011 is shaping up as a strong year for nursing homes. We believe that the new Medicare reimbursement system, RUG-IV,...

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today issued the following statement regarding the Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announcement that it intends to nominate a slate of director candidates to stand for election at the Company's 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Company has...

Below are the top specialized health service stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio. HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE: HLS) has a PEG ratio of 0.86. HLS' trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 16.63%. Continucare Corp (NYSE: CNU) has a PEG ratio of 0.90. CNU's trailing-twelve-month...

Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) was downgraded by BMO Capital from "market perform" to "underperform." BYD's shares closed at $9.70 yesterday. Boyd Gaming's PEG ratio is -5.45. RW Baird downgraded C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ: CHRW) from “outperform” to “neutral.” CHRW's stock closed at...

Shares of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (NYSE: SKH) are trading up 6.4% at $8.43 per share during the Thursday afternoon trading session. The day's trading range for shares of Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc has been between $7.96 and a 52-week high of $8.63 per share. Analysts covering Skilled...

Shares of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) are trading up 7.6% at $18.90 per share during the Thursday afternoon trading session. The company announced on Wednesday after the market closed that it expects 4th quarter earnings to be at the upper end of its previously announced range of 38 cents...

Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) is trading higher today. At last check, KND is trading at $18.89, up 7.57%. FBR Capital says that Kindred Healthcare's new guidance provided by management implies that Kindred Healthcare is successfully growing its base business beyond that of the acquisitions that...

J.P. Morgan is raising its PT on Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) from $18 to $20. “The company also updated its 2010 outlook, seeing full-year GAAP EPS at $1.35 and 4Q10 EPS at the upper end of previous guidance of $0.38-$0.43,” J.P. Morgan writes. “Here the 4Q includes $2mm-$3mm of pre-tax...

Another soft day for the market couldn't keep Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (SKH) down. The nursing home operator made the Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers List on Wednesday with a gain of approximately 13%. Also, volume came in at about 832,000 shares, a substantial improvement over the daily...

Another soft day for the market couldn't keep Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (SKH) down. The nursing home operator made the Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers List on Wednesday with a gain of approximately 13%. Also, volume came in at about 832,000 shares, a substantial improvement over the daily...

In order to get hold of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC), Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH) may push the bid higher to keep away other potential bidders for Tenet. Community Health initially approached Tenet in the form of a letter on November 12, but was rejected. However, Community Health...

Shares of Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA) are lower on the session by 4.41%, trading at $9.11. Overall put volume is now running at 4.20x the daily average, with 59% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,105 contracts have traded on the session so far. Health Management...

In order to get hold of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC), Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH) may push the bid higher to keep away other potential bidders for Tenet. Community Health initially approached Tenet in the form of a letter on November 12, but was rejected. However, Community Health...