Health Care Facilities

Cusick's Corner The end of day pullback came because there are headlines floating around that Democrats are already looking to block/filibuster the extension of Bush tax cuts. This is the headline risk that we are all going to have to manage in the foreseeable future. Energy will be in the...

Cusick's Corner One large uncertainty just got a lot more certain. Will the Bush tax cuts be extended? Well, we have 2 more years now and the market likes it. This will also start to put some more scrutiny on the jobs data because now businesses have a clearer understanding of the future tax...

Ventas Inc. (VTR), a leading healthcare real estate investment trust (‘REIT'), has recently completed the acquisition of the full ownership of 58 high-quality senior living communities from Sunrise Senior Living Inc. (SRZ), the largest provider of senior living services in the U.S., for $186...

Shares of Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE: SRZ) are higher on the session by 0.24%, currently trading at $4.19. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past four months, and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name...

Unconfirmed Rumors Circulate that VCA Antech Inc. (WOOF)will be acquired by PetSmart, Inc. (PETM) at $32.00 a share.

Below are the top personal service stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at VCA Antech Inc (NASDAQ: WOOF) is 15.90%. WOOF's PEG ratio is 1.19. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Stewart Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ: STEI) is 12.89%. STEI...

Healthsouth Corp's (HLS) MACD indicator has moved into bearish territory with a reading of -0.0635. The Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) stock decreased more than 2% to $17.99 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for the year ending 2010 has decreased by a cent over the...

Healthsouth Corp's (HLS) MACD indicator has moved into bearish territory with a reading of -0.0635. The Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) stock decreased more than 2% to $17.99 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for the year ending 2010 has decreased by a cent over the...

Shares of Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA) are lower on the session by 1.53%, trading at $8.99. Overall put volume is now running at 3.62x the daily average, with 0% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,137 contracts have traded on the session so far. Health Management...

Hanger Orthopedic (HGR) has completed its acquisition of Nevada-based rehabilitation technologies provider Accelerated Care Plus (“ACP”) for $155 million in cash. The company has funded the acquisition (announced in October 2010) using available cash and by refinancing its credit facilities....

Jefferies & Co. has upgraded Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) from Hold to Buy.

Hanger Orthopedic (HGR) has completed its acquisition of Nevada-based rehabilitation technologies provider Accelerated Care Plus (“ACP”) for $155 million in cash. The company has funded the acquisition (announced in October 2010) using available cash and by refinancing its credit facilities....

Piper Jaffray's Neutral rating on VCA Antech, Inc. (NASDAQ: WOOF) remains predicated “on our belief that shares are valued appropriately at current levels given our long-term earnings growth expectations of approximately 15%,” the analyst reports. VCA Antech currently trades at $22.34.

The American Stock Exchange, also known as the AMEX, was founded in 1842 as the New York Curb Exchange. It got that name since stock traders and brokers used to stand out on the street by the curb and trade stocks back in the early 1800's. On October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext (NYX) took over the...

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: SSY) today announced that Harry R. Alvis has announced his retirement effective December 31, 2010 and, effective immediately, has stepped down as the company's chief operating officer. A. Ron Turner will assume the role of chief operating officer.