Health Care Facilities

Shares of Universal Health Services Inc. (NYSE: UHS) are higher on the session by 0.65%, currently trading $41.84. The stock has been trading amazingly well over the past six months and is nearing new highs. Protection is being bought on the name today, though. The June $40 put was purchased 1,000...

The activity on the Merger and Acquisition front increased once again last week with seven new deals announced and four deals closing. We are also happy to report the beta launch of a new tool that will let you see the spreads on deals in almost real time. This tool automatically calculates the...

Tuesday was another extremely negative session for bullish investors, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 112 points to close at 10,024, with most of the losses coming in the last hour of trading. Among the after hours gainers today are Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC...

Analysts at Wells Fargo Securities upgrade Sun Healthcare Group Inc (NASDAQ: SUNH) from "market perform" to "outperform." SUNH’s shares gained 1.84% to close at $8.31 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Analysts at Oppenheimer & Co reiterate their "outperform" rating on Sun Healthcare Group Inc (NASDAQ: SUNH). The target price for SUNH is set to $14. Sun Healthcare is splitting its company into two parts, an operating company and a REIT, to release value for shareholders. SUNH has also planned...

Analysts Robert M. Mains and Chad Vanacore at Morgan Keegan have released an update on VCA Antech, Inc. (NASDAQ: WOOF). Analysts conducted a proprietary survey of veterinary laboratory services in which they asked veterinarians to rate the two leading reference lab companies as well as local...

Below are the top 4 small-cap long-term care facilities stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of market capitalization. Odyssey Healthcare Inc (NASDAQ: ODSY) has a market capitalization of $897.8 million. ODSY is going to be acquired by Gentiva Health Services Inc (NASDAQ: GTIV) in a $1...

The slowdown in merger announcements two weeks ago appears to have only been a temporary breather. For the first time since we launched this service in mid-March, we have seen seven new mergers announced in a single week. Besides the seven new all cash deals announced last week, we had one deal...

Citi Investment Research & Analysis analyst Gary Taylor downgraded his rating for shares of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSYS) to Hold, while raising his price target to $33.75 per share, from the previous price target of $25. Taylor raised his price target to the announced price that...

Citi Investment Research & Analysis analyst Gary Taylor reiterated his Buy rating for shares of Universal Health Services, Inc (NYSE: UHS), with a price target of $47 per share. Taylor said that his newco model for Universal Health Services, Inc / Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSYS)...

Analysts at Piper Jaffray upgrade Psychiatric Solutions (NASDAQ: PSYS) from "underweight" to "neutral." PSYS moved down 0.74% to close at $32.39 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Universal Health Services Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has agreed to buy Psychiatric Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: PSYS) for $2 billion in cash. The company will also assume Psychiatric’s (PSYS) debt of $1.1 billion. UHS (UHS) will pay $33.75 per share, which is a 3.4% premium to Psychiatric’s Friday closing price...

Jefferies & Co. cited fears of the European economic fallout for last week's sell off in healthcare stocks and said that valuations in defensive equities like Skilled Healthcare Group (NYSE: SKH), Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED), and Gentiva Health Services (NASDAQ: GTIV) look "increasingly compelling...

• Mergers and acquisitions front picked up steam over the weekend, with mergers reported by Man Group, Universal Health, and Apollo Global Management • Man Group announced plans to buy GLG Partners (NYSE:GLG) for $4.50 per share or $1.6 billion • Universal Health (NYSE:UHS) announced plans to pay $...

US stock futures moved up higher today, despite continued concerns over European Union debt and growth in the Chinese market. While futures on the S&P 500 moved up 4.2 points to 1,139.50, those on the Nasdaq 100 rose 6.5 points to 1,916.20. Meanwhile, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures...