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Court Denies SKH’s Motion For Mistrial
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 11:08am | 165Analysts at Oppenheimer & Co reiterate their "outperform" rating on Skilled Healthcare Group (NYSE: SKH). The target price for SKH is set to $10. According to Oppenheimer & Co, “The Humboldt County Court in California has denied Skilled Healthcare's previously filed Motion for Mistrial or...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Long-Term Care Facilities Industry With The Highest ROE (ENSG, FVE, ADK, NHC)
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 5:04am | 151Below are the top small-cap long-term care facility stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at The Ensign Group Inc (NASDAQ: ENSG) is 18.70%. Analysts at Avondale initiated coverage of ENSG with a “market outperform”...
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Morgan Keegan Sees Little Upside In VCA Antech (WOOF)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 7:38am | 173Morgan Keegan sees little upside in shares of VCA Antech (NASDAQ: WOOF) after meeting with management. It rates shares at Hold, and has a $20.75 price target on VCA Antech. In the research report, Morgan Keegan notes, "We visited institutional investors with VCA Antech management. The company has...
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JP Morgan Is Neutral On KND
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 9:23am | 90Analysts at J.P. Morgan, this morning, issued a Neutral rating on shares of Kindred Healthcare (KND), as well as established an $18 price target. According J.P. Morgan, one of the major risks moving forward is the "further deterioration in state tax revenues resulting in further Medicaid pressure...
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J.P. Morgan Updating Estimates On Health South (HLS)
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 8:21am | 174J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. is updating its earnings estimates on HEALTHSOUTH Corp. (NYSE: HLS) to include 2012 estimates. It rates the company at Neutral, and has a $20 price target on the company. In the research report, J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. writes, "Our estimates do not include the impact...
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J.P. Morgan Upping Estimates On Sun Healthcare Group (SUNH)
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 8:03am | 140J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. wrote in a research report that it is upping estimates on Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNH). It has a $10 price target and a Neutral rating. In the research report, J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. writes, "We are updating our EPS estimates to reflect the company’s...
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Shorts in Control of Crude 09-23-2010
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 2:58pm | 914Cusick’s Corner The market is doing what it typically does in the last two weeks of August, grind along in a tight range. Unless there is a major headline or a spike in interest (meaning volume), this action could continue for the next few weeks. This does not mean that one should sit back and be...
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Bulls Move Into Tenet Healthcare (THC)
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:50am | 185Shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC) are lower on the session by 1.18%, currently trading at $4.18. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past four months, off from a recent high near $6.50. One options trader is betting that the slide in the name is over. The September $4.00...
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Tenet Healthcarre Sees Unusual Options Trade
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:50am | 55Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) has been in a tailspin since May, but options traders are betting support at $4 will hold as highlighted by the sale of 15,000 September 4 puts today. That trade comes again open interest of just 510 contracts. Average daily options volume in Tenet is just 600...
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Jefferies: Update On Healthcare
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 9:24am | 233Jefferies say, “The participating KOLs opined that bleeding, rather than efficacy is the more important endpoint in the chronic indications of VTE and stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (SPAF). We expect that this will be the focus of physicians when assessing data from the EINSTEIN-DVT (...
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Emeritus Corp. Chairman Buys 50,000 Shares of ESC
Friday, August 20, 2010 - 4:27pm | 58In a Form 4 filed after the bell today, Emeritus Corp. (NYSE: ESC) Chairman of the Board, Daniel R. Baty, reported that he purchased 50,000 shares of ESC on August 19th for an average price of $16.12. The transaction totaled $806,010. Mr. Baty owns 2,335,419 direct and 3,904,720 indirect shares of...
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Tenet Repurchases Senior Notes - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 2:07pm | 327Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) declared a tender offer to repurchase up to $800 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 7.375% senior notes due in 2013. Tenet will close its tender offer on August 30. The aggregate principal amount of the notes to be purchased will be limited...
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Goldman Sachs Makes Adjustment To its Conviction Buy List (CME, CBG, BKD, BX, SPG)
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 10:19am | 167Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is out with a research report this morning, where it makes adjustments to its Conviction Buy List. Some of the companies added to the list, solidifying GS’s bullishness on the names, include: • Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD): note that this stock was seeing...
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Morgan Keegan Reiterates Outperform on Emeritus Corp. (ESC)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 12:16pm | 159Morgan Keegan is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Outperform rating on Emeritus Corp. (NYSE: ESC); it has a $22.00 price target on the stock. The MK analysts cited the company’s recent earnings report, which beat estimates due to better-than-expected revenues and...
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Morgan Keegan Reiterates Outperform on RadNet (RDNT)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 12:09pm | 122Morgan Keegan is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its RadNet Inc. (NASDAQ: RDNT); it has a $3.00 price target on the stock. The MK analysts cited the company’s recent earnings report, which was slightly below estimates; the analyst are thus lowering their 2010 adjusted...