Health Care Facilities

Deutsche Bank is out with a research report on LifePoint Hospitals (NASDAQ: LPNT) and it has a Buy rating and a $46.50 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "Late Friday, LPNT annc'd its Board of Directors had au‐thorized a new $250M share buyback plan that will...

According to Deutsche Bank, LifePoint Hospitals (NASDAQ: LPNT) price target is lowered to $46.50. Deutsche Bank said that it is modestly dialing‐down growth assumptions to reflect softer volumes and pricing/mix pressure related to both governmental payors and the slowing economy. “Our revised EV/...

Deutsche Bank has lowered the price target on LifePoint Hospitals (NASDAQ: LPNT) from $50 to $46.50 and maintains its Buy rating.

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) today announced that its subsidiary has acquired the equity of Professional HealthCare, LLC, a portfolio company of Mainsail Partners, for a purchase price of $51 million in cash. Professional is a provider of home health, hospice, private duty nursing services...

Kevin Hayden – TruthisTreason.net Source: The Economic Collapse The following are 25 signs that the financial world is about to hit the big red panic button…. #1 According to a new study just released by Merrill Lynch, the U.S. economy has an 80% chance of going into another recession. #2 Will Bank...

Kevin Hayden – TruthisTreason.net Source: The Economic Collapse The following are 25 signs that the financial world is about to hit the big red panic button…. #1 According to a new study just released by Merrill Lynch, the U.S. economy has an 80% chance of going into another recession. #2 Will Bank...

Below are the top long-term care facilities stocks on the NYSE in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on assets at Sunrise Senior Living Inc (NYSE: SRZ) is 38.61%. SRZ's revenue for the same period is $1.35 billion. The trailing-twelve-month return on assets at Five Star...

Shares of Community Health Systems (NYSE: CYH) are higher on the session by 1.09%, currently trading at $20.87. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while...

MedCath Corporation (Nasdaq: MDTH) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all the assets of Hualapai Mountain Medical Center in Kingman, Ariz., to Kingman Regional Medical Center. MedCath also announced today that on or before Sept. 30, 2011, it will...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning, as investors are awaiting data on demand for durable goods. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 99 points to 11,042.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 10.60 points to 1,148.00. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 18.50 points to 2,...

The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG), announced today that it has acquired the underlying real estate and other operating assets of Whittier Hills Healthcare Center, a 160-bed skilled nursing facility in Whittier, California and Ukiah Healthcare Center, a 57-bed skilled nursing facility in Ukiah...

Christopher A. Holden, President and Chief Executive Officer of AmSurg Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSG), today announced that AmSurg and National Surgical Care have signed a revised definitive agreement under which AmSurg will purchase substantially all of NSC's assets for $135 million in cash. If earnings...

Auriga has initiated coverage on Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) with a Buy rating and $45 price target.

Shares of Patrick Industries Inc (NASDAQ: PATK) fell about 1.4% after the company appointed John A. Forbes to its Board of Directors, effective August 18, 2011. Shares of Westlake Chemical Corp (NYSE: WLK) rose about 3.3% after the company announced its plans to buy back as much as $100 million of...

AdCare Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: ADK) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase a skilled nursing and assisted living community in Mountain View, Arkansas for $4.2 million. The facilities have an aggregate of 129 beds that generated an estimated $5.2 million in gross annualized revenues...