Health Care Services

Emergency Medical Services (NYSE: EMS), the provider of ambulance and facility-based physician services, is reportedly close to being acquired for $3.1 billion private-equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC. The deal is believed to be a leveraged buyout. Colorado-based Emergency Medical...

Below are the top home health care stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) is 25.99%. LHCG's PEG ratio is 0.62. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Almost Family Inc (NASDAQ: AFAM) is 19.32%. AFAM's PEG...

Piper Jaffray increased its DaVita (NYSE: DVA) price target to $70 from $64 and maintained DaVita's Underweight rating in a research report published today. In the report, Piper Jaffray states, "DVA reported in-line Q4 revenues and a slight beat on earnings, helped by share repurchases above our...

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on DaVita, Inc. (NYSE: DVA) from $64 to $70 and maintains its Underweight rating.

DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) today announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Net income attributable to DaVita Inc. for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010, excluding after-tax debt refinancing and redemption charges of $42.9 million and $45.4 million respectively, was...

Shares of DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) are lower on the session by 0.07%, currently trading at $75.94. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short...

Shares of Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR) are higher on the session by 0.78%, currently trading at $27.04. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short...

Burlington, North Carolina-based Laboratory Corporation of America (NYSE: LH) on Thursday morning released financial results that beat Wall Street expectations. Laboratory Corporation of America reported that its 4th quarter net earnings fell to $131.8 million, or $1.26 per share, down from $142.7...

Jefferies & Company has published a research report on Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) after the company showed its transaction with RehabCare Group (NYSE: RHB) should be accretive near-term. In the report, Jefferies writes "With the acquisition of RehabCare (RHB, $37.05, NC), KND is now...

Arcadia Resources, Inc. (NYSE: KAD) today announced fiscal 2011 third quarter net revenues of $26.2 million and a consolidated net loss of $2.3 million, or $0.01 per share, which compares to net revenue of $25.7 million and a consolidated net loss of $3.2 million, or $0.02 per share, for the same...

RehabCare Group (NYSE: RHB) reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.66 ($0.69 including a hospital sold on January 1), “well ahead of our $0.59 estimate,” Morgan Keegan reports. “Revenues of $339 million beat our $336 million estimate,” Morgan Keegan writes. “The 13.0% EBITDA margin topped our estimate...

Jefferies maintained their Hold rating after Lincare (NASDAQ: LNCR) reported Q4 earnings last night. Jefferies found that “Q4 organic revenue growth of 8% was lighter than what we expected, and was likely impacted by weak demand for discretionary items such as CPAP equipment and respiratory...

By 10:50 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 28.49 points, or 0.23%, to 12,190.12, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 2.06 points, or 0.16%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 1.62 points, or 0.06%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are supporting the markets are...

At 10:10 am, the Dow gained 0.10% to 12,174.19, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.04% to 1,319.57 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.08% to 2,786.09. The industries that are supporting the market today are: Manufactured Housing: This industry jumped 3.57% by 10:10 am. The...

Rehabcare Group Inc (NYSE: RHB) jumped 46.25% to $37.25 at 10:00 am. Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) agreed to purchase RHB for around $900 million in cash and stock. Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: OCLS) shares advanced 28.26% to $2.36. OCLS received a new FDA 510(k) clearance for its...