Health Care Services

PDI, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDII) today announced a significant new contract sales engagement with an existing Top 5 global pharmaceutical client. The contract involves several products in the women's health therapeutic category and is scheduled to begin in early November 2010 and run for 12 months. This...

Ryder System, Inc.(R) one of the leading transportation and supply chain management companies in the U.S., released its third quarter earnings before the market opened. The company reported earnings of 76 cents per share from continuing operations, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 11...

Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid....

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL –October 21, 2010 – Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are currently members of the exclusive Zacks #5 Rank List – Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): Vail Resorts, Inc. (MTN) and Collective...

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) reported an EPS of $1.13 during the third quarter of fiscal 2010, surpassing the year-ago quarter's $1.02. However, excluding an 8-cent benefit associated with a favorable tax resolution, the EPS came in at $1.05, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.00. Revenues...

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today reported income of $313 million, or $0.05 per diluted share,1 from continuing operations applicable to Morgan Stanley for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 compared with income of $936 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, for the same period a year ago. Net...

In part 1 and part 2 of this article, we discussed crashed-and-recovered and super-spike 10x return stocks. While these two types give the best return in relatively short time spans, most investors, when they think of 10x return stocks, focus on finding true-growth stocks, stocks of companies...

In part 1 and part 2 of this article, we discussed crashed-and-recovered and super-spike 10x return stocks. While these two types give the best return in relatively short time spans, most investors, when they think of 10x return stocks, focus on finding true-growth stocks, stocks of companies...

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) is scheduled to release its third quarter fiscal 2010 earnings on October 20, 2010 before the market opens. The company is expected to earn $1.00 during the quarter on $1.87 billion in revenues, according to the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Previous Quarter Highlights...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – October 19 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), General Motors(PINK: MTLQQ), Toyota Motor Corp (TM) and Healthways, Inc. (HWAY). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research...

Lincare Holdings (LNCR), a leading provider of oxygen and respiratory therapies, reported third quarter fiscal 2010 results after the closing bell on October 18. Earnings per share of 47 cents matched the Zacks Consensus Estimate while increasing from 36 cents a year-ago. Net income surged 26.2...

Third-quarter results for Lincare Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNCR) were modestly below expectations due primarily to slightly higher bad debt expense, Deutsche Bank reports. “While we'd characterize the results as ‘soft,' organic rev growth (+8%), EBITDA margins (26%+) and FCF remain solid; our 2011...

Lincare Holdings, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: LNCR) 3Q10 revenue and EPS are in-line with consensus, Citigroup reports. “There was much revenue noise in the qtr and yty revenue growth slowed sequentially (from 10% to 7%),” Citigroup writes. “LNCR's decision to increase its quarterly bad debt accrual was offset...