Emergency Medical Services Reviewing Strategy Options, Soars 19% To 52-Week High (EMS)

Shares of Emergency Medical Services Corp. EMS are trading up 19% at $64.06 per share during the Tuesday afternoon trading session. The shares began to climb after the company announced that "it is reviewing various strategic alternatives to enhance stockholder value". The day's trading range for shares of Emergency Medical Services Corp has been between $59.21 and a 52-week high of $64.53 per share. Analysts covering Emergency Medical Services Corp. (EMS) stock give it a consensus price target of $65.18 per share. Trading volume for Emergency Medical Services Corp has been heavy, with 4.5 million shares having been traded today, already far above the daily average volume of 253,000 shares. Emergency Medical Services Corporation (EMSC) is a leading provider of emergency medical services in the United States. EMSC operates two business segments: American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR), the company's healthcare transportation services segment, and EmCare Holdings Inc. (EmCare), the company's facility-based physician services segment. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.