Three of the major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices fall last week.
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services saw the largest decrease in share price, with shares falling 4.5 percent.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw its share price fall 0.4 percent, the least of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings and Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health saw their share prices rise.
Here is how the five operators stacked up.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $5.58 per share (down 2.6 percent)
- HCA Holdings (Nashville, Tenn.): $73.88 per share (up 0.9 percent)
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $58.35 per share (up 2.5 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $15.12 per share (down 0.4 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $107.08 per share (down 4.5 percent)
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