For-Profit Hospital Stock Report: Week of Jan. 2-4, 2013

The new year has not slowed the hot ride for for-profit hospital companies. The seven major publicly traded hospital operators each posted gains last week, the first of 2013, and many are trading at some of their highest values in the past year.

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Here are the five-day stock prices and percentage changes for the week of Jan. 2 through Jan. 4, 2013.

•    Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $32.27 per share (up 3.36 percent)

•    Health Management Associates (Naples, Fla.): $9.45 per share (up 0.11 percent)

•    Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $31.94 per share (up 2.04 percent)

•    LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.): $40.38 per share (up 3.04 percent)

•    Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $34.11 per share (up 2.16 percent)

•    Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $50.00 per share (up 0.62 percent)

•    Vanguard Health Systems (Nashville, Tenn.): $12.44 per share (up 0.48 percent)

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