Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw the largest increase in share price, with shares rising 7.6 percent last week.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health saw its share price rise 3.5 percent last week, the least of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.
Here is how the five operators’ stock prices stacked up last week.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $21.48 per share (up 7.4 percent)
- Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $69.58 per share (up 5.7 percent)
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $69.79 per share (up 3.5 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $26.97 per share (up 7.6 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $112.64 per share (up 4.8 percent)
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