For-profit hospital stock report: Week of May 4-8

Four of the five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices rise last week.

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Shares of King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services were up 3.29 percent last week, the most of any of the for-profit hospital operators.

Shares of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems were down 2.85 percent last week.

  • Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $51.14 per share (down 2.85 percent)
  • Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $76.86 per share (up 3.17 percent)
  • LifePoint Health (previously LifePoint Hospitals)(Brentwood, Tenn.): $72.53 per share (up 1.6 percent)
  • Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $48.26 per share (up 1.2 percent)
  • Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $120.63 per share (up 3.29 percent)

 

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