For-Profit Hospital Stock Report: Week of July 1-5, 2013

Stocks in the for-profit hospital sector took a dip during the Fourth of July workweek, with six of the seven main operators losing share value.

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Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. lost 6.12 percent last week, the most of any for-profit hospital chain, signaling that investors have calmed down following the company’s recent acquisition announcement of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems.

Here are the five-day stock prices and percentage changes for the week of July 1 through June 5.

•    Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $45.87 per share (down 2.15 percent)

•    Health Management Associates (Naples, Fla.): $15.50 per share (down 1.40 percent)

•    Hospital Corp. of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $35.86 per share (down 0.55 percent)

•    LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.): $47.86 per share (down 2.01 percent)

•    Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $43.28 per share (down 6.12 percent)

•    Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $63.83 per share (down 4.67 percent)

•    Vanguard Health Systems (Nashville, Tenn.): $20.78 per share (up 0.19 percent)

More Articles on For-Profit Hospitals:
Moody’s: Tenet-Vanguard Merger Will Hurt Nonprofit Hospitals
Fitch: For-Profit Hospitals’ Low Volumes Due to “Systemic Shifts” in Industry
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