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Hospitals
Composite Value: 863.7
Today's Change: +2.88%
S&P 500: 0.00%

Hospitals News

MedCath Corporation Reports First Quarter Earnings
Wed Feb 3 (PR Newswire)
MedCath Corporation , a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, today announced its unaudited operating results for its first quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended December 31, 2009.

•	Health Management Associates, Inc. to Present at the 20th Annual UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference - (Business Wire)
•	Lifepoint Hospitals to Participate in UBS 20th Annual Global Healthcare Services Conference - (Business Wire)

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Industry Top Performers

Intraday Price Performance	% Change	Market Cap
UNIVERSAL HLTH SVC B [UHS]	0.00%	$3.0 B
TENET HLTHCRE CP [THC]	0.00%	$2.5 B
HLTH MGMT ASSOC A [HMA]	0.00%	$1.7 B
COMMUNITY HEALTH [CYH]	0.00%	$3.0 B
SUNLINK HEALTH SYS [SSY]	0.00%	$14.2 M

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Market Capitalization	% Change	Market Cap
COMMUNITY HEALTH [CYH]	0.00%	$2.9 B
UNIVERSAL HLTH SVC B [UHS]	0.00%	$2.8 B
TENET HLTHCRE CP [THC]	0.00%	$2.4 B
HLTH MGMT ASSOC A [HMA]	0.00%	$1.6 B
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. [LPNT]	0.00%	$1.6 B

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Date	Co	Event
02/17/10	CYH	Community Health Systems, Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Release
02/18/10	CYH	Community Health Systems, Inc. Earnings Conference Call (Q4 2009)
02/22/10	HMA	Health Management Associates, Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Release

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Recent Events
Date	Co	Event
02/03/10	MDTH	MedCath Corporation downside earnings surprise (-266.67%)
02/02/10	HMA	HLTH MGMT ASSOC A upgraded by Credit Suisse
01/29/10	RHB	REHABCARE GROUP INC downgraded by Deutsche Bank

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Industry Statistics

Market Capitalization:	14B
Price / Earnings:	23.1
Price / Book:	-3.4
Net Profit Margin (mrq):	2.2%
Price To Free Cash Flow (mrq):	175.1
Return on Equity:	12.7%
Total Debt / Equity:	0.0
Dividend Yield:	0.3%

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