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Home Health Care
Composite Value: 1107.9
Today's Change: +2.39%
S&P 500: 0.00%		chart for [Home Health Care (^YHOh796)]
Home Health Care News
LHC Group and Woods Memorial Hospital Announce Home Health Joint Venture
Tue 8:03 am ET (GlobeNewswire)
LAFAYETTE, La. -- LHC Group, Inc. , one of the largest providers of home health services in the United States, announced today that it has entered into a home health joint venture with Woods Memorial Hospital in Etowah, Tennessee.
• American HomePatient Enters into Fifth Forbearance Agreement with Respect to Senior Debt - (Business Wire)
• PHC Awarded Contract Renewal for Services to Wayne County Mental Health Agency - (Business Wire)
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Industry Top Performers
Intraday Price Performance% ChangeMarket Cap
LHC Group [LHCG] 0.00% $588.5 M
CHEMED CORP [CHE] 0.00% $1.0 B
PHC INC CL A [PHC] 0.00% $22.5 M
Allied HealthCare International [AHCI] 0.00% $136.3 M
Lincare Holdings Inc. [LNCR] 0.00% $2.5 B
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Market Capitalization% ChangeMarket Cap
Lincare Holdings Inc. [LNCR] 0.00% $2.4 B
Amedisys Inc [AMED] 0.00% $1.0 B
CHEMED CORP [CHE] 0.00% $1.0 B
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. [GTIV] 0.00% $693.2 M
LHC Group [LHCG] 0.00% $567.6 M
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02/08/10 LNCR Lincare Holdings Q4 2009 Earnings Release
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11/24/09 AHCI Allied HealthCare International upside earnings surprise (+16.67%)
11/04/09 AFAM Almost Family Inc upside earnings surprise (+4.29%)
10/29/09 GTIV Gentiva Health Services, Inc. upside earnings surprise (+3.85%)
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Industry Statistics
Market Capitalization:6B
Price / Earnings:14.3
Price / Book:-18.4
Net Profit Margin (mrq):7.2%
Price To Free Cash Flow (mrq):13.5
Return on Equity:14.4%
Total Debt / Equity:0.0
Dividend Yield:0.7%
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