Research Reports Initiation on Specialized Health Services Stocks -- AMN Healthcare Services, Healthways, MEDNAX, and HEALTHSOUTH
NEW YORK, September 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
In today's pre-market research, Stock-Callers.com has lined up four Specialized Health Services equities for assessment: AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS), Healthways Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY), MEDNAX Inc. (NYSE: MD), and HEALTHSOUTH Corp. (NYSE: HLS). These companies belong to the Healthcare sector which finished narrowly mixed in afternoon trading on Friday, September 16, 2016. As per an article on the NASDAQ, the NYSE Health Care Index slid 0.1%, while shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 rose about 0.2% as a group. Learn more about these stocks by downloading their free report at:
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AMN Healthcare Services
San Diego, California headquartered AMN Healthcare Services Inc.'s stock finished Friday's session 0.09% higher at $34.74 with a total trading volume of 680,097 shares. The Company's shares have advanced 1.46% in the past month and 11.88% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading 1.57% above its 200-day moving average. Additionally, shares of AMN Healthcare Services, which provides healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services in the US, have a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 38.54.
On August 4th, 2016, the company reported that consolidated revenue was $474 million for Q2 2016, up 35% from Q2 2015. Gross margin was 32.7%, which is 130 basis points higher than Q2 2015. The company's net income was $26 million, or $0.53 per diluted share. Excluding amortization of intangible assets and acquisition and integration costs, net of tax, adjusted net income per diluted share was $0.61. The free research report on AHS is available at:
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Healthways
Last Friday, shares in Tennessee headquartered Healthways Inc. recorded a trading volume of 572,865 shares. The stock ended the session 1.18% higher at $24.96. The Company's shares have advanced 3.48% in the last one month, 108.52% over the previous three months, and 93.94% since the start of this year. The stock is trading 28.39% above its 50-day moving average and 83.35% above its 200-day moving average. Moreover, shares of Healthways, which together with its subsidiaries, provides network delivered solutions and population health management services to help people to enhance well-being and health, have an RSI of 63.99.
On August 10th, 2016, Healthways announced that Robert E. Dries has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective August 22nd, 2016. Dries will succeed Alfred Lumsdaine, who is expected to join Sharecare, Inc. in October 2016. Mr. Dries most recently served as senior vice president, financial operations of Omnicare, Inc., a subsidiary of CVS Health Corp.
On August 22nd, 2016, research firm Barclays upgraded the Company's stock rating from 'Underweight' to 'Equal Weight'. The research firm also revised upwards its previous target price from $12 to $27. The complimentary report on HWAY can be downloaded at:
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MEDNAX
Shares in Florida-based MEDNAX Inc. closed the day 0.31% lower at $65.06. The stock recorded a trading volume of 1.02 million shares, which was higher than its three months average volume of 619,330 shares. The Company's shares have gained 1.28% in the last month and are trading 4.90% below their 200-day moving average. Additionally, shares of MEDNAX, which together with its subsidiaries, provides neonatal, anesthesia, maternal-fetal, and other pediatric subspecialties physician services in the US and Puerto Rico, have an RSI of 41.03.
On September 16th, 2016, MEDNAX, announced the acquisitions of Medical Anesthesia Consultants, LLC, a private physician group practice based in Florence, S.C. and Anesthesia Associates of Naples, P.A., a private physician group practice based in Naples, Fla. These practices were acquired for cash and the transactions are expected to be immediately accretive to earnings. No additional terms of these transactions were disclosed. Visit us today and download our complete research report on MD for free at:
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HEALTHSOUTH
At the close, shares in Alabama headquartered HEALTHSOUTH Corp. ended the day at $40.54, rising 0.32%. The stock recorded a trading volume of 693,997 shares, which was above its three months average volume of 604,970 shares. The Company's shares have advanced 0.22% in the last one month, 2.87% in the previous three months, and 17.90% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading above its 200-day moving average by 8.07%. Furthermore, shares of HEALTHSOUTH, which owns and operates inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, home health agencies, and hospice agencies in the US, have an RSI of 48.07.
On August 29th, 2016, HealthSouth and Tidelands Health formed a joint venture to own and operate Tidelands' existing inpatient rehabilitation hospital located at 4070 Highway 17 Bypass South in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, on the campus of Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital. The joint venture expects to operate 29 inpatient rehabilitation beds at this location. In addition, the joint venture plans to file a Certificate of Need application to build a second, 46-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital that will be located in Little River, South Carolina. Get free access to your technical report on HLS at:
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