Afternoon Market Losers - Accenture (NYSE:ACN), Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED)

BlackBerry BBRY

plummeted 24.66% to $10.91 after the company posted a quarterly loss of $84 million, or $0.16 per share, versus a year-ago loss of $518 million, or $0.99 per share. Its loss from continuing operations came in at $84 million, while its adjusted loss from continuing operations was $67 million, or $0.13 per share.

LHC Group LHCG

dropped 13.69% to $19.44 after analysts at RW Baird downgraded the company from “neutral” to “underperform.” The target price for LHC Group has been lowered from $22 to $16.

Gentiva Health Services GTIV

traded down 13.49 percent to $9.88 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed funding changes that amount to a cut of 3.5 percent per year over the next four years, causing home health care shares to sink.

LHC Group LHCG fell 13.32% to $19.53 after CMS announced potential 'worst-case scenario' rate changes. Amedisys AMED down 10.99% to $11.83. Accenture plc ACN tumbled 10.48% to $71.78 after the company lowered its forecast for the fiscal year. AZZ Incorporated plunged 14.15% to $37 after the company reported a 9% drop in its fiscal first-quarter earnings and issued a weak current-quarter view.

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