Health Care Facilities

American Electric Power Co (NYSE: AEP) is estimated to report its Q1 earnings at $0.80 per share on revenue of $3.78 billion. ACCO Brands (NYSE: ACCO) is expected to report its Q1 earnings at $0.00 per share on revenue of $386.18 million. Burger King Worldwide (NYSE: BKW) is estimated to report...

Analysts at RBC Capital downgraded PPL (NYSE: PPL) from “outperform” to “sector perform.” The target price for PPL is set to $31. PPL's shares closed at $30.41 on Friday. Analysts at WallachBeth downgraded Lifepoint Hospitals (NASDAQ: LPNT) from “buy” to “hold.” The target price for Lifepoint...

US stock futures are slightly lower this morning, as investors are awaiting economic data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 11 points to 13,939.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 2 points to 1,516.70. Nasdaq 100 futures declined 2.25 points to 2,765.00. US stocks closed...

Alere (NYSE: ALR) is expected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.57 per share on revenue of $714.75 million. Campbell Soup Co (NYSE: CPB) is projected to report its Q2 earnings at $0.66 per share. ALLETE (NYSE: ALE) is estimated to report its Q4 earnings at $0.75 per share on revenue of $249.25...

For the last two days, the entire East coast has been bombarded with news about the impending arrival of Hurricane Sandy. Meteorologists, already looking tired, have filled the airwaves with vague predictions and hapless reporters have been dispatched to gas stations and supermarket parking lots to...

The Marquette General Health System Board of Trustees and Duke LifePoint Healthcare today announced they have finalized the transaction for Marquette General to be acquired by Duke LifePoint (NASDAQ: LPNT). The acquisition will strengthen Marquette General for the future,...

Below are the top small-cap hospitals stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at AmSurg (NASDAQ: AMSG) is 24.46%. AmSurg's profit margin for the same period is 6.45%. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Health Management...

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPNT) today announced that it has entered into a credit agreement with Citibank, N.A. as administrative agent, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Barclays as joint lead arrangers and joint book-runners, and other lenders. The credit agreement provides for a $...

Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus downgraded Cinemark Holdings (NYSE: CNK) from “buy” to “hold.” Cinemark's shares closed at $24.14 yesterday. Cinemark's trailing-twelve-month ROA is 6.37%. Analysts at Susquehanna downgraded Lifepoint Hospitals (NASDAQ: LPNT) from “positive” to “neutral.” Lifepoint...

Citigroup raises its rating on LifePoint Hospitals (NASDAQ: LPNT) from Neutral to Buy and raises its price target from $40 to $47. Citigroup notes, "We are upgrading LPNT from Neutral (2) to Buy/High Risk (1H) as we assume a more positive view of the near-term (30day) risk/reward around the...