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LPNT [NASD]
Lifepoint Hospitals Inc.
Healthcare - Hospitals - USA
Index- P/E11.83 EPS (ttm)2.51 Insider Own1.96% Shs Outstand54.77M Perf Week-4.78%
Market Cap1.63B Forward P/E11.16 EPS next Y2.66 Insider Trans-0.92% Shs Float53.70M Perf Month-10.57%
Income133.80M PEG1.42 EPS next Q0.60 Inst Own95.00% Short Float8.72% Perf Quarter2.38%
Sales2.89B P/S0.56 EPS this Y15.71% Inst Trans1.13% Short Ratio10.58 Perf Half Y16.84%
Book/sh32.50 P/B0.91 EPS next Y7.69% ROA3.64% Target Price32.93 Perf Year22.38%
Cash/sh2.18 P/C13.61 EPS next 5Y8.33% ROE8.03% 52W Range17.74 - 33.99 Perf YTD-8.73%
Dividend- P/FCF10.81 EPS past 5Y7.48% ROI3.93% 52W High-12.65% Beta1.00
Dividend %- Quick Ratio2.34 Sales past 5Y25.27% Gross Margin46.71% 52W Low67.36% ATR0.90
Employees15700 Current Ratio2.62 Sales Q/Q10.35% Oper. Margin7.52% RSI (14)43.39 Volatility2.76% 2.97%
OptionableYes Debt/Eq0.78 EPS Q/Q9.95% Profit Margin4.69% Rel Volume0.95 Prev Close29.02
ShortableYes LT Debt/Eq0.78 EarningsFeb 19 BMO Payout0.00% Avg Volume442.62K Price29.69
Recom2.70 SMA20-4.94% SMA50-5.17% SMA2005.07% Volume422,219 Change2.31%
22-Oct-09Initiated Pali Research Neutral
01-Oct-09Upgrade Soleil Hold → Buy $32.75
01-Jun-09Upgrade Deutsche Securities Hold → Buy $31 → $41
11-May-09Upgrade Citigroup Hold → Buy
04-May-09Reiterated Deutsche Securities Hold $23 → $31
04-May-09Reiterated Credit Suisse Neutral $25 → $27
20-Apr-09Downgrade Longbow Neutral → Sell $18
27-Jan-09Initiated RBC Capital Mkts Outperform $30
22-Jan-09Reiterated Leerink Swann Mkt Perform $24.50 → $23.50
18-Dec-08Initiated JP Morgan Neutral
25-Nov-08Initiated Soleil Hold
10-Nov-08Upgrade Citigroup Sell → Hold
12-Sep-08Initiated Soleil Hold
12-Sep-08Initiated Banc of America Sec Neutral
14-Aug-08Initiated Robert W. Baird Neutral $35
14-Aug-08Downgrade Leerink Swann Outperform → Mkt Perform
13-Jun-08Initiated Leerink Swann Outperform
12-Jun-08Downgrade Lehman Brothers Overweight → Equal-Weight
29-Apr-08Initiated Citigroup Sell $26
29-Feb-08Downgrade Longbow Buy → Neutral
05-Feb-10 01:14PM  LifePoint Hospitals to Broadcast Its Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Conference Call Live on the Internet Business Wire
02-Feb-10 11:15AM  Lifepoint Hospitals to Participate in UBS 20th Annual Global Healthcare Services Conference Business Wire
27-Jan-10 01:52PM  Options Still Bullish on This Health Services Co. at CNBC
09:53AM  As Cost For Human Genome Sequencing Declines To $10,000 In 2010 Will This Test Become New Requirement For Defensive Medicine? Wall Street Transcript
20-Jan-10 09:23AM  Premarket roundup: Hospital operators, Google AP
08:11AM  Ahead of the Bell: Hospital Operators AP
07:06AM  [$$] A Spotlight on Health Care Shares at RealMoney by TheStreet.com
19-Jan-10 04:50PM  Fitch gives negative view on US health care AP
06-Jan-10 10:08AM  [video] Stocks Under $10: Two New Potential Buys at TheStreet.com
10:08AM  [video] Stocks Under $10: 2 New Potential Buys at TheStreet.com
04-Jan-10 11:57AM  LifePoint Hospitals to Participate in 28th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Business Wire
21-Dec-09 10:00AM  Farrell: The Health Care Bill & Stocks We Like at CNBC
08:15AM  [$$] Standing Firm on Health Stocks Despite D.C. Deals at RealMoney by TheStreet.com
15-Dec-09 05:01PM  LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exh EDGAR Online
14-Dec-09 10:50AM  Vice President Of Equity Research Picks Top Small Cap And Large Cap Health Care Stocks For Investors: UnitedHealth And Amerigroup Among His Favorites Wall Street Transcript
11-Dec-09 09:59AM  [$$] Healthier Hospital Volume Trends at Barrons.com
10-Dec-09 10:14AM  Bloomberg Top Stock Picker Sees Unemployment Levels Not A Factor In Health Care Service Equity Valuations Wall Street Transcript
09-Dec-09 09:01AM  Lazard Capital Picks Stocks That Benefit From Increased Reimbursement From Impending Health Care Legislation Wall Street Transcript
07-Dec-09 10:23AM  Medicaid Benefits Expansion Will Have Positive Effect For Selected Health Care Sector Companies Says Credit Suisse Analyst Wall Street Transcript
13-Nov-09 09:05AM  LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. Financials EDGAR Online Financials
10-Nov-09 09:24AM  New Star Analyst Rankings for LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. StarMine
08:00AM  What Reform Means for Hospital Stocks at Minyanville.com
06-Nov-09 10:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for 10:00 am ET today CCBN
09:03AM  Lifepoint profit up on admissions, lower charges AP
07:15AM  LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and EDGAR Online
07:07AM  Q3 2009 LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Earnings Release - Before Market Open CCBN
07:07AM  InPlay: Lifepoint Hospitals beats by $0.03, beats on revs; reaffirms FY09 EPS guidance, revs guidance Briefing.com
07:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results Business Wire
05-Nov-09 03:50PM  TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday TradingMarkets.com
12:36PM  AmerisourceBergen Profitably Pushing Drugs at Investopedia
03-Nov-09 02:14PM  Tenet Revenues Rise in 3Q Zacks.com
23-Oct-09 11:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals to Broadcast Its Third Quarter 2009 Conference Call Live on the Internet Business Wire
22-Oct-09 06:47AM  Coverage initiated on Lifepoint Hospitals by Pali Research Briefing.com
15-Oct-09 12:03PM  UPDATE - Lazard cautious on U.S. acute care hospitals at Reuters
23-Sep-09 07:51PM  Obama Can't Hurt This Health-Care Stock at CNBC
21-Sep-09 02:05PM  SNFs Must Drive Higher Acuity In Their Medicare Census; Behavioral Facility Sector Enjoying Strong Fundamentals Due To 40% Reduction In Industry Capacity Wall Street Transcript
12:27PM  Outpatient Healthcare Services Benefit From Recession As Wage Pressures Decline; 50% Of Expenses For These Companies Wall Street Transcript
08:14AM  Healthiest Hospital Stock: Tenet Tops Poll at TheStreet.com
16-Sep-09 05:22PM  Sector Snap: Insurer stocks rise on reform bill AP
10-Sep-09 12:21PM  Sector Snap: Hospital operators edge higher AP
09-Sep-09 10:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals to Participate in Baird Health Care Conference Business Wire
17-Aug-09 05:45PM  Healthcare IT Company Valuations Have "Surged Ahead of Themselves" According to Industry Expert Wall Street Transcript
11-Aug-09 05:00PM  Best in Class: Why Tenet Is the Healthiest Play in Hospitals at TheStreet.com
04:32PM  Healthcare IT Industry Will Be Very Positive In 2-3 Years, Once Healtchare Reform Bill Is Ironed Out, Analyst Predicts Wall Street Transcript
09:31AM  Best in Class: Why Tenet is the Healthiest Play in Heath Care at TheStreet.com
07-Aug-09 02:40PM  LifePoint Slips as Q2 Disappoints Zacks.com -10.52%
10:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for 10:00 am ET today CCBN
08:54AM  UPDATE - LifePoint Hospitals profit misses estimates at Reuters
08:15AM  LifePoint Hospitals raises EPS guidance for '09 AP
08:13AM  LifePoint Hospitals 2Q slips on greater expenses AP
07:15AM  LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Other Events, Financial EDGAR Online
07:07AM  Q2 2009 LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Earnings Release - Before Market Open CCBN
07:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results Business Wire
06-Aug-09 06:52PM  Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Friday at MarketWatch
04-Aug-09 04:43AM  Dividends May Not Be Sexy, but They Pay at Seeking Alpha
03-Aug-09 12:20PM  SP "Melt-Up" Leaves Dividend Strategy in the Dust at Minyanville.com
28-Jul-09 11:30AM  Healthy Gains for Hospital Stocks Indie Research
24-Jul-09 11:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals to Broadcast Its Second Quarter 2009 Conference Call Live on the Internet Business Wire
14-Jul-09 07:36AM  RothmanResearch.com Stock Review for X, LRY, HXL, MS, LPNT and DISH Marketwire
10-Jul-09 01:48PM  Pharmas, Hospitals Fall Due to Health Care Reform Troubles at Seeking Alpha
08-Jul-09 06:09PM  UPDATE - Republicans: U.S. healthcare timetable may slip at Reuters
04:45PM  UPDATE - Democrats hunting for votes for U.S. healthcare deal at Reuters
02:39PM  Democrats hunting for votes for U.S. healthcare deal at Reuters
06-Jul-09 08:50AM  Hospital Stocks Down on Rumored Medicare Cuts at Seeking Alpha
15-Jun-09 04:30PM  UPDATE - Hospital stocks fall after Obama proposes cuts at Reuters
04:16PM  Hospital Stocks Need Emergency Care at Barron's Online
09-Jun-09 07:40AM  AnalystChoice.com Brings You the Best Complimentary Research Report on LPNT, LNCR, VITA and INSM Marketwire
02-Jun-09 10:59AM  Top Consumer Goods Short-Squeeze Plays at TheStreet.com
08:09AM  Analyst Picks and Pans: Kohl's, ITW, Hospital Stocks at BusinessWeek
01-Jun-09 09:44AM  Premarket roundup: Sara Lee, hospitals AP
08:23AM  Ahead of the Bell: Hospital stocks upgraded AP
27-May-09 05:49AM  Last Week's Biggest Winners And Why at Investopedia
19-May-09 04:10PM  Tenet Healthcare rallies on Goldman Sachs upgrade at MarketWatch
01:06PM  Hospital Index Jumps; Tenet Higher on Upgrade Indie Research
13-May-09 07:59AM  [video] WTF? UAW vs. SEIU at TheStreet.com
11-May-09 12:15PM  LifePoint Hospitals to Participate in Deutsche Bank 34th Annual Health Care Conference Business Wire
11:47AM  UPDATE - Citigroup upgrades hospital sector to "overweight" at Reuters
08-May-09 06:39PM  Hospital Stocks Climb Despite Bad Economy Investor's Business Daily
07-May-09 10:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals to Participate in Bank of America and Merrill Lynch 2009 Health Care Conference Business Wire
08:38AM  Ways To Make Money In Healthcare Growth at Investopedia
04-May-09 05:19PM  LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online
01-May-09 11:07AM  LifePoint surpasses Street estimates in 1st-qtr AP
10:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for 10:00 am ET today CCBN
08:34AM  LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and EDGAR Online
07:07AM  Q1 2009 LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Earnings Release - Before Market Open CCBN
07:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals Reports First Quarter 2009 Results Business Wire
28-Apr-09 06:01AM  LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers EDGAR Online
22-Apr-09 11:56PM  Tenet Healthcare's Just Tip Of The Iceberg at Investopedia
21-Apr-09 11:57AM  Tenet Surprise Sends Hospital Stocks Higher Indie Research
17-Apr-09 10:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals to Broadcast Its First Quarter 2009 Conference Call Live on the Internet Business Wire
01-Apr-09 11:30AM  LifePoint Hospitals Announces Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Business Wire
16-Mar-09 10:05AM  Lifepoint makes C-level changes at bizjournals.com
13-Mar-09 05:20PM  LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers EDGAR Online
04:30PM  LifePoint Hospitals Names Jeffrey Sherman Chief Financial Officer Business Wire
04-Mar-09 10:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals to Participate in Barclays Capital Global Healthcare Conference Business Wire
03-Mar-09 10:00AM  LifePoint Hospitals to Participate in Raymond James 30th Annual Institutional Investors Conference Business Wire
02-Mar-09 07:00AM  Like Their Patients, Hospitals Are Ill Morningstar.com -8.28%
25-Feb-09 05:29PM  LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Other Events EDGAR Online
05:27PM  LifePoint Hospitals Amends Rights Agreement Business Wire
23-Feb-09 07:08PM  LifePoint slides on patient admission concerns AP -5.97%
LifePoint Hospitals Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities in the United States. The company's hospitals provide a range of medical and surgical services comprising general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, psychiatric care, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, rehabilitation services, and pediatric services, as well as specialized services, such as open-heart surgery, skilled nursing, and neuro-surgery. Its hospitals also offer outpatient services, including one-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, respiratory therapy, imaging, sports medicine, and lithotripsy. As of December 31, 2008, LifePoint Hospitals operated 48 hospitals in 17 states. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. Lifepoint Hospitals Inc. (NasdaqNM:LPNT) operates independently of HCA Inc. as of May 11, 1999.