For-profit hospital stock report: Week of Feb. 22-26

Kelly Gooch - Monday, February 29th, 2016

All five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices rise last week.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw the largest increase in share price, with shares rising 7.8 percent last week.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health saw its share price rise 3.8 percent last week, the least of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.

Here is how the five operators' stock prices stacked up last week.

Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $15.63 per share (up 7.1 percent)
Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $70.94 per share (up 4.9 percent)
LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $63.66 per share (up 3.8 percent)
Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $25.68 per share (up 7.8 percent)
Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $114.29 per share (up 7.7 percent)