For-profit hospital stock report: Week of Jan. 11-15

Kelly Gooch - Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

All five of the major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices fall last week.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems saw the largest decrease in share price, with shares falling 13.7 percent last week.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health saw its share price drop 1.5 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.): $20.04 per share (down 13.7 percent)
Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $64.27 per share (down 4.1 percent)
LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $69.39 per share (down 1.5 percent)
Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $23.07 per share (down 10.4 percent)
Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $109.17 per share (down 3 percent)