For-profit hospital stock report: Week of Nov. 21-25

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

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw the largest decrease in share price, with shares falling 3.9 percent.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health saw its share price fall 1.4 percent, the least of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services saw their share prices rise.

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

  • Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $5.84 per share (up 0.9 percent)
  • HCA Holdings (Nashville, Tenn.): $71.39 per share (down 1.5 percent)
  • LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $56.55 per share (down 1.4 percent)
  • Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $16.22 per share (down 3.9 percent)
  • Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $123.17 per share (up 0.4 percent)

 

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