All five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices rise last week.
Up 2.88 percent last week, shares of Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health rose more than any other major for-profit hospital operator.
Here is how the five operators stack up.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $43.32 per share (up 2.63 percent).
- Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $77.91 per share (up 0.03 percent).
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $74.19 per share (up 2.88 percent).
- Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $37.29 per share (up 2.67 percent).
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $128.50 per share (up 1.04 percent).