All five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices fall last week.
Down 11.87 percent last week, shares of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare fell more than any other major for-profit hospital operator.
Here is how the five operators stack up.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $44.50 per share (down 11.78 percent).
- Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $79.45 per share (down 3.69 percent).
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $72.93 per share (down 7.88 percent).
- Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $39.22 per share (down 11.87 percent).
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $130.00 per share (down 5.27 percent).
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