Universal Health Services, Inc.

• An Insider Bought Health Management Associates

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - December 15, 2012 | Tickers: HCA, HMA, LPNT, THC, UHS

  According to a filing with the SEC, a Senior Vice President at Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA) bought 10,000 shares of the company’s stock on Dece. 10 at an average price of $7.76 per share. Health Management Associates is an operator of hospitals, with a concentration in the southern U.S. and has a market capitalization of $2.1 billion. We like to track insider purchases because more »

• Bet on Baby Boomers: Here’s How

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 29, 2012 | Tickers: CYH, HCA, HMA, THC, UHS

  Just like our list of top 10 retailers hedge funds love, the world's most successful money managers are beginning to buy up many of the publicly traded hospital chains in anticipation of increasing visits, with a rapid aging of the Baby Boomer population driving growth. Many of the hospitals we have listed below also have been preparing for the expected rise in hospital visitations by taking over smaller hospitals more »

• Obamacare--How To Profit

  By Sharmistha Banerjee - October 3, 2012 | Tickers: HCA, THC, UHS

  Hospital stocks have performed well amid expectations that Obamacare will survive as his chances of re-election look better. Hospitals will see more patients with health insurance which increases the pool of customers by 10% in the coming year. This massive health insurance coverage expansion is about to unfold in the U.S, beginning  in 2014, and is expected to benefit providers uniquely since the coverage expansion will yield fewer uninsured more »

• Why Did Hedge Funder Larry Robbins Take a 10% Stake in This Healthcare Company?

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - September 21, 2012 | Tickers: CYH, DVA, HCA, THC, UHS

  Glenview Capital, managed by Larry Robbins, is a New York-based hedge fund with an estimated $7 billion in assets under management. Prior to founding Glenview in 2001, Robbins worked as a trader at Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors. His current fund employs a variety of long/short equity strategies, with a focus on the GARP (growth at a reasonable price) model. In most quarters, Glenview has fewer than 50 stock more »

• Is HCA Holdings a Good Stock to Buy?

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - August 6, 2012 | Tickers: CYH, HCA, LPNT, THC, UHS

  HCA Holdings’ (NYSE: HCA) network of 163 hospitals makes it the largest publicly held American pure-play hospital company, with a market capitalization of $11.5 billion. HCA IPO’d in March 2011 and after having dropped in price over the next several months has risen 21% this year. Contributing to this rise was its strong Q1 earnings report, in which earnings came in at $1.18 per share versus expectations more »

• Buy this Undervalued Hospital Company

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 29, 2012 | Tickers: CYH, HCA, THC, UHS

  The hospital sector isn’t exactly known for stellar returns, but we think that’s about to change for at least one company in the space: Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC). Larry Robbins,  as well as billionaires Marc Lasry and John Paulson are among the hedge fund managers who are bullish about Tenet Healthcare (see John Paulson’s stock picks).

  THC recently announced a huge contract win with Catholic Health Initiatives more »

• Financial Interests of the 2012 GOP Candidates

  By Erin McBride - January 1, 2012 | Tickers: ABX, GG, HCA, HUN, MAR, NEM, ST, UHS

  The 2012 Iowa Republican Caucus is upon us, with New Hampshire and South Carolina hot on its heels. While the candidates' platforms have been widely covered, it is strictly their financial activities that are of interest here. What can be learned about each candidate from their financial holdings and who puts their money where their mouth is?

  The most educated of stock market investors know to react to the comings more »