Q2 Growth Report - Part 1

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:48:21 GMT

Today's Wall Street Journal had an article that asked the question "Can Rally Run without Revenue?" Is the revenue situation really that bad? Let's take a quick look at some the data compiled through the Alert HQ process. After each quarter's earnings season, I try to pull together what I am now calling the Growth Report. Part 1 compiles the list of stocks that have shown a year-over-year increase in both revenue and earnings AND a sequential quarter-over-quarter increase in both revenue and earnings. Given the severity of the economic downturn, very few companies have been able to to pull off this trick. The following table presents a comparison of the last two quarters: [More...]

Almost Family With A Stellar Quarter

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:32:00 GMT

Almost Family (AFAM) is another reader nomination in the "good charts" category - the volatility has been enormous - trading from mid $30s to low $50s in the past few weeks. Website here. Almost Family, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide home health care services in Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Alabama, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, the United States. It operates in two segments, Visiting Nurse (VN) and Personal Care (PC). The VN segment provides a range of Medicare-certified home health nursing services to patients in need of recuperative care, typically following a period of hospitalization or care in another type of inpatient facility. The PC segment provides services in[More...]

Amedisys Inc. - Aggressive Growth

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:33:00 GMT

Amedisys, Inc. (AMED) continues to aggressively pursue acquisitions nation-wide. The company is coming off of a record quarter and earnings estimates are rising heading into its next earnings announcement on Oct 28. Company Description Amedisys provides home health care and hospice services. The home health segment includes physical, occupational, and speech therapy as well as care for chronic conditions and wound care by skilled nurses. The hospice segment operates through a team of nurses, physicians, patient care managers, and social workers, among others. The company operates more than 300 home health agencies, and[More...]

Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED): Bounce candidate?

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:52:00 GMT

Two firms defending Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) this morning following 18% downside move yesterday following a negative Citron Research piece:[More...]

An Up Stock in a Bear Market

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:32:00 GMT

In this type of a market it is easy to forget that not every stock is going down. Other than Novartis (NYSE:NVS), there is another "Oxford Club Stock" that their Associate Investment Director Lou Basenese recommends that has had quite a run.[More...]

Periodicals Wrap-Up for Thursday, August 7th

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:35:00 GMT

Nissan Motor (NSANY) and Chrysler are already working together on pickups and subcompact cars. Now the two are discussing jointly producing mid-size cars that would be sold in the U.S. under Chrysler's name[More...]

No Bull Market Has Ever Started Without A FTD

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:54:00 GMT

This is one of those terms (FTD) that throw people for a loop when they here it. Most think that it means it is automatically time to go into the markets buying stocks. However, a FTD has to be accompanied by a few things to be a real FTD for me. First the selloff must lead into the FTD on low volume. We did not have low volume on the pullback this year. Second when I see a FTD the first thing I look for is the explosion in volume. How much volume was in on the FTD? Today, it was around a 16% to 18% increase in the indexes and while that is close to what I look for it was no where near the 20% increase in volume that I like to see. For a perfect example of what I am talking about go back to 2003 and take a look at that FTD. The volume was huge and the price gains were enormous following a lower volume selloff. We do not have that this time and the fact that medical stocks are still the only stocks leading has me still not convinced we have a real follow[More...]

Heading Into The Close

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:57:00 GMT

The market has staged a dramatic intraday reversal (if it holds). After making a climatic low this morning, and the VIX spiking to 30.81, the market bottomed and has been working higher the rest of the session.[More...]

Periodicals Wrap-Up for Monday, July 14th

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:43:00 GMT

The Wall Street Journal reported that worries are deepening among regulators, executives and consumers about the U.S. banking industry following the federal government’s seizure of IndyMac Bank[More...]

Small Companies With Great Growth: AMED, AEHR

Sun, 18 May 2008 20:58:22 GMT

Mark Perkins sends: Strong sustainable growth going forward, without an over-valued stock price, is a great trait to find in a company.[More...]

Citigroup, Nokia, Hovnanian are big movers

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:07:00 GMT

NEW YORK - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange:
The world's biggest maker of cell phones unveiled new models that boast more music features and mesh better with Facebook.
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., down 60 cents at $4.05

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Q2 Growth Report - Part 1

Almost Family With A Stellar Quarter

Amedisys Inc. - Aggressive Growth

Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED): Bounce candidate?

An Up Stock in a Bear Market

Periodicals Wrap-Up for Thursday, August 7th

No Bull Market Has Ever Started Without A FTD

Heading Into The Close

Periodicals Wrap-Up for Monday, July 14th

Small Companies With Great Growth: AMED, AEHR

Citigroup, Nokia, Hovnanian are big movers

Daily Record News Briefs: March 13, 2009

Amedisys to Purchase Maryland Home Health and Hospice Agencies, Closes Arkansas Acquisition

Vasco Data, Amedisys, Continental are big movers

Amedisys Schedules Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Date and Investor Conference Call

Amedisys Acquires Hospice Agencies in South Carolina and Mississippi

Amedisys Reports Second Quarter Revenue and Earnings

Amedisys Schedules Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Date and Investor Conference Call

StreetInvesting.Com Free Research on NAV, PAY, AMED, OVTI, ABFS and DECK

Amedisys to Present at the Jefferies 3rd Annual Healthcare Conference

Amedisys to Present at the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch 2009 Health Care Conference

BetterInvesting Magazine Releases July Stock to Study and Undervalued Stock Choices for Investors' Informational and Educational Use

Amedisys Reports Record First Quarter Revenue and Earnings, Reduces Days Revenue Outstanding, and Confirms 2009 Guidance

Amedisys Schedules First Quarter 2009 Earnings Date and Investor Conference Call

Form 4 AMEDISYS INC For: Nov 03 Filed by: RICCHIUTI PETER (10K)

Form 4 AMEDISYS INC For: Oct 27 Filed by: BORNE WILLIAM F (10K)

Form 3 AMEDISYS INC For: Oct 22 Filed by: Bucey David R (10K)

Form 3 AMEDISYS INC For: Oct 22 Filed by: Fleming Michael O. (10K)

Form 4 AMEDISYS INC For: Sep 02 Filed by: RICCHIUTI PETER (10K)

Form 4 AMEDISYS INC For: Aug 12 Filed by: NETTERVILLE JACK L (10K)

Form 4 AMEDISYS INC For: Aug 11 Filed by: NETTERVILLE JACK L (10K)

Form 4 AMEDISYS INC For: Aug 04 Filed by: RICCHIUTI PETER (10K)

Form 4 AMEDISYS INC For: Jul 30 Filed by: GRAHAM LARRY R (10K)

Form 4 AMEDISYS INC For: Jul 28 Filed by: BORNE WILLIAM F (10K)