Friday, October 18, 2013

Hospital Corps Stock Prices Up 564% Under Obama

I found 12 US Publicly-Held Hospital Corporations with Net Assets or Stockholders Equity above $100 mil at June 30, 2013 and which had their common stock trading on both January 16, 2009, the last day stocks were trading before President Obama took office, and also trading now.

These 12 corps had an average stock price increase of an off-the-charts 564% since President Obama took office.  This is more than 5 times the 105% increase in the S&P 500 Index over the same time period.

It is easy to understand why financially savvy employees and investors in publicly-held Hospital Corps are extremely happy with the Obama Administration.

And it is pretty clear that the very perceptive Stock Market is signaling that publicly-held Hospital Corps are and will continue to do extremely well under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  And the Stock Market is also signaling that the ACA has been working quite effectively and will continue to work very well in the future.  

Below here are the common stock prices for each of these Hospital Corps on Friday October 18, 2013 and also on January 16, 2009:



Stock Stock

State Price Price %

HQs 10-18-13 1-16-09 Increase
Hospital Corps








Acadia Healthcare TN $39.95 $1.05 3705%
Tenet Healthcare TX $47.79 $4.76 904%
Health Management Associates FL $12.99 $1.68 673%
Universal Health Services PA $80.36 $18.94 324%
Health South AL $36.33 $10.93 232%
Mednax FL $107.23 $32.49 230%
Hanger TX $35.54 $13.72 159%
Community Health Systems TN $44.12 $18.03 145%
DaVita HealthCare Partners CO $58.06 $24.09 141%
LifePoint Hospitals TN $48.97 $22.60 117%
Amsurg TN $42.89 $22.30 92%
Fresenius Medical Care MA $33.07 $21.91 51%





Average Increase:  all 12 Hospital Corps


564%





S&P 500 Index
1744.50 850.12 105%