Amedisys, Inc. (AMED)

I'm so confused as to why anyone would red thumb this. AMED is a billion$ company that runs nursing homes. This is a growing sector in the U.S. with the senior population growing. Company has produced incredible growth over the past years through aquisitions and such and will continue to do so.

AMED has a 25$ book value so you're getting the buisiness for only 11$. With earnings at 5$ a share for the year this has a P/E of only 2.... of course thats only if earnings stay constant. As I said, earnings have been growing fast even during the recession. So why would anyone downthumb this?

This could be easily worth 70+ when peolple get their heads straight!

70% Sales Growth in the LTM, Trading at deep discount to it's 3 Yr PB, PS, and PCF numbers. NTM PEG is a cheap 0.4.

well only eight times earnings, eps great and not to mention well suited in the obama health care environment and i heard that they plan eating up what ever competition is left.....I think some of our members should take a serious look at amed in my opinion should be at least 3 stars I think 4 myself

eps acceleration&growth / value / recent price strength (4w)

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Citron Research... As usual, be patient here.

Citron -- Medicare fraud likely.

Citron

Screened some Magic Formula stocks through my brain and ended up with 10 new picks.

Any health care reform will not take effect until at least 2013.

Portefeuille 12. Betting that this reasonably priced medical services staffing company will benefit from the upcoming sector rotation to healthcare.

The forward PE is about 8 with the 5-year growth estimate at 18.5. MSN stock scouter rating is 7. I am targeting a 50% return over its current price of 39.55.

There were 30 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

ITWO - 1 (3 Star)
SOLR - Already on list
AMED - 2 (2 Star)
NTRI - 3 (3 Star)
CBI - 4 (5 Star)
CYTK - 5 (2 Star)
FWLT - Already on list
USMO - Already on list
PTIE - 6 (5 Star)
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Timestamp: 2009-09-08 19:37:25 UTC

With Medicare rebates likely to increase in 2010 AMED is going to be a benificiary of this increase. Rumors abound by analyts that AMED will continue to grow revenue and eps. Let's see!

Cheers!

One of the few healthcare stocks which I think will be OK under an Obama government healthcare plan. Currently performing very well.

I like this stock for the following reasons:
It is run by a nurse who has managed the company for many years. Early on the company had a near death experience due to high debt levels.
The company is small and growing.
Home nursing care is a business with the wind at its back.

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4/55 in Health Care Services -(75.7 @ A+/A+)

Leadership needs to clean their act and bring integrity in their operations.