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Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA)

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Through its subsidiaries, owns & operates general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities. Services are general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care & pediatric services.

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Growth (1902), Defensive (1457), Small Cap (1645), Healthcare (711), Distressed (1597), Healthcare Providers and Services (125)
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Health Management Associates, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $6.89
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:02 PM
Open: $6.77
Previous Close: $6.64
Daily Range: $6.62 - $6.95
52-Week Range: $1.60 - $8.58
Volume: 3,628,669
Market Cap: $1.71B
P/E Ratio: 10.71
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Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA)

Avatar dragonLZ (98.17) Submitted: 7/28/09 9:35 PM

Should easily get to $9 from here (50% gain). Three months tops.

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Avatar DarthMaul09 (33.46) Submitted: 10/12/09 12:19 AM

Major run up in price from the sub $1 lows. To maintain profitability they will have to try to cut costs while not appearing to cut costs. The stresses that Health Care Reform places on small rural hospitals may be greater than bigger city hospitals.

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Avatar thiscoloradokid (< 20) Submitted: 12/15/09 12:33 PM : Outperform Start Price: $7.11 HMA Score: 0.88

Low and rising technical pattern

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Avatar SapphireSeas (77.68) Submitted: 9/23/09 12:26 AM : Outperform Start Price: $7.54 HMA Score: -8.53

Net income, first quarter, 2008: $133M

Net income, annual for 2007: $119M

11% annual growth rate predicted over 5-year term.

I don't like [HMA] debt burden, but in the world of CAPS, I'll take a chance and let it ride because hospitals generally stay in business over the long run. Will also be interesting to see how Obamacare impacts company margins.

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Avatar 1234cody (< 20) Submitted: 6/29/09 4:33 PM : Outperform Start Price: $5.06 HMA Score: 19.97

Top of the sector

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Avatar chippyk (< 20) Submitted: 4/20/09 10:42 AM : Outperform Start Price: $3.57 HMA Score: 64.48

There are a lot of sick people out there that need good care

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Avatar quantguy313 (86.06) Submitted: 1/13/09 1:12 PM : Underperform Start Price: $2.09 HMA Score: -208.64

HMA picked a bad time to add an enormous amount of debt to their balance sheet. I would not be surprised to see this stock bottom out.

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