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Amedisys is Among the Companies in the Health Care Services Industry With the Best Relative Performance (AMED, IPCM, DGX, MHS, GTIV)

Written on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 4:47am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Health Care Services industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for stocks that have the potential to outperform.
Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) ranks first with a gain of 9.32%; IPC The Hospitalist (NASDAQ:IPCM) ranks second with a gain of 5.27%; and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) ranks third with a gain of 1.14%.
Medco Health Solutions (NYSE:MHS) follows with a gain of 1.11% and Gentiva Health Services (NASDAQ:GTIV) rounds out the top five with a gain of 0.97%.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of AMED and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 06, 2010 at $53.35. The stock has fallen 51.8% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: Amedisys relative performance

Ticker(s): AMED IPCM DGX MHS GTIV

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