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Top 5 Companies in the Health Care Services Industry With the Highest Forward Earnings Yield (CCM, GTIV, OCR, AFAM, AMED)
[March 08, 2013]

Top 5 Companies in the Health Care Services Industry With the Highest Forward Earnings Yield (CCM, GTIV, OCR, AFAM, AMED)


Mar 08, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Health Care Services industry with the highest forward earnings yields. Using projected earnings for the current fiscal year, the forward earnings yield is useful to compare a stock's return vs. owning a similar stock or other yield assets (e.g. bonds). Generally, the higher the earnings yield, the more undervalued the stock.Concord Medical Services Holdings ranks highest with a forward earnings yield of 11.0%. Gentiva Health Services is next with a forward earnings yield of 10.8%. Omnicare ranks third highest with a forward earnings yield of 9.4%.



Almost Family follows with a forward earnings yield of 9.2%, and Amedisys rounds out the top five with a forward earnings yield of 8.5%.

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