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Emergency Medical Services Stock Hits New 52-Week High (EMS)

By TheStreet Wire 02/10/11 - 04:16 PM EST

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Emergency Medical Services Corporation (NYSE:EMS) hit a new 52-week high Thursday as it traded at $70.94 compared with its previous 52-Week high of $70.91. Emergency Medical Services is changing hands at $70.57 with 1.3 million shares traded as of 3:51 p.m. ET. Average volume has been 471,200 shares over the past 30 days. Emergency Medical Services has a market cap of $2.1 billion and is part of the health care sector and health services industry. Shares are up 7.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

Emergency Medical Services Corporation operates in the ambulance and facility-based physician services market in the United States. It operates in two segments, American Medical Response (AMR) and EmCare. The company has a P/E ratio of 24.9, equal to the average health services industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 23.5.

TheStreet Ratings rates Emergency Medical Services as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value. You can view the full Emergency Medical Services Ratings Report.

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