Select Medical Holdings (SEM) In A Perilous Reversal
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Trade-Ideas LLC identified
(
) as a "perilous reversal" (up big yesterday but down big today) candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Select Medical Holdings as such a stock due to the following factors:
- SEM has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $15.4 million.
- SEM has traded 644,887 shares today.
- SEM is down 3% today.
- SEM was up 7% yesterday.
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More details on SEM:
Select Medical Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiary, Select Medical Corporation, operates specialty hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation clinics in the United States. It operates in two segments, Specialty Hospitals and Outpatient Rehabilitation. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 2.7%. SEM has a PE ratio of 16.1. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Select Medical Holdings a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Select Medical Holdings has been 1.3 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Select Medical has a market cap of $1.9 billion and is part of the health care sector and health services industry. The stock has a beta of 0.60 and a short float of 5.9% with 4.47 days to cover. Shares are up 8.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday.
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Analysis:
rates Select Medical Holdings as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, reasonable valuation levels and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- SEM's revenue growth trails the industry average of 18.2%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 3.4%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
- The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. Compared to other companies in the Health Care Providers & Services industry and the overall market, SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP's return on equity exceeds that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- Looking at where the stock is today compared to one year ago, we find that it is not only higher, but it has also clearly outperformed the rise in the S&P 500 over the same period, despite the company's weak earnings results. Turning our attention to the future direction of the stock, it goes without saying that even the best stocks can fall in an overall down market. However, in any other environment, this stock still has good upside potential despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year.
- SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP' earnings per share from the most recent quarter came in slightly below the year earlier quarter. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. We feel it is likely to report a decline in earnings in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP increased its bottom line by earning $0.91 versus $0.82 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 3.3% in earnings ($0.88 versus $0.91).
- You can view the full Select Medical Holdings Ratings Report.
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