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Opinion on Amedisys Inc (AMED) Sector: Healthcare > Industry: Healthcare Facilities
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Nov 14, 2008 05:54 PM GMT

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Growth to PE = 1.89 > undervalued

Price / Sales = 1.3 > reasonably valued

Sales growth 60% >growth in a bad economy

Earnings yield = 7.6% >pricing power intact

AMED operates 261 Medicare-certified home health agencies and 14 Medicare-certified hospice agencies in 19 states.

So growth is high but with only 19 states covered it can reasonably grow @ 20% for 2-3 years. They are the fastest grower in their industry. Potential buyout cnadidate.

AMED: This call was made on 11/14/08 @ $52.494

Rating:	$52.494 (11/14/08)
Closed:	11/21/2008 @ $37.2 (-29.13% in 7 days)

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Amed is in the sweet spot of the aging U.S. population demographic. Home nursing is gaining in popularity.

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Opinion on Amedisys Inc (AMED) Sector: Healthcare > Industry: Healthcare Facilities Fundamentals

Opinion on Amedisys Inc (AMED) Sector: Healthcare > Industry: Healthcare Facilities
Fundamentals