NASDAQ:LPNT - LifePoint Health Stock Price, News, & Analysis

LifePoint Health trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LPNT."

LifePoint Health announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Friday, October 27th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

LifePoint Health Inc (NASDAQ:LPNT) released its earnings results on Friday, October, 26th. The company reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $1.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.55 billion. LifePoint Health had a return on equity of 7.80% and a net margin of 0.59%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.80 EPS. View LifePoint Health's Earnings History.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for LifePoint Health's shares. Their predictions range from $58.00 to $74.00. On average, they anticipate LifePoint Health's share price to reach $65.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for LifePoint Health.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LifePoint Health in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for LifePoint Health.

News articles about LPNT stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. LifePoint Health earned a news impact score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to LifePoint Health include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Universal Health Services (UHS), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Community Health Systems (CYH) and Quorum Health (QHC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other LifePoint Health investors own include General Electric (GE), Mattel (MAT), Twitter (TWTR), Ultra Clean (UCTT), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Walt Disney (DIS), US Foods (USFD), American National BankShares (AMNB), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

LifePoint Health's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (0.04%). Company insiders that own LifePoint Health stock include David M Dill, John P Bumpus, Marguerite Kondracke, Richard H Evans and William F Carpenter III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for LifePoint Health.

LPNT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. View Insider Buying and Selling for LifePoint Health.

One share of LPNT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.99.

LifePoint Health has a market capitalization of $2.52 billion and generates $7.26 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $102.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.63 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for LifePoint Health is http://www.lifepointhealth.net.

LifePoint Health's mailing address is 330 Seven Springs Way, Brentwood TN, 37027. The company can be reached via phone at 615-920-7000 or via email at [email protected]