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Relatively Low Return on Equity Detected in Shares of Emeritus in the Health Care Facilities Industry (ESC, LCAV, AVCA, ALC, BKD)
Jan 19, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) --
Below are the three companies in the Health Care Facilities industry with the lowest return on equity. The ROE is a general indication of the company's efficiency; investors usually look for companies with ROEs that are high and are growing.Emeritus ranks lowest with a ROE of -31.7%. LCA-Vision is next with a ROE of -17.4%. Advocat ranks third lowest with a ROE of -16.3%.
Assisted Living Concepts follows with a ROE of -5.6%, and Brookdale Senior Living rounds out the bottom five with a ROE of -5.4%.
SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of LCA-Vision on June 22nd, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $4.44. Since that call, shares of LCA-Vision have fallen 25.5%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time.
Write to Chip Brian at cbrian@mysmartrend.com
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