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LHC Group (LHCG) Wrap Up:

We provide post-acute health care services primarily to Medicare beneficiaries in non-urban markets in the United States. We provide home-based services, primarily through home nursing agencies and hospices and facility-based services, primarily through long-term acute care hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation clinics. Through our wholly and majority owned subsidiaries, equity joint ventures and controlled affiliates, we currently operate in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, West Virginia, Ohio and Missouri. As of December 31, 2007, we owned and operated 144 home nursing locations, nine hospices, a diabetes management company and a private duty agency. As of December 31, 2007, we also managed the operations of four home nursing agencies in which we do not have an ownership interest.  ... More..."http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/edgar_conv_html%2f2008%2f03%2f17%2f0000950144-08-001999.html#FIS_BUSINESS"   
www.lhcgroup.com
3,706 Employees
Founded in 1994

LHC Group, Inc. (LHCG:NASDAQ)

LAST $31.25 USD
CHANGE TODAY +0.59 1.92%
VOLUME 102.0K
As of 4:00 PM 11/20/09 All times are local (Market data by Reuters is delayed by at least 15 minutes).

Snapshot of LHC Group, Inc. (LHCG)

OPEN
$30.57
PREVIOUS CLOSE
$30.66
DAY HIGH
$31.35
DAY LOW
$29.87
52 WEEK HIGH
12/31/08 - $36.83
52 WEEK LOW
03/6/09 - $16.56
MARKET CAP
576.5M
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
106.0K
DILUTED EPS TTM
$2.34
SHARES OUTSTANDING
18.4M
LHCG Does Not Pay Dividends
P/E TTM
13.3x
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions

LHCG Top Compensated Officers

Mr. Keith G. Myers
Co-Founder, Chairman, President and Chief Exe...
Age: 49
Total Annual Compensation: $339.9K
Mr. Peter J. Roman
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice Pr...
Age: 58
Total Annual Compensation: $200.0K
Mr. Donald D. Stelly
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice Pr...
Age: 40
Total Annual Compensation: $240.0K
Mr. Daryl J. Doise
Senior Vice President of Hospital JV Developm...
Age: 51
Total Annual Compensation: $231.8K
Mr. John L. Indest
Secretary, Special Advisor to the Chief Execu...
Age: 57
Total Annual Compensation: $309.0K

Executives, Board Directors

Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2008.

Key developments for LHC Group, Inc. (LHCG)

LHC Group Inc. Enters Home Health Joint Venture with Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center

LHC Group Inc. announced that it has entered into a home health joint venture with Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield, Kentucky. The primary service area of this joint venture spans one county in Kentucky, a Certificate of Need (CON) state. The estimated population of the service area is 26,000, with almost 15% over the age of 65. Net revenue for the Leitchfield, Kentucky agency during the most recent 12 months was approximately $640,000. This joint venture has an effective date of November 1, 2009, and is not expected to add materially to LHC Group's earnings in 2009.

LHC Group, Inc. Provides CapEx Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of 2009

LHC Group, Inc. provided CapEx guidance for the fourth quarter of 2009. For the fourth quarter of 2009, the company expects CapEx to be between $3 million and $3.5 million.

LHC Group Inc. Announces Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 ; Revised Earnings Guidance for the Full Year of 2009

LHC Group Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. For the quarter, the company's net service revenue increased 35.2% to $132.5 million compared with $98.0 million for the same period in 2008. Net income attributable to the company for the third quarter of 2009 increased 22.4% to $9.8 million, or $0.54 per diluted share, compared with net income of $8.0 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2008. Operating income for the quarter was $18.387 million against $16.389 million for the same quarter last year. Income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2009 was $12.8 million against $11.1 million for the same quarter last year. Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months of 2009 was $34.8 million against $59.4 million for the same period last year. For the nine months, the company's net service revenue increased 43.5% to $389.3 million compared with $271.2 million for the same period in 2008. Net income attributable to the company for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, increased 58.2% to $31.2 million, or $1.73 per diluted share, compared with net income of $19.7 million, or $1.10 per diluted share, for the same period in 2008. Operating income for the nine months of 2009 was $61.5 million against $39.74 million for the same period last year. Income from continuing operations for the nine months of 2009 was $42.23 million against $27.7 million for the same period last year. For the nine months period, the company spent on purchases of property, building, and equipment of $6.124 million against $7.351 million for the same period last year. The company is raising its previously stated guidance range issued on May 6, 2009, with respect to full-year net service revenue from the original range of $500 million to $510 million, to $515 million to $525 million. The company is reaffirming guidance of fully diluted earnings per share in the range of $2.15 to $2.25.

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Industry Analysis

Valuation LHCG Industry Range
Price/Earnings 13.1x
Price/Sales 1.1x
Price/Book 2.6x
Price/Cash Flow 13.6x
TEV/Sales 1.1x

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LHCG transactions

Type
Date
Target
Merger/Acquisition
October 14, 2009
Feliciana Home Health, Inc.
Merger/Acquisition
October 1, 2009
John Paul Jones Hospital, Home Health Agency

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