StockIceMan's Weekly Stock Pick
Week of
July 16, 2007
| Stock: |
Health Grades, Inc. |
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| Ticker Symbol: |
HGRD - AMEX - Staffing and
Outsourcing Services |
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| Buy: |
6.25 to 6.50 |
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| Sell: |
9.00 |
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Info: |
Health Grades, Inc.,
together with its subsidiaries, provides
objective healthcare provider ratings and
advisory services primarily in the United
States. Its ratings address hospitals, nursing
homes, and home health agencies. The company
offers healthcare information, including
information relating to quality of service and
profile information on physicians. HealthGrades
also offers physician-led quality improvement
consulting engagements, and other quality
improvement analysis and services for various
hospitals, as well as provides basic profile
information on various providers and facilities.
In addition, the company offers programs that
provide business development tools and marketing
assistance for hospitals. Its programs primarily
cover various clinical service lines, such as
cardiac, orthopedics, vascular, pulmonary,
neurosciences, gastrointestinal, critical care,
general surgery, bariatric surgery, maternity
care, and women's health. Further, the company
provides online healthcare quality information
for employers, benefits consulting firms,
payers, and other organizations that license its
Health Management Suite of products, including
Hospital Quality Guide, Physician Quality Guide,
Nursing Home Quality Guide, and Home Health
Quality Guide. HealthGrades' customers include
hospitals, employers, benefits consulting firms,
payers, insurance companies, and consumers. The
company, formerly known as Specialty Care
Network, Inc., was founded in 1995. It changed
its name to Healthgrades.com, Inc. in January
2000 and to Health Grades, Inc. in November
2000. The company is headquartered in Golden,
Colorado |
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| Financial Info: |
For the three months ended
3/31/2007, revenues increased 29% to $7.9
million. Net income increased 66% to $661,000. |
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| Key Ratios: |
Current
Ratio: 1.463, Total
Debt/Equity Ratio: 0, Trailing P/E: 64.95x,
Forward P/E: 29.09x, Price/Sales: 6.54,
Price/Book: 14.52 |
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| Share Info: |
There are 29.79
million shares outstanding with 24.19
million shares in the trading
float. Institutions own
approximately 52.20% of the shares outstanding.
There have been insider purchases totaling 1,600
shares and 1 insider sale totaling 20,000 shares
in the last three months.
Real-Time SEC
Filings
As of 6/15/2007, there were 145,036 shares short.
Net Institutional Buying: 1.213 million shares prior to latest
quarter. |
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| Articles: |
Health Grades, Inc. to
Present at Capstone Investments' Small-Cap
Investor Conference |
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