Long term Care Facilities: Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD), Kindred Healthcare (NYSE:KND), Envision Healthcare Holdings (NYSE:EVHC), Emeritus Corporation (NYSE:ESC)

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE:BKD) and HCP have entered into an agreement to form a new joint venture that will own and operate retirement communities. The joint venture, in the beginning, will own 14 such campuses valuing around $1.2 billion. Brookdale will continue to manage these communities. In addition to this, both the companies have decided to amend the lease on 202 senior housing communities that are HCP-owned and currently are operated by Emeritus Corporation. Closure of these deals would depend upon the closure of the merger pending between Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE:BKD) and EmeritusCorporation (NYSE:ESC). Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE:BKD) shares after opening at $32.06 moved to $32.23 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $31.55 . Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.36 and price to cash ratio as 67.32. Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE:BKD) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.63%.

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) announced that it will provide an online, real-time webcast of its conference call covering first quarter 2014 operating results on Thursday, May 8, 2014. The Company will issue its first quarter 2014 earnings release after the close of trading on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) shares fell -0.69% in last trading session and ended the day on $24.63. KND return on equity ratio is recorded as -13.90% and its return on assets is -4.10%. Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) yearly performance is 128.69%.

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EVHC) announced that it plans to release its first quarter 2014 operating results Wednesday, May 7, 2014, after market close. In conjunction with the release, management will host a conference call at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time that same day to discuss first quarter operating results and outlook for full year 2014. Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc (NYSE:EVHC) shares moved up 2.71% in last trading session and was closed at $34.48 while trading in range of $33.38 – $34.60 – Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc (NYSE:EVHC) year to date (YTD) performance is -2.93%.

An investor, who currently holds shares of Emeritus Corporation (NYSE:ESC) filed a lawsuit in effort to halt the takeover of Emeritus Corporation by Brookdale Senior Living Inc. Emeritus Corporation (NYSE:ESC) weekly performance is 0.27%. On last trading day company shares ended up $29.78. Emeritus Corporation (NYSE:ESC) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -2.22%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $33.75.

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