Kindred Healthcare, Inc. ($KND) Confident Investor Rating: Poor
| Company name | Kindred Healthcare, Inc. |
| Stock ticker | KND |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]KND[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
| Employee productivity | Poor |
| Sales growth | Poor |
| EPS growth | Fair |
| P/E growth | Poor |
| EBIT growth | Poor |
| Confident Investor Rating | Poor |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $16.25 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $20.23 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $18.43 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $18.78 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=knd
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. is a healthcare services company that through its subsidiaries operates hospitals, nursing and rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities and a contract rehabilitation services business across the United States. The Company operates in three divisions: the hospital division, which operates LTAC hospitals; the nursing center division, which operates nursing and rehabilitation centers and assisted living facilities, and the rehabilitation division, which provides rehabilitation services primarily in long-term care settings. At December 31, 2010, its hospital division operated 89 long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals (6,887 licensed beds) in 24 states. Its nursing center division operated 226 nursing and rehabilitation centers and seven assisted living facilities (27,905 licensed beds) in 28 states. It also operates a contract rehabilitation services business that provides rehabilitative services in long-term care settings.
Confident Investor comments: One would think that this company in this market segment would be performing better than it currently is performing. At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.