Final Report for:
American Healthways and Renal Care Group, Inc.
University of Phoenix
FIN 324
American Healthways and Renal Care Group, Inc.
The disease management industry is a unique entity with very few competitors globally. Due to one of Team Magna's prominent members associated with the industry drove team members to a decision to perform our financial research on two local companies. They are American Healthways (AMHC) and Renal Care Group, Inc (RCI). We will analyze several areas within these robust companies such as, what are the companies products and services, when were the companies established, when did the companies go public and what are their stock ticker symbols? Many other financial aspects of the two companies follow as we attempt to determine the financial strength of each.
AMHC is a disease management company located in Nashville, Tennessee. AMHC provides specialized, comprehensive care enhancement and disease management services to individuals in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
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AMHC incorporated in 1981 and went public in 1991. The company trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol of AMHC. On May 2, 2005, the stock closed at $37.85 per share. Over the last 52 weeks, the stock traded at a high of $40.15 and a low of 19.07, which shows the nature and volatility of the industry in which it operates. The company has their financial statements audited by Ernst and Young LLP in Nashville, Tennessee. The company has a standardized industry category of 8090, which is the Services-Miscellaneous Health Services & Allied Services. The company has 33,165,000 outstanding shares of common stock as of May 2, 2005. The company also has 5 million shares of preferred stock authorized with none outstanding...