What is Gentiva Health Services Shares Outstanding (EOP)?
Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Gentiva Health Services's shares outstanding for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 37 Mil.
Gentiva Health Services's quarterly shares outstanding
increased
from Jun. 2014 (37 Mil) to Sep. 2014 (37 Mil).
It means Gentiva Health Servicesissued new shares from Jun. 2014 to Sep. 2014 .
Gentiva Health Services's annual shares outstanding
increased
from Dec. 2012 (31 Mil) to Dec. 2013 (37 Mil).
It means Gentiva Health Servicesissued new shares from Dec. 2012 to Dec. 2013 .
Gentiva Health Services Shares Outstanding (EOP) Historical Data
The historical data trend for Gentiva Health Services's Shares Outstanding (EOP) can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Gentiva Health Services Shares Outstanding (EOP) Chart
Competitive Comparison of Gentiva Health Services's Shares Outstanding (EOP)
For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Gentiva Health Services's Shares Outstanding (EOP), along with its competitors' market caps and Shares Outstanding (EOP) data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Gentiva Health Services's Shares Outstanding (EOP) Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry
For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Gentiva Health Services's Shares Outstanding (EOP) distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Gentiva Health Services's Shares Outstanding (EOP) falls into.
Gentiva Health Services Shares Outstanding (EOP) Calculation
Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares. They should be distinguished from treasury shares, which are shares held by the corporation itself, having no exercisable rights.
Shares outstanding can be calculated as either basic or fully diluted. The fully diluted shares outstanding count includes diluting securities, such as options, warrants or convertibles.
Gentiva Health Services (FRA:GHT) Shares Outstanding (EOP) Explanation
A company may buy back shares or issue shares in any fiscal period. If a company buys back shares, we should observe that the total number of shares decline. If the company issues new shares, the number of shares outstanding increases.
Usually the presence of treasury shares and a history of buyback are good indicators that company has competitive advantage. But studies have shown that companies usually buy back at wrong time. Buying back shares below its intrinsic value increases value for remaining shareholders. Buying back overvalued shares destroys value for existing shareholders.
Be Aware
Warren Buffett looks for consistency and upward long term trend. Because of share repurchase it is possible for net earnings trend to differ from EPS trend. He preferred net income over EPS. The companies with durable competitive advantage companies report higher % net earnings to total revenues.
Important: If a company is showing net earnings history greater than 20% on total revenues, it is probably benefiting from a long term competitive advantage.
If net earnings is less than 10%, likely to be in a highly competitive business.
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Gentiva Health Services (FRA:GHT) Business Description
Gentiva Health Services Inc is a provider of home health services & hospice services serving patients throughout the United States. The Company provides a single source for skilled nursing; physical, occupational, speech and neurorehabilitation services; hospice services; social work; nutrition; disease management education; help with daily living activities; and other therapies and services. The Companys operations involve servicing patients and customers through its Home Health segment, Hospice segment and Community Care segment. The Home Health segment is comprised of direct home nursing and therapy services operations, including specialty programs and its consulting business. The Company conducts direct home nursing and therapy services operations through licensed and Medicare-certified agencies from which the Company provides various combinations of skilled nursing and therapy services and paraprofessional nursing services to adult and elder patients. Reimbursement sources include government programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, and private sources, such as health insurance plans, managed care organizations, long term care insurance plans and personal funds. The Community Care segment serves patients who have chronic or long-term disabilities who need help with routine personal care operating in 5 states: Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Kansas. These services include help with personal needs, such as bathing and dressing, and household activities, such as laundry and shopping, all of which help enable the patient to remain at home. The Companys Hospice segment serves terminally ill patients and their families through more than 210 locations operating in 30 states. Depending on a patients needs, each hospice patient is assigned an interdisciplinary team comprised of a physician, nurse(s), home health aide(s), medical social worker(s), chaplain, dietary counselor and bereavement coordinator, as well as other care professionals. Hospice services are provided in the patients home or other residence, such as an assisted living residence or nursing home, or in a hospital. The Medicare hospice benefit is designed for patients expected to live six months or less. Hospice services for a patient can continue, however, for more than six months, so long as the patient remains eligible as reflected by a physicians certification. The Companys home health and hospice businesses obtain patients and clients through personal and corporate sales presentations, telephone marketing calls, direct mail solicitation, referrals from other clients and advertising in a variety of local and national media, including the Yellow Pages, newspapers, magazines, trade publications and radio. The home health services industry in which the Company operates is competitive and fragmented. The Companys primary competitors for its home healthcare business are hospital-based home health agencies, local home health agencies and visiting nurse associ
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