Healthcare Services Group, Inc. provides management, administrative, and operating services to the housekeeping, laundry, linen, facility maintenance, and dietary service departments of nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals in the United States. It operates through two segments, Housekeeping and Dietary. The Housekeeping segment engages in cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing of resident rooms and common areas of the customers’ facilities, as well as laundering and processing of the bed linens, uniforms, resident personal clothing, and other assorted linen items utilized at the customers’ facilities. Its Dietary segment is involved in the management of the customers’ dietary departments, which focuses on food purchasing, meal preparation, and professional dietitian services, such as the development of menus that meet the dietary needs of residents; and the provision of on-site management and clinical consulting services. It serves long-term and post-acute care facilities, hospitals, and the healthcare industry through referrals and solicitation of target facilities. The company was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
Rare earths may be a sliver of the global metals market, but they punch far above their weight. These obscure elements are the invisible wiring of modern life.
In the last week, the market has stayed flat, however the Healthcare sector stood out, gaining 6.4%. As for the longer term, the market has risen 18% in the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 15% annually. Market details ›