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Biotech / Medical
Lincare Holdings (LNCR)
An SI Board Since July 1999
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Emcee:  John Stichnoth Type:  Unmoderated
Company is dominant in many parts of the country in home-care respiratory/oxygen therapy (number 2 nationwide). It was spun off (in several steps) from Union Carbide, and still has the corporate big-business knowledge of its former parent. It has weathered the Medicare reimbursement cuts of the last couple of years, and recently jumped in sympathy with the demise of Clinton's latest socializing proposal.

Key Measures (July 1999):
Price/Book 3.36
Price/Sales 3.42
Price to Cash Flow 12.5
EPS 1.53
Dividend Rate 0.00
ROE 17.4
Debt/Equity 0.11

Industry Specialized Health Svcs
Number of Employees 4,200
Chairman/CEO John P. Byrnes
Address 19337 US 19 North, Suite 500, Clearwater, FL, 34624
Phone (813)530-7700
Shares Outstanding. 58.36 mill.
Market Cap. 1,749.13 mill.

web site: lincare.com (As of this writing still under construction).
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