Article: Beverly Enterprises stock falls after news of sale; gets $369 million, not $235 million, for nursing homes.

Beverly Enterprises stock falls after news of sale

Gets $369 million, not $235 million, for nursing homes

An investor buying opportunity has been created by negative reaction to nursing home giant Beverly Enterprises' announcement last week of a massive sell-off of a third of its homes, local analysts said last week.

Beverly stock traded at $8 a share late last week, off 12 percent from $9.125 a share before the announcement of Beverly's plans to sell 370 of its 950 nursing homes, and reduce second quarter pre-tax earnings by $120 million. Beverly was one of last week's most heavily traded stocks on the Big Board.

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