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SPECIAL REPORT: 2008 S&P SECTOR COUNTDOWN

Health Care

Psychiatric Solutions (PSYS)

What it does: Provides inpatient behavioral health-care services in the U.S. Offers various in-patient behavioral health-care services for children, adolescents, and adults through acute in-patient behavioral health-care facilities and residential treatment centers.
Revenues (most recent fiscal year): $1 billion
2007 EPS (est.): $1.48
2008 EPS (est.): $1.90
S&P investment rank (as of Dec. 7, 2007): 5 STARS (strong buy)