Morning Movers 08/01: (PAET) (GENE) (SIFY) (LRAD) (ONB) Higher; (SUNH) (SKH) (MILL) Lower

August 1, 2011 10:26 AM EDT
Sun Healthcare Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNH) 56% LOWER; trading lower after CMS issued final FY12 payment update on Friday that cuts Medicare SNF rates by 11.1% on October 1, 2011. Following the news, Credit Suisse, Oppenheimer, RBC and Morgan Keegan downgraded the stock.

Skilled Healthcare (NYSE: SKH) 38.3% LOWER; see Sun Healthcare.

Kindred Health (NYSE: KND) 25.9% LOWER; see Sun Healthcare.

The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) 22.9% LOWER; see Sun Healthcare.

Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) 22.8% LOWER; trading lower amid reports of the Medicare rate cut.

Miller Energy (NYSE: MILL) 20% LOWER; is now down more than 60% since a StreetSweeper.org bearish report. After a company exec said everything was good on Friday, the company today said in an SEC filing that its 10-Q's can not be relied upon.

PAETEC (Nasdaq: PAET) 17.2% HIGHER; Windstream (NYSE: WIN) to acquire PAETEC. PAETEC holders will get 0.46 shares of Windstream per PAET share they own.

Hanger Orthopedics (NYSE: HGR) 13.8% LOWER; traders likely selling the stock as a play on the Medicare rate cut news.

Genetic Technologies (Nasdaq: GENE) 13.7% HIGHER; shares are rebounding above the $6 level today following a more than 50 percent decline over the last week after being resumed following a regulatory concern.

China New Borun (NYSE: BORN) 12.3% LOWER; seems to be falling after unsuccessfully testing the $7 level.

Sify Technologies (Nasdaq: SIFY) 11.6% HIGHER; continuing higher this week following a nearly 22 percent climb on Friday amid Q1 results.

Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ: CYOU) 11.1% LOWER; reported Q2 EPS of $1.04, $0.11 better than the analyst estimate of $0.93. Revenue for the quarter came in at $105 million versus the consensus estimate of $98.9 million. Sees Q3 2011 EPS of $0.95-$0.98, versus the consensus of $0.99. Also sees Q3 2011 revenue of $115-$118 million, versus the consensus of $107.2 million.

Omega Health (NYSE: OHI) 10.6% LOWER; entire Healthcare group getting whacked this morning.

Dex One (Nasdaq: DEXO) 10.4% LOWER; continuing lower following a 10% move lower on THursday and a 3.3% move lower on Friday. The stock is now under $2.

LRAD Corp. (Nasdaq: LRAD) 10% HIGHER; technicians are taking the stock back over the $3 level today. 160,000 shares of the stock have already traded hands today, compared to the stock's average daily volume of just 190,000 shares.

Old National Bancorp (NYSE: ONB) 10% HIGHER; reported Q2 EPS of $0.18, $0.02 better than the analyst estimate of $0.16. Revenue for the quarter came in at $108.82 million versus the consensus estimate of $103.66 million. Also announced it has assumed the deposits and loans of Integra Bank.

Identive Group (Nasdaq: INVE) 8.9% HIGHER; the stock is continuing higher after testing the $2 level on Wednesday of last week.

Sohu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) 8.9% LOWER; reported Q2 EPS of $1.21, $0.15 better than the analyst estimate of $1.06. Revenue for the quarter came in at $198.7 million versus the consensus estimate of $190.64 million. Sees Q3 2011 EPS of $1.20-$1.25, versus the consensus of $1.19. Sees Q3 2011 revenue of $225-$230 million, versus the consensus of $206.44 million.

Orbotech Ltd (NASDAQ: ORBK) 8.6% HIGHER; reported Q2 EPS of $0.56, $0.12 better than the analyst estimate of $0.44. Revenue for the quarter came in at $13.4 million versus the consensus estimate of $155.24 million. Sees FY2011 EPS of $1.80-$1.85, versus prior guidance of $1.70-$1.78 and the consensus of $1.39.

Mad Catz (AMEX: MCZ) 7.8% HIGHER; traders are buying ahead of earnings on Thursday. The company was highlighted as a "momentum mover" at Seeking Alpha this morning.

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