SKH healthy, PFE prolific, CRWS loses steam

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (NYSE: SKH) grew 11.9 percent in price Thursday to $10.69. Volume of 1,671,080 shares proved better than four times its normal daily volume. The Calif.-based SKH today announced it has updated its 2010 full year non-GAAP earnings estimates and expects consolidated revenue to be approximately $816 million to $819 million.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) traded Thursday in 116,762,111 shares, nearly triple its daily average. Prices for the stock inched up 0.4 percent to $18.18 to close Thursday afternoon.

Crown Crafts Inc (Nasdaq: CRWS) lost 11.4 percent in Thursday trading to $4.43. Volume for the stock was 116,796 shares, nearly 10 times its daily average. Louisiana-based CRWS projected net sales for fiscal 2011 to be in the $91.0 million to $93.0 million range.

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