News Buzz: Amedisys Inc., Boyd Gaming Corporation, Expeditors International of Washington, MFA Financial, Inc.

Lakeway, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/27/2013 -- ThePennyStockProfiler.com, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

Amedisys Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED) went up 0.37% and closed at $10.99. The Company will issue its earnings release and host a conference call for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012 on March 12, 2013. Amedisys, Inc. is a leading health care at home company delivering personalized home health and hospice care to more than 360,000 patients each year.

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Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE:BYD) moved up 0.62% and closed at $6.50. Boyd Gaming Corporation announced that the conference call to review the Company's fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results will take place on March 4. Boyd Gaming Corporation is a multi-jurisdictional gaming company. The Company is an operator of 16 wholly owned gaming entertainment properties and one controlling interest in a limited liability company.

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Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) declined 7.33% to $37.06. The Company posted net earnings of $84,208,000 for the fourth quarter of 2012 as compared with $92,843,000 for the same quarter of 2011. Net revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012 decreased 4% to $458,738,000. Total revenues and operating income were $1,532,957,000 and $128,025,000 in 2012 as compared to $1,501,914,000 and $155,064,000 for the same quarter of 2011.

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MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) increased 1.14% and closed at $8.88. Recently, the Company announced that in accordance with the terms of its 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors has declared a preferred stock dividend of $0.53125 per share for the quarter ending March 31, 2013. This dividend is payable on April 1, 2013, to preferred stockholders of record as of March 1, 2013.

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