At the time of writing, Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [ACHC] stock is trading at $85.49, up 1.42%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ACHC shares have gain 3.14% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.91%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 20, February 2024, Henry Ford Health and Acadia Healthcare Appoint Emily Sexton as CEO of New Henry Ford Behavioral Health Hospital. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Henry Ford Health, one of the nation’s premier academic and integrated health systems, and Acadia Healthcare, the nation’s largest stand-alone behavioral healthcare company, today announced the appointment of Emily Sexton as Chief Executive Officer of Henry Ford Behavioral Health Hospital, the new 192-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital being built through a joint venture partnership between Henry Ford and Acadia in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [NASDAQ: ACHC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 21, 2023, when Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $83. Previously, Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to Sell on April 20, 2023, and dropped its price target to $63. On December 12, 2022, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $95 on the stock. Loop Capital started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $72 on June 17, 2022. SVB Leerink initiated its recommendation with a Outperform and recommended $85 as its price target on September 27, 2021. UBS started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on September 24, 2021, and assigned it a price target of $81. In a note dated September 20, 2021, Credit Suisse upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $68.
For the past year, the stock price of Acadia Healthcare Company Inc fluctuated between $66.49 and $87.39. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $87.88 within the next 12 months. Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [NASDAQ: ACHC] shares were valued at $85.49 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 2.8% based on the average ACHC price forecast.
Analyzing the ACHC fundamentals
According to Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [NASDAQ:ACHC], the company’s sales were 2.86B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 12.54% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at -0.03% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.24%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.51%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -1.53, Equity is -2.61 and Total Capital is -22.65. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at -6.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 84.16 points at the first support level, and at 82.83 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 86.61, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 87.74.
Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [ACHC] reported earnings per share of $0.91 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 9/29/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.89/share, meaning a difference of $0.02 and a surprise factor of 2.20%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 6/29/2023 were $0.92 per share as compared to estimates of $0.86 per share, a difference of $0.06 representing a surprise of 7.00%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [NASDAQ:ACHC] has a current ratio of 0.81. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.81, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.76, the price to book ratio is 2.87.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved OSTEEN DEBRA K, Director, that happened on Dec 13 when 35000.0 shares were sold. Director, OSTEEN DEBRA K completed a deal on Dec 12 to sell 8000.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP of Operations Hollinsworth John S. sold 92500.0 shares on Nov 14.
