At the time of writing, Maximus Inc [MMS] stock is trading at $67.41, up 4.77%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The MMS shares have lost -0.49% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -10.47%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Maximus Inc [NYSE: MMS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 02, 2025, when Raymond James upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $90 for it. Previously, Raymond James downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform on January 03, 2024. On August 18, 2023, Stifel initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $102 on the stock. Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Outperform and decreased its price target to $105 on June 28, 2021. Raymond James upgraded its rating to a Strong Buy but $90 remained the price target by the analyst firm on July 08, 2020. KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on June 24, 2020, but kept the price target unchanged to $80. In a note dated August 09, 2019, Wells Fargo downgraded an Market Perform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $83.
For the past year, the stock price of Maximus Inc fluctuated between $63.77 and $93.97. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $110 within the next 12 months. Maximus Inc [NYSE: MMS] shares were valued at $67.41 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 63.18% based on the average MMS price forecast.
Analyzing the MMS fundamentals
According to Maximus Inc [NYSE:MMS], the company’s sales were 5.38B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 5.70% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.23% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.14. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.05.
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 64.80 points at the first support level, and at 62.20 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 69.01, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 70.62.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Maximus Inc [NYSE:MMS] has a current ratio of 1.72. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.72, and the Cash Ratio is 0.11. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.71, the price to book ratio is 2.34 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 14.52.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Warren Michael J., Director, that happened on Feb 28 ’25 when 18.0 shares were purchased. Director, RAJAN GAYATHRI completed a deal on Feb 28 ’25 to buy 81.0 shares. Meanwhile, General Mgr – Health & Human Baylinson Ilene R. sold 14500.0 shares on Feb 19 ’25.
