Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC) stock expected to rise by 92.39%: What’s driving the optimism?

A share price of Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [ACHC] is currently trading at $22.35, up 0.77%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ACHC shares have gain 8.50% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -25.80%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [NASDAQ: ACHC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 28, 2025, when Barclays downgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and also revised its price target to $35 from $43. Previously, KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Overweight on January 07, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $70. On December 12, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $75 on the stock. KeyBanc Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Weight rating. Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Hold but $70 remained the price target by the analyst firm on April 25, 2024. Barclays started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on March 06, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $100. In a note dated April 21, 2023, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated an Neutral rating and provided a target price of $83 on this stock.

Acadia Healthcare Company Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $20.36 and $82.40. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $43 within the next 12 months. Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [NASDAQ: ACHC] shares were valued at $22.35 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 92.39% based on the average ACHC price forecast.

Analyzing the ACHC fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [NASDAQ:ACHC] were 3.15B which represents 4.23% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.6% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.1. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.68.

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 21.55 points at the first support level, and at 20.76 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 22.89, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 23.44.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Acadia Healthcare Company Inc [NASDAQ:ACHC] is 1.00. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.99, while the Cash Ratio is 0.13. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.65, the price to book ratio is 0.67 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.05.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Hollinsworth John S., Officer, that happened on Aug 30 ’24 when 20000.0 shares were purchased. Officer, Hollinsworth John S. completed a deal on Aug 29 ’24 to buy 10000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Hollinsworth John S. bought 5000.0 shares on Aug 08 ’24.

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