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Maximus Inc (NYSE: MMS) closed the day trading at $82.65 up 1.47% from the previous closing price of $81.45. In other words, the price has increased by $1.47 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.95 million shares were traded. MMS stock price reached its highest trading level at $83.74 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $81.615.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of MMS, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.27 and its Current Ratio is at 2.27. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.00 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.95.
On August 18, 2023, Stifel started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $102.Stifel initiated its Buy rating on August 18, 2023, with a $102 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 16 ’25 when RUDDY RAYMOND B bought 1,435 shares for $69.66 per share. The transaction valued at 99,962 led to the insider holds 314,561 shares of the business.
RAJAN GAYATHRI bought 83 shares of MMS for $5,979 on May 30 ’25. The Director now owns 14,288 shares after completing the transaction at $72.29 per share. On May 30 ’25, another insider, RAJAN GAYATHRI, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 7,913 shares for $72.38 each. As a result, the insider received 572,778 and left with 14,205 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MMS now has a Market Capitalization of 4657294336 and an Enterprise Value of 6379137024. As of this moment, Maximus’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.23, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.84. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.44. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.86 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.63. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.175 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.465.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MMS is 0.59, which has changed by -0.05586016 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.17279088 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MMS has reached a high of $93.94, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $63.77. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 14.79%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 13.09%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MMS traded about 458.32K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MMS traded about 705820 shares per day. A total of 56.35M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 55.64M. Insiders hold about 1.26% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.82% stake in the company. Shares short for MMS as of 1752537600 were 2755789 with a Short Ratio of 6.01, compared to 1749772800 on 2162780. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2755789 and a Short% of Float of 8.7299995.
Dividends & Splits
MMS’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.20%, Up $from 1.2 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.014732966The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.49. The current Payout Ratio is 24.04% for MMS, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-15 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-15. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2013-07-01 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
As of right now, 2.0 analysts gave their recommendation on the stock of the company. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.75, with high estimates of $1.88 and low estimates of $1.62.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $7.45 and $7.45 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $7.45. EPS for the following year is $7.62, with 2.0 analysts recommending between $7.7 and $7.55.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $1.34B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.35B to a low estimate of $1.33B. As of the current estimate, Maximus Inc’s year-ago sales were $1.32BFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.44B. There is a high estimate of $1.45B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.42B.
A total of 2 analysts have provided revenue estimates for MMS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $5.47B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $5.44B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $5.45B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $5.31BBased on 2 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $5.59B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $5.65B and the low estimate is $5.54B.
