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As of close of business last night, Acadia Healthcare Company Inc’s stock clocked out at $70.28, up 0.04% from its previous closing price of $70.25. In other words, the price has increased by $0.04 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.61 million shares were traded. ACHC stock price reached its highest trading level at $70.76 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $69.46.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of ACHC’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 64.91 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 170.01. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.67 and its Current Ratio is at 0.67. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.54 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.52.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Barclays on March 06, 2024, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $100.
On April 21, 2023, Cantor Fitzgerald started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $83.
Deutsche Bank Downgraded its Hold to Sell on April 20, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $75 to $63.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 05 ’24 when Miquelon Wade D sold 2,203 shares for $85.39 per share. The transaction valued at 188,114 led to the insider holds 46,074 shares of the business.
Gregg Vicky B sold 2,500 shares of ACHC for $213,900 on Mar 04 ’24. The Director now owns 26,851 shares after completing the transaction at $85.56 per share. On Dec 13 ’23, another insider, OSTEEN DEBRA K, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 35,000 shares for $77.67 each. As a result, the insider received 2,718,450 and left with 675,833 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, ACHC now has a Market Capitalization of 6495833088 and an Enterprise Value of 8002417664. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.22 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.31. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.732 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.524.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, ACHC has reached a high of $87.77, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $66.49. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -11.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -8.30%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that ACHC traded 560.23K shares on average per day over the past three months and 499480 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 91.26M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 89.71M. Insiders hold about 2.94% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.99% stake in the company. Shares short for ACHC as of 1711584000 were 3730181 with a Short Ratio of 6.66, compared to 1709164800 on 2777185. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3730181 and a Short% of Float of 4.16.
Earnings Estimates
The dynamic stock of Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC) is currently attracting attention from Archer Aviation Inc. analysts actively involved in rating its market status.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $7.93, with high estimates of $10.33 and low estimates of $4.57.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $Financial Services and $Healthcare for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $Energy.
