Victory Capital Management Inc. decreased its stake in Option Care Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPCH - Free Report) by 6.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,984,306 shares of the company's stock after selling 141,127 shares during the quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. owned 1.21% of Option Care Health worth $69,351,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of OPCH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in Option Care Health by 29.6% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,511,403 shares of the company's stock valued at $35,065,000 after acquiring an additional 344,875 shares during the period. Compass Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Option Care Health by 8.9% in the first quarter. Compass Wealth Management LLC now owns 166,078 shares of the company's stock worth $5,804,000 after acquiring an additional 13,600 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Option Care Health by 62.3% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,560 shares of the company's stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 599 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Option Care Health by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 485,871 shares of the company's stock worth $16,981,000 after purchasing an additional 6,616 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in Option Care Health by 25.7% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 8,274 shares of the company's stock worth $289,000 after acquiring an additional 1,691 shares during the period. 98.05% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of brokerages have commented on OPCH. Barrington Research reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $38.00 price objective on shares of Option Care Health in a report on Thursday, July 10th. UBS Group raised Option Care Health from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their price objective for the company from $38.00 to $40.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Finally, JMP Securities reiterated a "market outperform" rating and set a $36.00 target price on shares of Option Care Health in a report on Wednesday, June 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $35.50.
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Option Care Health Trading Down 1.1%
Shares of NASDAQ OPCH traded down $0.31 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $29.17. The company's stock had a trading volume of 906,660 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,827,036. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The stock has a market cap of $4.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 0.73. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $31.58 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.73. Option Care Health, Inc. has a one year low of $21.39 and a one year high of $35.53.
Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $1.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.26 billion. Option Care Health had a return on equity of 16.90% and a net margin of 4.12%. The business's revenue was up 16.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.26 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Option Care Health, Inc. will post 1.22 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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Option Care Health, Inc offers home and alternate site infusion services in the United States. The company provides anti-infective therapies; home infusion services to treat heart failures; home parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition support services for numerous acute and chronic conditions, such as stroke, cancer, and gastrointestinal diseases; immunoglobulin infusion therapies for the treatment of immune deficiencies; and treatments for chronic inflammatory disorders, including crohn's disease, plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and other chronic inflammatory disorders.
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