Barrington Research Brokers Lift Earnings Estimates for OPCH

Option Care Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPCH - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Barrington Research boosted their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Option Care Health in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, April 30th. Barrington Research analyst M. Petusky now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.50 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $1.47. Barrington Research has a "Outperform" rating and a $38.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Option Care Health's current full-year earnings is $1.22 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Option Care Health's Q1 2026 earnings at $0.36 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.41 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on OPCH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Option Care Health from $40.00 to $41.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, March 6th. UBS Group raised shares of Option Care Health from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $38.00 to $40.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. JMP Securities restated a "market outperform" rating and issued a $36.00 price target on shares of Option Care Health in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Option Care Health from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their target price for the stock from $26.00 to $35.00 in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Bank of America upgraded shares of Option Care Health from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $26.00 to $33.00 in a research note on Monday, January 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $35.50.

Option Care Health Stock Down 0.4 %

NASDAQ OPCH traded down $0.14 on Friday, reaching $32.81. The company had a trading volume of 2,237,241 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,828,300. The company's fifty day moving average is $33.35 and its 200-day moving average is $28.82. Option Care Health has a 1-year low of $21.39 and a 1-year high of $35.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.73.

Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The company reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.04. Option Care Health had a return on equity of 15.30% and a net margin of 4.37%. The company had revenue of $1.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.26 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.26 earnings per share. Option Care Health's revenue was up 16.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of OPCH. Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp acquired a new position in shares of Option Care Health in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. UMB Bank n.a. increased its stake in Option Care Health by 41.7% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,176 shares of the company's stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 346 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC increased its position in shares of Option Care Health by 487.9% during the fourth quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,211 shares of the company's stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 1,005 shares in the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC lifted its position in Option Care Health by 172.8% in the 4th quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 1,735 shares of the company's stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 1,099 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio boosted its stake in Option Care Health by 21.6% during the 4th quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 1,870 shares of the company's stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 332 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.05% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Michael Bavaro sold 30,996 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.26, for a total value of $1,030,926.96. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 44,974 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,495,835.24. This represents a 40.80 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.64% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Option Care Health Company Profile

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.