NASDAQ:ACHC - Acadia Healthcare Stock Price, Forecast & News

Acadia Healthcare trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ACHC."

Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (NASDAQ:ACHC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The company reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.03. The company earned $777.25 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $790.39 million. Acadia Healthcare had a negative net margin of 6.88% and a positive return on equity of 7.31%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.55 earnings per share. View Acadia Healthcare's Earnings History.

Acadia Healthcare is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Acadia Healthcare.

Acadia Healthcare updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.00-2.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.15. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.100-3.125 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.14 billion.

9 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Acadia Healthcare's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate Acadia Healthcare's stock price to reach $35.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Acadia Healthcare.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Acadia Healthcare in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Acadia Healthcare.

Media stories about ACHC stock have been trending somewhat negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Acadia Healthcare earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Acadia Healthcare.

Acadia Healthcare saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 11,310,000 shares, a drop of 7.4% from the November 28th total of 12,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 675,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 16.7 days. Approximately 13.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Acadia Healthcare's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Acadia Healthcare include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Universal Health Services (UHS), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Select Medical (SEM), The Ensign Group (ENSG), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), National HealthCare (NHC), Hanger (HNGR), Community Health Systems (CYH), Capital Senior Living (CSU), Five Star Senior Living (FVE) and Encompass Health (EHC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Acadia Healthcare investors own include Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Endologix (ELGX), Apache (APA), American Airlines Group (AAL), Broadcom (AVGO), Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Colfax (CFX).

Acadia Healthcare's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), AE Wealth Management LLC (0.01%) and Sciencast Management LP (0.01%). Company insiders that own Acadia Healthcare stock include Debra K Osteen, Randall P Goldberg and Reeve B Waud. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Acadia Healthcare.

ACHC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Acadia Healthcare.

ACHC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AE Wealth Management LLC and Sciencast Management LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Acadia Healthcare.

Shares of ACHC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ACHC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.48.

Acadia Healthcare has a market capitalization of $2.97 billion and generates $3.01 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-175,750,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $2.24 on an earnings per share basis. Acadia Healthcare employs 42,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Acadia Healthcare.

The official website for Acadia Healthcare is http://www.acadiahealthcare.com/.

Acadia Healthcare's mailing address is 6100 TOWER CIRCLE SUITE 1000, FRANKLIN TN, 37067. The company can be reached via phone at 615-861-6000.