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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $777.25 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $790.39 million. Acadia Healthcare had a positive return on equity of 7.31% and a negative net margin of 6.88%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company 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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.00-2.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Acadia Healthcare's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect Acadia Healthcare's stock price to reach $35.89 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.7% 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.

News articles about ACHC stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Acadia Healthcare earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Acadia Healthcare.

Acadia Healthcare saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 11,310,000 shares, a decline of 7.4% from the November 28th total of 12,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 675,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 16.7 days. Currently, 13.1% of the company's shares are short sold. 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), American Airlines Group (AAL), Apache (APA), Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Broadcom (AVGO), 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), AE Wealth Management LLC (0.01%), Sciencast Management LP (0.01%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (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 and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . View Insider Buying and Selling for Acadia Healthcare.

ACHC stock was bought 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 $32.72.

Acadia Healthcare has a market capitalization of $2.90 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.