Amedisys (AMED) Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amedisys in the last twelve months. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AMED shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AMED, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Amedisys' stock. Their AMED share price forecasts range from $81.00 to $165.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $109.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.6% from the stock's current price.
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Amedisys' stock was trading at $83.54 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AMED stock has increased by 12.5% and is now trading at $94.02.
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Amedisys saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,650,000 shares, an increase of 20.4% from the August 15th total of 1,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 465,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days. Currently, 5.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 26th. The health services provider reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.09 by $0.28. The health services provider earned $552.97 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $568.18 million. Amedisys had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.00% and a net margin of 0.10%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.47 earnings per share.

ETFs with the largest weight of Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF (MARB), SRH U.S. Quality ETF (SRHQ), SPDR S&P Health Care Services ETF (XHS) and IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF (MNA).iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF (IHF).

478 employees have rated Amedisys Chief Executive Officer Paul B. Kusserow on Glassdoor.com. Paul B. Kusserow has an approval rating of 79% among the company's employees. 60.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Amedisys to a friend.

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Amedisys trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AMED."

Amedisys' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.92%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (4.79%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.36%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (2.89%), State Street Corp (2.85%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce D Perkins, Christopher Gerard, David L Kemmerly, David L Kemmerly, Denise M Bohnert, Michael Paul North, Richard A Lechleiter and Scott G Ginn.
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Shares of AMED stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AMED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $94.02.

Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) has a market capitalization of $3.07 billion and generates $2.22 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $118.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.07 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 20,000 workers across the globe.

Amedisys' mailing address is 3854 AMERICAN WAY SUITE A, BATON ROUGE LA, 70816. The official website for the company is www.amedisys.com. The health services provider can be reached via phone at (225) 292-2031, via email at ir@amedisys.com, or via fax at 225-292-8163.