Amedisys Stock Forecast, Price & News

Amedisys' stock was trading at $170.47 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AMED stock has increased by 83.9% and is now trading at $313.54.
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12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amedisys in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Amedisys stock.
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297 employees have rated Amedisys CEO Paul B. Kusserow on Glassdoor.com. Paul B. Kusserow has an approval rating of 79% among Amedisys' employees.

Amedisys is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 16th 2021.
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Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED) released its earnings results on Monday, November, 2nd. The health services provider reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.25. The health services provider had revenue of $544.07 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $533.09 million. Amedisys had a net margin of 8.22% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.41%.
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Amedisys issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.02-6.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.95. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.067-2.072 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.06 billion.

12 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Amedisys' shares. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $325.00. On average, they anticipate Amedisys' share price to reach $263.69 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.9%.
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Amedisys saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 534,100 shares, an increase of 40.4% from the December 15th total of 380,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 161,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days.
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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 investors include Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.25%), British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd (0.17%), Columbus Circle Investors (0.07%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.06%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Sabal Trust CO (0.02%). Company insiders that own Amedisys stock include Bruce D Perkins, Christopher Gerard, David B Pearce, David L Kemmerly, Denise M Bohnert, Donald A Washburn, Jake L Netterville, Jeffrey A Rideout, Julie D Klapstein, Michael Paul North, Scott G Ginn, Sharon Brunecz, Teresa L Kline and Vickie L Capps.
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AMED stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Columbus Circle Investors, Pacer Advisors Inc., British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd, Vivid Financial Management Inc., Gradient Investments LLC, We Are One Seven LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Contravisory Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Amedisys company stock in the last year include Christopher Gerard, David L Kemmerly, Denise M Bohnert, Julie D Klapstein, Michael Paul North, Scott G Ginn, and Sharon Brunecz.
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AMED stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Riverbridge Partners LLC, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, HBW Advisory Services LLC, Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC, 6 Meridian, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Park Avenue Securities LLC, and Kinloch Capital LLC. Company insiders that have bought Amedisys stock in the last two years include Bruce D Perkins, Teresa L Kline, and Vickie L Capps.
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Shares of AMED 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.

One share of AMED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $313.54.

Amedisys has a market capitalization of $10.29 billion and generates $1.96 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $126.83 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.40 on an earnings per share basis. Amedisys employs 21,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Amedisys is www.amedisys.com.

Amedisys' mailing address is 3854 AMERICAN WAY SUITE A, BATON ROUGE LA, 70816. The health services provider can be reached via phone at 225-292-2031 or via email at [email protected]