Amedisys - AMED Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amedisys in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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15 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Amedisys' stock. Their AMED share price forecasts range from $88.00 to $195.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $136.13 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 57.3% from the stock's current price.
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Amedisys' stock was trading at $161.88 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, AMED shares have decreased by 46.5% and is now trading at $86.53.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 22nd 2023.
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Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 26th. The health services provider reported $1.15 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.09. The health services provider had revenue of $557.99 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $579.30 million. Amedisys had a net margin of 5.45% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.00%. The company's revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.53 EPS.

Amedisys announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, August 4th 2021, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 1.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Amedisys updated its FY22 earnings guidance on Friday, November, 18th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.82-4.93 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.84. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.22-2.23 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.23 billion.

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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.19%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.36%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (5.02%), Point72 Asset Management L.P. (3.30%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (3.09%) and State Street Corp (2.68%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce D Perkins, Bruce D Perkins, Christopher Gerard, David L Kemmerly, David L Kemmerly, Denise M Bohnert, Jake L Netterville, Jeffrey A Rideout, Julie D Klapstein, Michael Paul North, Richard A Lechleiter, Scott G Ginn, Sharon Brunecz, Teresa L Kline and Vickie L Capps.
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One share of AMED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.53.

Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) has a market capitalization of $2.81 billion and generates $2.21 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $209.07 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.71 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 21,000 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.