Amedisys - AMED Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amedisys in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AMED shares.
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15 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Amedisys' shares. Their AMED share price forecasts range from $95.00 to $213.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $153.13 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 57.6% from the stock's current price.
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Amedisys' stock was trading at $161.88 at the start of the year. Since then, AMED stock has decreased by 40.0% and is now trading at $97.16.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The health services provider reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.24. The health services provider earned $557.89 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $583.12 million. Amedisys had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.81% and a net margin of 6.33%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.69 EPS.

Amedisys declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, August 4th 2021, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 1.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Amedisys updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.23-$5.45 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $5.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.29 billion-$2.31 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.35 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."

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One share of AMED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $97.16.

Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) has a market capitalization of $3.15 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 $4.29 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.