NASDAQ:AMED - Amedisys Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Amedisys Inc (NASDAQ:AMED) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The health services provider reported $1.15 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.25. The health services provider had revenue of $494.63 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $494.14 million. Amedisys had a net margin of 6.70% and a return on equity of 26.53%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.95 EPS. View Amedisys' Earnings History.

Amedisys is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Amedisys.

Amedisys issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.32-4.39 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.15. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.94-1.98 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.97 billion.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Amedisys' shares. Their forecasts range from $124.00 to $206.00. On average, they anticipate Amedisys' stock price to reach $159.62 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Amedisys.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amedisys in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Amedisys.

Press coverage about AMED stock has trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Amedisys earned a news impact score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the health services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Amedisys.

Some companies that are related to Amedisys include Laboratory Corp. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), Davita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), LHC Group (LHCG), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), BioScrip (BIOS), MEDNAX (MD), CorVel (CRVL), R1 RCM (RCM), Tivity Health (TVTY), The Providence Service (PRSC), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN) and Interpace Diagnostics Group (IDXG).

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Amedisys' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.06%), Columbus Circle Investors (0.32%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.13%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.06%) and Strs Ohio (0.04%). Company insiders that own Amedisys stock include Bruce D Perkins, Christopher Gerard, David B Pearce, David L Kemmerly, Donald A Washburn, Jake L Netterville, Jeffrey A Rideout, Julie D Klapstein, Kkr Credit Advisors (Us) Llc, Linda J Hall, Michael Paul North, Scott G Ginn and Sharon Brunecz. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Amedisys.

AMED stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Riverbridge Partners LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Strs Ohio, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Calamos Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Amedisys company stock in the last year include Christopher Gerard, David B Pearce, David L Kemmerly, Donald A Washburn, Jake L Netterville, Jeffrey A Rideout, Julie D Klapstein, Michael Paul North, Scott G Ginn and Sharon Brunecz. View Insider Buying and Selling for Amedisys.

AMED stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Columbus Circle Investors, Gradient Investments LLC, NewSquare Capital LLC, HBW Advisory Services LLC, We Are One Seven LLC, Camelot Portfolios LLC, State of Michigan Retirement System and FinTrust Capital Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Amedisys.

Shares of AMED 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 AMED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $178.98.

Amedisys has a market capitalization of $5.77 billion and generates $1.66 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $119.35 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.63 on an earnings per share basis. Amedisys employs 21,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Amedisys.

The official website for Amedisys is http://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]