Healthcare Services Group - HCSG Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Healthcare Services Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" HCSG shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HCSG, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Healthcare Services Group's shares. Their HCSG share price forecasts range from $12.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $14.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price.
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Healthcare Services Group's stock was trading at $17.79 at the start of the year. Since then, HCSG shares have decreased by 22.3% and is now trading at $13.82.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 8th 2023.
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Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCSG) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 19th. The business services provider reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.13. The business services provider earned $415.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $410.48 million. Healthcare Services Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.68% and a net margin of 1.22%. The company's revenue was down 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.37 earnings per share.

Healthcare Services Group declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.215 per share on Thursday, December 22nd. This represents a $0.86 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 17th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21.
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Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.23%. HCSG has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 18 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 318.52%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, HCSG will have a dividend payout ratio of 145.76% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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533 employees have rated Healthcare Services Group Chief Executive Officer Ted Wahl on Glassdoor.com. Ted Wahl has an approval rating of 72% among the company's employees. 51.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Healthcare Services Group to a friend.

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Healthcare Services Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HCSG."

Healthcare Services Group's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.71%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.04%), State Street Corp (5.84%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (5.68%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (3.18%) and Royce & Associates LP (2.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Kush, Dino D Ottaviano, John Briggs, Michael E Mcbryan and Robert L Frome.
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Shares of HCSG 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 HCSG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.82.

Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) has a market capitalization of $1.02 billion and generates $1.64 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $45.86 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.27 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 39,200 workers across the globe.

Healthcare Services Group's mailing address is 3220 TILLMAN DRIVE SUITE 300, BENSALEM PA, 19020. The official website for the company is www.hcsgcorp.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (215) 639-4274, via email at investor-relations@hcsgcorp.com, or via fax at 215-639-2152.