HMS Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HMS in the last twelve months. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" HMS stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HMSY, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY) announced its earnings results on Thursday, February, 25th. The business services provider reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.08. The business services provider earned $194 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $201.64 million. HMS had a net margin of 8.51% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.86%. HMS's revenue was up 18.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.27 earnings per share.
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12 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for HMS's shares. Their forecasts range from $33.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate HMS's share price to reach $35.29 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.6%.
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216 employees have rated HMS CEO Bill Lucia on Glassdoor.com. Bill Lucia has an approval rating of 91% among HMS's employees. This puts Bill Lucia in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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HMS trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HMSY."

HMS's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.24%), Millennium Management LLC (3.65%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.02%), Aristotle Capital Boston LLC (2.27%), Morgan Stanley (2.19%) and Versor Investments LP (2.17%). Company insiders that own HMS stock include Douglas M Williams, Greg D Aunan, Jeffrey Scott Sherman, Richard H Stowe, Teresa South, William C Lucia and William F Miller III.
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HMSY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Geode Capital Management LLC, American Capital Management Inc., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Ameriprise Financial Inc., and Prudential Financial Inc..
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HMSY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Morgan Stanley, Ergoteles LLC, UBS Group AG, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, and Alpine Associates Management Inc..
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One share of HMSY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.98.

HMS has a market capitalization of $3.28 billion and generates $626.40 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $87.22 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.15 on an earnings per share basis.

HMS employs 3,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for HMS is www.hms.com.

HMS is headquartered at 5615 High Point Drive, Irving TX, 75038.

HMS's mailing address is 5615 High Point Drive, Irving TX, 75038. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 214-453-3000 or via email at [email protected]