NASDAQ:HMSY - HMS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:HMSY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 1st. The business services provider reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.02. The business services provider had revenue of $146.82 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $165.79 million. HMS had a return on equity of 14.28% and a net margin of 16.69%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.28 earnings per share. View HMS's Earnings History.

HMS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for HMS.

9 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for HMS's stock. Their forecasts range from $31.86 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate HMS's stock price to reach $42.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for HMS.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HMS in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for HMS.

Media headlines about HMSY stock have been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. HMS earned a news impact score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for HMS.

HMS saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,570,000 shares, an increase of 21.8% from the September 15th total of 2,930,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 541,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.6 days. Approximately 4.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View HMS's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to HMS include Cerner (CERN), Medidata Solutions (MDSO), Omnicell (OMCL), Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (MDRX), Cortexyme (CRTX), HealthStream (HSTM), Vocera Communications (VCRA), Computer Programs & Systems (CPSI) and Greenway Health (GWAY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other HMS investors own include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), Generac (GNRC), Applied Materials (AMAT), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), General Electric (GE) and AT&T (T).

HMS's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (2.84%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (1.65%), Pembroke Management LTD (0.81%), Voya Investment Management LLC (0.79%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (0.79%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.44%). Company insiders that own HMS stock include Bart M Schwartz, Cora M Tellez, Cynthia Nustad, Douglas M Williams, Ellen A Rudnick, Greg D Aunan, Jeffrey Scott Sherman, Meredith W Bjorck, Richard H Stowe, Robert Becker, Semone Neuman, Teresa South, William C Lucia and William F Miller III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for HMS.

HMSY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Pembroke Management LTD, Voya Investment Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Alberta Investment Management Corp and Man Group plc. Company insiders that have sold HMS company stock in the last year include Bart M Schwartz, Douglas M Williams, Greg D Aunan, Jeffrey Scott Sherman, Meredith W Bjorck, Richard H Stowe, Robert Becker, Semone Neuman, Teresa South, William C Lucia and William F Miller III. View Insider Buying and Selling for HMS.

HMSY stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stifel Financial Corp, GW&K Investment Management LLC, Tamarack Advisers LP, Hancock Whitney Corp, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Tygh Capital Management Inc. and Squarepoint Ops LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for HMS.

Shares of HMSY 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 HMSY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.50.

HMS has a market capitalization of $2.60 billion and generates $598.29 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $54.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.84 on an earnings per share basis. HMS employs 2,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About HMS.

The official website for HMS is http://www.hms.com/.

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]