NASDAQ:HMSY - HMS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:HMSY) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 1st. The business services provider reported $0.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $146.82 million during 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 was down 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for HMS's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.86 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate HMS's stock price to reach $42.23 in the next year. 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 stories about HMSY stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. HMS earned a news impact score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for HMS.

HMS saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily trading volume, of 541,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.6 days. Currently, 4.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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 a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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]