NASDAQ:HMSY - HMS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:HMSY) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 1st. The business services provider reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 business's quarterly revenue was down 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.28 EPS. 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.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for HMS's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.86 to $50.00. On average, they expect HMS's share price to reach $41.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 49.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for HMS.

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

News headlines about HMSY stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 media sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for HMS.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other HMS investors own include AT&T (T), Netflix (NFLX), General Electric (GE), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Twitter (TWTR), Intel (INTC), AbbVie (ABBV), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS) and Visa (V).

HMS's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.35%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.24%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.23%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.23%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.19%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). 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 Arizona State Retirement System, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Strs Ohio, SG Americas Securities LLC, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Scout Investments Inc. and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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, Teresa South, William C Lucia and William F Miller III. View Insider Buying and Selling for HMS.

HMSY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Clean Yield Group, California Public Employees Retirement System, Sciencast Management LP, FNY Investment Advisers LLC and Exchange Traded Concepts 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 $27.72.

HMS has a market capitalization of $2.44 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]