HMS Stock Forecast, Price & News

HMS's stock was trading at $21.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HMSY stock has increased by 25.6% and is now trading at $26.90.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HMS in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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HMS is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 6th 2020.
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HMS will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, November 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 7th. The business services provider reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.17 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $142.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $153.54 million. HMS had a net margin of 9.25% and a return on equity of 9.00%. The company's revenue was down 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.41 earnings per share.
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HMS updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, August, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $680-690 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $694.11 million.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for HMS's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $38.00. On average, they anticipate HMS's share price to reach $33.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.3% from the stock's current price.
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HMS saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,820,000 shares, an increase of 29.1% from the August 31st total of 1,410,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 548,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to HMS include Cerner (CERN), Omnicell (OMCL), Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (MDRX), Cortexyme (CRTX), Vocera Communications (VCRA), HealthStream (HSTM) and Computer Programs & Systems (CPSI).
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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 shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.88%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.49%), Ziegler Capital Management LLC (0.32%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.21%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.20%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%). 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.
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HMSY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ziegler Capital Management LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Diversified Trust Co, DNB Asset Management AS, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue.
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HMSY stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Trust Walden Corp, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, 6 Meridian, Clean Yield Group, and Cambiar Investors LLC.
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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 $26.90.

HMS has a market capitalization of $2.38 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'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]