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 data 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 analysts' expectations of $165.79 million. HMS had a net margin of 16.69% and a return on equity of 14.28%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm 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.

10 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for HMS's stock. Their forecasts range from $31.86 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate HMS's share price to reach $41.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.2% 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.

Media headlines about HMSY stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. HMS earned a news sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for HMS.

HMS saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 3,120,000 shares, a drop of 11.6% from the November 28th total of 3,530,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 629,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.0 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View HMS's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to HMS include Cerner (CERN), Omnicell (OMCL), Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (MDRX), Cortexyme (CRTX), 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 Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), General Electric (GE), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Twitter (TWTR), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T) and Visa (V).

HMS's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.23%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.19%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Clean Yield Group (0.02%) and Sciencast Management LP (0.01%). 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 Scout Investments Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Clean Yield Group, Sciencast Management LP and FNY Investment Advisers 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 $28.73.

HMS has a market capitalization of $2.53 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]