NASDAQ:HMSY - HMS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:HMSY) posted its earnings results on Friday, February, 21st. The business services provider reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.04. The business services provider earned $163.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $170.77 million. HMS had a return on equity of 11.51% and a net margin of 13.93%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.31 earnings per share. View HMS's Earnings History.

HMS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 1st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for HMS.

HMS updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, February, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $705-715 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $701.56 million.

10 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for HMS's stock. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate HMS's stock price to reach $39.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 62.0% 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 stories about HMSY stock have been trending negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for HMS.

HMS saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,880,000 shares, a drop of 9.1% from the January 15th total of 3,170,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 656,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 3.3% 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), 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), AbbVie (ABBV), Walt Disney (DIS), General Electric (GE), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Twitter (TWTR), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

HMS's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (2.89%), American Capital Management Inc. (2.59%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.81%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (1.80%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.65%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.53%). 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 FMR LLC, Redwood Investments LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Axiom International Investors LLC DE, Cipher Capital LP, Mackay Shields LLC and Acadian Asset Management LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace North America L.P., Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Sectoral Asset Management Inc, DNB Asset Management AS, Bank of Montreal Can, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and UBS Group AG. 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 $24.14.

HMS has a market capitalization of $2.13 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 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]