LHC Group - LHCG Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LHC Group in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" LHCG shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LHCG, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for LHC Group's shares. Their LHCG share price forecasts range from $170.00 to $185.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $172.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price.
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LHC Group's stock was trading at $137.23 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LHCG stock has increased by 17.9% and is now trading at $161.73.
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LHC Group saw a decrease in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,150,000 shares, a decrease of 7.9% from the October 31st total of 3,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 271,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 11.6 days. Currently, 10.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 22nd 2023.
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LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:LHCG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 2nd. The health services provider reported $1.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.37 by $0.31. The health services provider earned $576.91 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $616.65 million. LHC Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.13% and a net margin of 2.73%.

524 employees have rated LHC Group Chief Executive Officer Keith G. Myers on Glassdoor.com. Keith G. Myers has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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LHC Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LHCG."

LHC Group's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.34%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.26%), Alpine Associates Management Inc. (3.21%), State Street Corp (3.16%), Westchester Capital Management LLC (2.00%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.71%). Insiders that own company stock include Nicholas Gachassin III, Ronald T Nixon and W Earl Reed III.
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Shares of LHCG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LHCG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $161.73.

LHC Group (NASDAQ:LHCG) has a market capitalization of $5.02 billion and generates $2.22 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $115.73 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.05 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 30,000 workers across the globe.

LHC Group's mailing address is 901 HUGH WALLIS ROAD SOUTH, LAFAYETTE LA, 70508. The official website for the company is www.lhcgroup.com. The health services provider can be reached via phone at (337) 233-1307, via email at eric.elliott@lhcgroup.com, or via fax at 337-235-8037.