NASDAQ:PRAH - PRA Health Sciences Stock Price, News, & Analysis

PRA Health Sciences trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PRAH."

PRA Health Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:PRAH) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The medical research company reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.06. The medical research company had revenue of $717.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $729.63 million. PRA Health Sciences had a return on equity of 25.75% and a net margin of 2.37%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 23.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.88 earnings per share. View PRA Health Sciences' Earnings History.

PRA Health Sciences is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 20th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for PRA Health Sciences.

PRA Health Sciences issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.22-4.27 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.19. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.87-2.92 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.91 billion.PRA Health Sciences also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $4.22-4.27 EPS.

8 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for PRA Health Sciences' stock. Their predictions range from $100.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect PRA Health Sciences' stock price to reach $113.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PRA Health Sciences.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PRA Health Sciences in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for PRA Health Sciences.

News coverage about PRAH stock has been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PRA Health Sciences earned a daily sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the medical research company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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(PRAH) raised $306 million in an IPO on Thursday, November 13th 2014. The company issued 17,000,000 shares at a price of $18.00 per share. Jefferies, Citigroup, KKR, UBS Investment Bank, Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo Securities acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Baird and William Blair were co-managers.

PRA Health Sciences' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.12%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.10%), Navellier & Associates Inc (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.02%). Company insiders that own PRA Health Sciences stock include Colin Shannon, David W Dockhorn, Linda Baddour, Matthew P Young and Pra Investors LP Kkr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for PRA Health Sciences.

PRAH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and CENTRAL TRUST Co. Company insiders that have sold PRA Health Sciences company stock in the last year include Linda Baddour and Pra Investors LP Kkr. View Insider Buying and Selling for PRA Health Sciences.

PRAH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Highland Capital Management LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Navellier & Associates Inc and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for PRA Health Sciences.

Shares of PRAH 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PRAH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $99.38.

PRA Health Sciences has a market capitalization of $6.19 billion and generates $2.26 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $86.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.20 on an earnings per share basis. PRA Health Sciences employs 15,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for PRA Health Sciences is http://www.prahs.com.

PRA Health Sciences' mailing address is 4130 PARKLAKE AVENUE SUITE 400, RALEIGH NC, 27612. The medical research company can be reached via phone at 919-786-8200 or via email at [email protected]