NASDAQ:PRSCThe Providence Service Stock Price, Forecast & News

The Providence Service's stock was trading at $55.75 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PRSC stock has increased by 44.4% and is now trading at $80.50. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Providence Service in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for The Providence Service.

The Providence Service is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for The Providence Service.

The Providence Service Co. (NASDAQ:PRSC) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 7th. The company reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $367.29 million for the quarter. The Providence Service had a net margin of 0.96% and a return on equity of 8.53%. View The Providence Service's earnings history.

The Providence Service announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 5th. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th will be given a dividend of $1.371 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $5.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. View The Providence Service's dividend history.

1 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for The Providence Service's stock. Their forecasts range from $84.00 to $84.00. On average, they anticipate The Providence Service's stock price to reach $84.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for The Providence Service.

News stories about PRSC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. The Providence Service earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutThe Providence Service.

The Providence Service saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 196,800 shares, an increase of 20.0% from the April 15th total of 164,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 92,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View The Providence Service's Current Options Chain.

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The Providence Service trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PRSC."

The Providence Service's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.95%), Aristotle Capital Boston LLC (3.33%), State Street Corp (3.06%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.72%), Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC (2.53%) and Deutsche Bank AG (2.42%). Company insiders that own The Providence Service stock include Coliseum Capital Management, L, Kevin M Dotts and R Carter Pate. View institutional ownership trends for The Providence Service.

PRSC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Neumeier Poma Investment Counsel LLC, BlackRock Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. Company insiders that have sold The Providence Service company stock in the last year include Coliseum Capital Management, L, and R Carter Pate. View insider buying and selling activity for The Providence Service.

PRSC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Matarin Capital Management LLC, Cloverdale Capital Management LLC, Wellington Management Group LLP, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , JPMorgan Chase & Co., THB Asset Management, State Street Corp, and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have bought The Providence Service stock in the last two years include Kevin M Dotts, and R Carter Pate. View insider buying and selling activity for The Providence Service.

Shares of PRSC 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 PRSC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.50.

The Providence Service has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion and generates $1.51 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $970,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.65 on an earnings per share basis. The Providence Service employs 3,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for The Providence Service is www.prscholdings.com.

The Providence Service's mailing address is 1275 Peachtree Street Sixth Floor, Atlanta GA, 30309. The company can be reached via phone at 404-888-5800 or via email at [email protected]