Chemed - CHE Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chemed in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CHE shares.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Chemed's shares. Their CHE share price forecasts range from $545.00 to $545.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $545.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.2% from the stock's current price.
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Chemed's stock was trading at $510.43 at the start of the year. Since then, CHE shares have decreased by 2.3% and is now trading at $498.92.
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Chemed saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 287,400 shares, a decrease of 15.7% from the December 31st total of 341,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 82,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 23rd 2023.
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Chemed Co. (NYSE:CHE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 31st. The company reported $4.74 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.61 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $526.47 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $527.05 million. Chemed had a net margin of 12.31% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 44.29%. Chemed's revenue for the quarter was down 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $5.06 earnings per share.

Chemed announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 14th will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share on Monday, December 5th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 10th.
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Chemed (NYSE:CHE) pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.31%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 8.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CHE will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.47% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Chemed updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $19.60-$19.70 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $19.49. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

1 employees have rated Chemed Chief Executive Officer Kevin J. McNamara on Glassdoor.com. Kevin J. McNamara has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Kevin J. McNamara in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Chemed trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CHE."

Chemed's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.30%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.06%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.68%), Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.20%), Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.18%) and North Point Portfolio Managers Corp OH (0.14%). Insiders that own company stock include David Patrick Williams, Donald E Saunders, Kevin J Mcnamara, Michael D Witzeman, Naomi C Dallob, Nicholas Michael Westfall, Patrick P Grace, Spencer S Lee and Thomas P Rice.
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One share of CHE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $498.92.

Chemed (NYSE:CHE) has a market capitalization of $7.42 billion and generates $2.14 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $268.55 million in net income (profit) each year or $17.21 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,137 workers across the globe.

Chemed's mailing address is 255 EAST FIFTH STREET SUITE 2600, CINCINNATI OH, 45202. The official website for the company is www.chemed.com. The company can be reached via phone at (513) 762-6690 or via fax at 513-762-6590.