NYSE:CHE - Chemed Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Chemed announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Monday, March 23rd. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. View Chemed's Dividend History.

Chemed announced that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, March 7th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Chemed Co. (NYSE:CHE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company reported $4.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.09 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $522.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $524.20 million. Chemed had a return on equity of 35.38% and a net margin of 11.35%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.35 earnings per share. View Chemed's Earnings History.

Chemed is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Chemed.

Chemed updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $16.20-16.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $15.63.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Chemed's shares. Their forecasts range from $405.00 to $535.00. On average, they anticipate Chemed's share price to reach $482.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Chemed.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chemed in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Chemed.

News headlines about CHE stock have trended positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Chemed earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Chemed.

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Chemed's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Acadian Asset Management LLC (3.26%), FMR LLC (2.83%), State Street Corp (2.49%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (2.29%), Investec Asset Management LTD (1.70%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.28%). Company insiders that own Chemed stock include Andrea R Lindell, David Patrick Williams, Donald E Saunders, Frank E Wood, George J Walsh III, Kevin J Mcnamara, Michael D Witzeman, Naomi C Dallob, Nicholas Michael Westfall, Patrick P Grace, Spencer S Lee, Thomas P Rice and Walter L Krebs. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Chemed.

CHE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Barclays PLC, State Street Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., State of Tennessee Treasury Department and Smith Asset Management Group LP. Company insiders that have sold Chemed company stock in the last year include Andrea R Lindell, David Patrick Williams, Donald E Saunders, Frank E Wood, George J Walsh III, Kevin J Mcnamara, Michael D Witzeman, Naomi C Dallob, Spencer S Lee, Thomas P Rice and Walter L Krebs. View Insider Buying and Selling for Chemed.

CHE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Investec Asset Management LTD, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Bank of America Corp DE. Company insiders that have bought Chemed stock in the last two years include Donald E Saunders and George J Walsh III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Chemed.

Shares of CHE 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 CHE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $450.56.

Chemed has a market capitalization of $7.21 billion and generates $1.94 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $219.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $13.95 on an earnings per share basis. Chemed employs 15,707 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Chemed.

The official website for Chemed is http://www.chemed.com/.

Chemed's mailing address is 255 EAST FIFTH STREET SUITE 2600, CINCINNATI OH, 45202. The company can be reached via phone at 513-762-6690.