Encompass Health - EHC Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Encompass Health in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" EHC shares.
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6 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Encompass Health's shares. Their EHC share price forecasts range from $58.00 to $72.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $64.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% from the stock's current price.
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Encompass Health's stock was trading at $59.81 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, EHC shares have increased by 2.6% and is now trading at $61.39.
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Encompass Health saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,520,000 shares, a drop of 8.4% from the December 15th total of 2,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 684,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 7th 2023.
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Encompass Health will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 8th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Encompass Health Co. (NYSE:EHC) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 27th. The company reported $1.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.06 by $0.03. The firm earned $1.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.31 billion. Encompass Health had a net margin of 5.39% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.59%. The company's revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.78 EPS.

Encompass Health declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, January 17th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 30th.
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Encompass Health (NYSE:EHC) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.97%. The dividend payout ratio is 22.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EHC will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.58% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Encompass Health updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.71-$2.86 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.86. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.32 billion-$4.35 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.36 billion.

231 employees have rated Encompass Health Chief Executive Officer Mark Tarr on Glassdoor.com. Mark Tarr has an approval rating of 79% among the company's employees.

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Encompass Health trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EHC."

Encompass Health's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copeland Capital Management LLC (0.99%), Reinhart Partners Inc. (0.79%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.55%), Bernzott Capital Advisors (0.39%), Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.18%) and Comerica Bank (0.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew L Price, Donald L Correll, Elissa Joy Charbonneau, Greg D Carmichael, Kevin J O'connor, Mark J Tarr and Terrance Williams.
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Shares of EHC 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 EHC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.39.

Encompass Health (NYSE:EHC) has a market capitalization of $6.13 billion and generates $5.12 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $412.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.72 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 43,400 workers across the globe.

Encompass Health's mailing address is 3660 Grandview Pkwy Ste 200, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35243-3332, United States. The official website for the company is www.healthsouth.com. The company can be reached via phone at (205) 967-7116, via email at investorrelations@healthsouth.com, or via fax at 205-969-4719.