NYSE:MMS - MAXIMUS Stock Price, Forecast & News

MAXIMUS trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MMS."

MAXIMUS announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View MAXIMUS's Dividend History.

MAXIMUS announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Monday, June 25th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 4.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

MAXIMUS, Inc. (NYSE:MMS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The health services provider reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.91. The health services provider earned $818.23 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $797.11 million. MAXIMUS had a net margin of 8.01% and a return on equity of 20.54%. MAXIMUS's revenue for the quarter was up 23.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.86 earnings per share. View MAXIMUS's Earnings History.

MAXIMUS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for MAXIMUS.

MAXIMUS updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.95 to $4.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.02. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.15 billion to $3.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.22 billion.

2 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for MAXIMUS's stock. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $81.00. On average, they expect MAXIMUS's stock price to reach $79.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for MAXIMUS.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MAXIMUS in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for MAXIMUS.

News stories about MMS stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. MAXIMUS earned a media sentiment score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the health services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for MAXIMUS.

MAXIMUS saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,760,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the January 15th total of 1,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 379,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.6 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View MAXIMUS's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to MAXIMUS include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Global Payments (GPN), Worldpay (WP), Paychex (PAYX), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Total System Services (TSS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), WEX (WEX) and Genpact (G).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MAXIMUS investors own include Altria Group (MO), Tesla (TSLA), Bank of America (BAC), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Gilead Sciences (GILD), AbbVie (ABBV), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Dominion Energy (D) and New Oriental Education & Tech Grp (EDU).

MAXIMUS's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (6.72%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (6.69%), State Street Corp (3.26%), FMR LLC (2.50%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.66%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.57%). Company insiders that own MAXIMUS stock include David Francis, Mark Andrekovich, Paul R Lederer, Raymond B Ruddy, Richard A Montoni, Russell A Beliveau and Thomas D Romeo. View Institutional Ownership Trends for MAXIMUS.

MMS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Bamco Inc. NY, P2 Capital Partners LLC, FIL Ltd, AJO LP, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, AXA and Standard Life Aberdeen plc. Company insiders that have sold MAXIMUS company stock in the last year include David Francis, Raymond B Ruddy, Richard A Montoni, Russell A Beliveau and Thomas D Romeo. View Insider Buying and Selling for MAXIMUS.

MMS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pictet Asset Management Ltd., State of Michigan Retirement System, FMR LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., UBS Group AG, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P. and Handelsbanken Fonder AB. View Insider Buying and Selling for MAXIMUS.

Shares of MMS 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 MMS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $72.82.

MAXIMUS has a market capitalization of $4.66 billion and generates $2.89 billion in revenue each year. The health services provider earns $240.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.72 on an earnings per share basis. MAXIMUS employs 29,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About MAXIMUS.

The official website for MAXIMUS is http://www.maximus.com/.

MAXIMUS's mailing address is 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA, 20190. The health services provider can be reached via phone at 703-251-8500 or via email at [email protected]