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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View MAXIMUS's Dividend History.

MAXIMUS declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Monday, June 25th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 4.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

MAXIMUS, Inc. (NYSE:MMS) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 19th. The health services provider reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.01. The health services provider earned $754.97 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $756.40 million. MAXIMUS had a return on equity of 21.09% and a net margin of 8.34%. The business's revenue was up 35.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.71 earnings per share. View MAXIMUS's Earnings History.

MAXIMUS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for MAXIMUS.

MAXIMUS updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $$3.95-4.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $$4.07. The company issued revenue guidance of $$3.15-3.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$3.17 billion.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for MAXIMUS's shares. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate MAXIMUS's stock price to reach $79.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% 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.

Media headlines about MMS stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. MAXIMUS earned a media sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the health services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for MAXIMUS.

MAXIMUS saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,670,000 shares, an increase of 6.4% from the December 15th total of 1,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 393,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 2.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View MAXIMUS's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MAXIMUS investors own include Tesla (TSLA), Bank of America (BAC), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), New Oriental Education & Tech Grp (EDU), Kroger (KR), Lennar (LEN), Macy's (M), Altria Group (MO) and Analog Devices (ADI).

MAXIMUS's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.73%), West Coast Financial LLC (0.16%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.02%). 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 Riverbridge Partners LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and West Coast Financial LLC. Company insiders that have sold MAXIMUS company stock in the last year include David Francis, Paul R Lederer, 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Private Trust Co. NA, First National Bank of Omaha, Larson Financial Group LLC, Camelot Portfolios LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 $75.29.

MAXIMUS has a market capitalization of $4.82 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]