Maximus Inc (NYSE: MMS) is -13.90% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $69.72 and a high of $93.97 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MMS stock was last observed hovering at around $70.07 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.13%.
Currently trading at $72.20, the stock is -0.33% and -11.27% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.12 million and changing 3.04% at the moment leaves the stock -15.35% off its SMA200. MMS registered -12.96% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.30%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $81.3674 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $85.29475.
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The stock witnessed a -9.54% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -19.76%, and is 2.11% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.68% over the week and 2.78% over the month.
Maximus Inc (MMS) has around 41100 employees, a market worth around $4.35B and $5.31B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.45 and Fwd P/E is 11.56. Profit margin for the company is 5.78%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.56% and -23.17% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.12%).
with sales reaching $1.29B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -2.62% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -0.82% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -2.89% in year-over-year returns.
506.0 institutions hold shares in Maximus Inc (MMS), with institutional investors hold 100.73% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 60.35M, and float is at 59.62M with Short Float at 3.50%. Institutions hold 99.73% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 9.12 million shares valued at $781.52 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.8592 of the MMS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 7.59 million shares valued at $650.79 million to account for 12.3737 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 6.27 million shares representing 10.21 and valued at over $537.0 million, while VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC holds 5.0671 of the shares totaling 3.11 million with a market value of $266.5 million.
Maximus Inc (MMS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Caswell Bruce, the company’s CEO & President. SEC filings show that Caswell Bruce bought 3,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 17 ’24 at a price of $70.64 per share for a total of $0.25 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.28 million shares.
Maximus Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 12 ’24 that RUDDY RAYMOND B (Director) bought a total of 3,490 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 12 ’24 and was made at $71.46 per share for $0.25 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.11 million shares of the MMS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 12 ’24, HALEY JOHN J (Director) acquired 3,490 shares at an average price of $71.76 for $0.25 million. The insider now directly holds 113,544 shares of Maximus Inc (MMS).
