Maximus Inc (NYSE: MMS) is -4.85% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $63.77 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 $68.68 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.35%.
Currently trading at $71.03, the stock is 4.29% and 1.98% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.1 million and changing 3.42% at the moment leaves the stock -12.46% off its SMA200. MMS registered -13.77% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -23.75%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $69.65 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $81.14415.
The stock witnessed a 5.37% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.31%, and is 5.97% 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 3.05% over the week and 2.78% over the month.
Maximus Inc (MMS) has around 41100 employees, a market worth around $4.02B and $5.38B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.30 and Fwd P/E is 11.17. Profit margin for the company is 5.28%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.38% and -24.41% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.19%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -0.16% this year
483.0 institutions hold shares in Maximus Inc (MMS), with institutional investors hold 104.93% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 57.29M, and float is at 55.87M with Short Float at 2.75%. Institutions hold 103.80% 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 14.9303 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 12.4328 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 sale by Madsen Jan, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Madsen Jan sold 2,439 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 18 ’25 at a price of $67.71 per share for a total of $0.17 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 18097.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 28 ’25, Warren Michael J. (Director) acquired 18 shares at an average price of $66.64 for $1225.0. The insider now directly holds 4,103 shares of Maximus Inc (MMS).
