Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (NASDAQ: ACHC) is -40.98% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $20.36 and a high of $82.40 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 ACHC stock was last observed hovering at around $22.35 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.05%.
Currently trading at $23.40, the stock is -5.50% and -19.78% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.5 million and changing 4.70% at the moment leaves the stock -51.87% off its SMA200. ACHC registered -68.20% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -54.02%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $29.171 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $48.6166.
The stock witnessed a -22.82% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -46.50%, and is 10.38% 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 5.60% over the week and 6.41% over the month.
Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC) has around 25500 employees, a market worth around $2.16B and $3.15B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 8.43 and Fwd P/E is 7.77. Profit margin for the company is 8.10%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.93% and -71.60% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.05%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -19.53% this year
421.0 institutions hold shares in Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC), with institutional investors hold 110.87% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 91.78M, and float is at 89.71M with Short Float at 8.40%. Institutions hold 109.32% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP with over 10.39 million shares valued at $701.87 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.3414 of the ACHC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 8.9 million shares valued at $600.96 million to account for 9.7108 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 8.21 million shares representing 8.9632 and valued at over $554.69 million, while T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. holds 8.7297 of the shares totaling 8.0 million with a market value of $540.24 million.
Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC) Insider Activity
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 08 ’24, Hollinsworth John S. (Officer) Proposed Sale 5,000 shares at an average price of $71.57 for $0.36 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC).
