After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
MMS belongs to the Industrials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Specialty Business Services industry. The current market capitalization of Maximus Inc is $4.75B. A total of 0.93 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 748.49K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Caswell Bruce bought 3,500 shares of MMS for 70.64 per share on Dec 17 ’24. After the transaction, the CEO & President now owns 275,929 company shares. In a previous transaction on Dec 12 ’24, RUDDY RAYMOND B bought 3,490 shares at 71.46 per share. MMS shares that Director owns now total 112,520.
Among the insiders who bought shares, HALEY JOHN J acquired of 3,490 shares on Dec 12 ’24 at a per-share price of $71.76. This resulted in the Director holding 113,544 shares of MMS after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Link Michelle F. sold 2,208 shares at $73.83 per share on Dec 03 ’24. Company shares held by the Chief of Human Resources now total 6,567.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Maximus Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.20, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.56%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.42. MMS’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1.55% when it declared a $0.30 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 2/15/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/15/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.32%. The MMS stock dividend was $0.30 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, MMS has a high of $93.97 and a low of $69.72.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. MMS’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $135.06M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.71B in debt and $789.43M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $30.53, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.48B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for MMS is Buy with a score of 4.00.
