After Hours
There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities.
Stocks Info
As a NYSE listed company, CHE falls under the Healthcare sector while operating within the Medical Care Facilities industry segment. The current market capitalization of Chemed Corp is $8.31B. A total of 78314.0 shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 97.52K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Judkins Brian C bought 145 shares of CHE for 519.50 per share on Dec 30 ’24. After the transaction, the VP and Chief Legal Officer now owns 1,678 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 27 ’24, LEE SPENCER S sold 732 shares at 575.62 per share. CHE shares that executive vice president owns now total 18,287.
Among the insiders who sold shares, MCNAMARA KEVIN J disposed of 2,000 shares on Nov 25 ’24 at a per-share price of $572.77. This resulted in the president and CEO holding 101,735 shares of CHE after the transaction. In another insider transaction, MCNAMARA KEVIN J bought 2,000 shares at $571.11 per share on Nov 25 ’24.
Dividend
Investors prefer companies that pay dividends because dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate a positive outlook. Chemed Corp pays an annual dividend of $1.80, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.32%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.05. CHE’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.4% when it declared a $0.50 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 11/18/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 8/12/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 0.4%. The CHE stock dividend was $0.50 per share in cash.
In spite of price targets being rarely accurate, it tends to exert some kind influence from time to time, and was often accepted by the market as having some value. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, CHE has a high of $654.62 and a low of $512.12.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
The balance sheet of a company shows what assets and liabilities a company has, as well as the amount, equity investors have invested. With the help of this information, a company’s financial ratios can be calculated to give investors an overview of the company’s prospects. CHE’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $32.90M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $323.54M in debt and $302.40M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $82.78, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $623.27M.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside 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 CHE is Buy with a score of 4.67.
