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Stocks Info
Encompass Health Corp is listed on the NYSE in the Healthcare sector while operating in the Medical Care Facilities industry. The current market capitalization of Encompass Health Corp is $9.63B. A total of 0.78 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 656.32K shares.
In the most recent transaction, COLTHARP DOUGLAS E sold 12,260 shares of EHC for 86.34 per share on Aug 13 ’24. After the transaction, the EVP & Chief Financial Officer now owns 136,227 company shares. In a previous transaction on Aug 13 ’24, Douglas Coltharp bought 12,260 shares at 86.34 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Charbonneau Elissa Joy disposed of 10,000 shares on May 24 ’24 at a per-share price of $85.02. This resulted in the Chief Medical Officer holding 18,594 shares of EHC after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Darby John Patrick sold 14,543 shares at $83.94 per share on May 06 ’24. Company shares held by the EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary now total 84,773.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Encompass Health Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.64, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.67%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.07. EHC’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.7% when it declared a $0.17 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 1/2/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 10/1/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 0.76%. The EHC stock dividend was $0.17 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, EHC has a high of $104.55 and a low of $70.74.
As of this writing, EHC has an earnings estimate of $1.02 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 13.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.13 per share and a lower estimate of $0.96.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. EHC’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $49.40M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $3.48B in debt and $748.80M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $19.44, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.40B.
Analysts Opinion
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. 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 EHC is Buy with a score of 4.92.
