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Stocks Info
This NYSE-listed company operates within the Medical Care Facilities industry segment, falling under the Healthcare sector. The current market capitalization of Encompass Health Corp is $10.00B. A total of 1.03 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 620.89K 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 income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. Encompass Health Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.64, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.64%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.97. 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.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, EHC has a high of $104.55 and a low of $70.83.
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
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. 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
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 EHC is Buy with a score of 4.92.
