After Hours
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. Recently, Yahoo Finance discussed the stock, revealing that Encompass Health and Piedmont announce plans to build a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Loganville, Georgia.
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The company is listed on the NYSE and operates within the Medical Care Facilities industry segment. The current market capitalization of Encompass Health Corp is $7.74B. A total of 0.7 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 594.24K shares.
In the most recent transaction, COLTHARP DOUGLAS E sold 11,215 shares of EHC for 63.39 per share on Nov 13 ’23. After the transaction, the EVP & Chief Financial Officer now owns 116,293 company shares. In a previous transaction on Aug 17 ’23, Charbonneau Elissa Joy sold 8,294 shares at 69.58 per share. EHC shares that Chief Medical Officer owns now total 23,081.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Tarr Mark J disposed of 25,330 shares on Aug 16 ’23 at a per-share price of $71.06. This resulted in the President & CEO holding 497,405 shares of EHC after the transaction.
Dividend
The dividend paying company demonstrates a positive outlook for investors and helps them generate immediate cash. Encompass Health Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.60, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.78%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.22. EHC’s most recent ex-dividend date was 3/28/2024 when it declared a $0.15 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 4/15/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 1/16/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 12/29/2023. The EHC stock dividend was $0.15 per share in cash.
It has been observed that price targets are rarely accurate, but they can exert some influence from time to time, and are often accepted as valuable in the market. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, EHC has a high of $78.11 and a low of $51.30.
As of this writing, EHC has an earnings estimate of $0.93 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 11 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.01 per share and a lower estimate of $0.88. The company reported an EPS of $0.86 in the last quarter, which was 11.70% higher than expectations of $0.77.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An equity investor’s investment can be viewed on a balance sheet by looking at what assets and liabilities the company has. Investors can determine the company’s 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 $16.43, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.40B.
Analysts Opinion
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. 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 4.90.
