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Healthcare Services Group (HCSG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$10.35 -0.39 (-3.63%)
Closing price 03/28/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$10.36 +0.01 (+0.10%)
As of 03/28/2025 06:52 PM Eastern
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About Healthcare Services Group Stock (NASDAQ:HCSG)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$10.31
$10.72
50-Day Range
$10.30
$11.82
52-Week Range
$9.70
$12.99
Volume
493,800 shs
Average Volume
463,861 shs
Market Capitalization
$760.60 million
P/E Ratio
19.17
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$14.00
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Healthcare Services Group, Inc. provides management, administrative, and operating services to the housekeeping, laundry, linen, facility maintenance, and dietary service departments of nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals in the United States. It operates through two segments, Housekeeping and Dietary. The Housekeeping segment engages in the cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing of resident rooms and common areas of the customers' facilities, as well as laundering and processing of the bed linens, uniforms, resident personal clothing, and other assorted linen items utilized at the customers' facilities. The Dietary segment provides food purchasing, meal preparation, and professional dietitian services, which include the development of menus that meet the dietary needs of residents; and on-site management and clinical consulting services to facilities. It serves long-term and post-acute care facilities, hospitals, and the healthcare industry through referrals and solicitation of target facilities. The company was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

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Healthcare Services Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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62nd Percentile Overall Score

HCSG MarketRank™: 

Healthcare Services Group scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 157th out of 323 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Healthcare Services Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Healthcare Services Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Healthcare Services Group's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Healthcare Services Group is 19.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.58.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Healthcare Services Group is 19.17, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 29.88.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Healthcare Services Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.52. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Healthcare Services Group's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.85% of the float of Healthcare Services Group has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Healthcare Services Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.8.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Healthcare Services Group has recently decreased by 3.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Healthcare Services Group does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Healthcare Services Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Healthcare Services Group is 159.26%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Read more about Healthcare Services Group's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.85% of the float of Healthcare Services Group has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Healthcare Services Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.8.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Healthcare Services Group has recently decreased by 3.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    Healthcare Services Group has a news sentiment score of 1.49. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.90 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Healthcare Services Group this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Healthcare Services Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $18,225.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 2.10% of the stock of Healthcare Services Group is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    97.97% of the stock of Healthcare Services Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Healthcare Services Group's insider trading history.
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HCSG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Healthcare Services Group's stock was trading at $11.61 at the start of the year. Since then, HCSG shares have decreased by 10.9% and is now trading at $10.35.
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Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCSG) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The business services provider reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.04. Healthcare Services Group had a net margin of 2.30% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.76%.

Healthcare Services Group's top institutional investors include Wealthfront Advisers LLC (19.52%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.29%), Royce & Associates LP (6.37%) and Mackenzie Financial Corp (5.57%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew M Brophy and Kurt Simmons Jr.
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Shares of HCSG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Healthcare Services Group investors own include American Water Works (AWK), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Humana (HUM), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), AUO (AUOTY) and iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/12/2025
Today
3/30/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/23/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Nursing & personal care facilities
Sub-Industry
Diversified Support Services
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:HCSG
Employees
35,700
Year Founded
1976

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$14.00
High Stock Price Target
$17.00
Low Stock Price Target
$12.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+35.3%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
4 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
19.17
Forward P/E Ratio
13.99
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$39.47 million
Pretax Margin
3.09%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.72 billion
Cash Flow
$0.95 per share
Price / Cash Flow
10.89
Book Value
$6.80 per share
Price / Book
1.52

Miscellaneous

Free Float
71,945,000
Market Cap
$760.60 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.66

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This page (NASDAQ:HCSG) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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