Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHC) Stake Increased by Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P.

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. boosted its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHC - Free Report) by 38.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,064,455 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 295,515 shares during the quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. owned 1.15% of Acadia Healthcare worth $42,206,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Stephens Inc. AR grew its holdings in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 25.2% in the 4th quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 5,627 shares of the company's stock worth $223,000 after acquiring an additional 1,134 shares during the period. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC raised its position in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 24.9% during the 4th quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC now owns 1,475,166 shares of the company's stock worth $58,490,000 after purchasing an additional 294,210 shares during the last quarter. abrdn plc lifted its stake in Acadia Healthcare by 61.4% in the 4th quarter. abrdn plc now owns 157,293 shares of the company's stock valued at $6,237,000 after buying an additional 59,824 shares in the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 13,847 shares of the company's stock valued at $549,000 after acquiring an additional 325 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KBC Group NV raised its stake in Acadia Healthcare by 50.1% in the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 4,035 shares of the company's stock valued at $160,000 after purchasing an additional 1,347 shares during the last quarter.

Acadia Healthcare Trading Down 1.7 %

ACHC stock traded down $0.70 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $41.28. 1,051,753 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,517,605. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 1.07. The company has a market capitalization of $3.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.53, a PEG ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 1.30. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $42.08 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $54.33. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $36.50 and a fifty-two week high of $87.77.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. KeyCorp raised shares of Acadia Healthcare from a "sector weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $70.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. TD Cowen decreased their price objective on Acadia Healthcare from $70.00 to $66.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. StockNews.com lowered Acadia Healthcare from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Barclays reduced their target price on Acadia Healthcare from $76.00 to $43.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $64.00 price target on shares of Acadia Healthcare in a report on Friday, January 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $70.22.

Acadia Healthcare Profile

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc provides behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company develops and operates acute inpatient psychiatric facilities, specialty treatment facilities comprising residential recovery facilities and eating disorder facilities, comprehensive treatment centers, and residential treatment centers, as well as facilities offering outpatient behavioral healthcare services for the behavioral healthcare and recovery needs of communities.