Astrana Health (ASTH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Astrana Health, Inc., Inc., a physician-centric technology-powered healthcare management company, provides medical care services in the United States. It operates through three segments: Care Partners, Care Delivery, and Care Enablement. The company is leveraging its proprietary population health management and healthcare delivery platform, operates an integrated, value-based healthcare model which empowers the providers in its network to deliver care to its patients. It offers care coordination services to patients, families, primary care physicians, specialists, acute care hospitals, alternative sites of inpatient care, physician groups, and health plans. The company's physician network consists of primary care physicians, specialist physicians and extenders, and hospitalists. It serves patients, primarily covered by private or public insurance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and health maintenance organization plans; and non-insured patients. The company was formerly known as Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Astrana Health, Inc. in February 2024. Astrana Health, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Alhambra, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $35.39 to $36.43
• 50-Day Range: $35.52 to $62.54
• 52-Week Range: $34.11 to $63.20
• Volume: 75,234 shs
• Average Volume: 212,671 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.04 billion
• P/E Ratio: 27.58
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $65.17
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Astrana Health Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Astrana Health scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 255th out of 950 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Astrana Health has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.89, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Astrana Health has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 23.28%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Astrana Health are expected to grow by 23.28% in the coming year, from $1.16 to $1.43 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Astrana Health is 27.32, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 135.65.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Astrana Health is 27.32, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Medical sector average P/E ratio of about 135.19.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Astrana Health has a PEG Ratio of 1.80. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Astrana Health has a P/B Ratio of 3.36. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.60% of the float of Astrana Health has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Astrana Health has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.5.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Astrana Health has recently increased by 5.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Astrana Health does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Astrana Health does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.60% of the float of Astrana Health has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Astrana Health has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.5.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Astrana Health has recently increased by 5.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.05

News Sentiment

Astrana Health has a news sentiment score of 1.05. 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 0.65 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Astrana Health this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for ASTH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Astrana Health to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Astrana Health insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 8.46% of the stock of Astrana Health is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.77% of the stock of Astrana Health is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ASTH Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ASTH shares performed this year?

Astrana Health's stock was trading at $42.79 at the start of the year. Since then, ASTH shares have decreased by 17.0% and is now trading at $35.52.
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How were Astrana Health's earnings last quarter?

Astrana Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTH) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.33. The business earned $478.71 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $462.01 million. Astrana Health had a net margin of 3.63% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.37%.

Who are Astrana Health's major shareholders?

Astrana Health's top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (2.82%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.81%), FMR LLC (1.70%) and SteelPeak Wealth LLC (1.21%).

How do I buy shares of Astrana Health?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Astrana Health own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Astrana Health investors own include Tesla (TSLA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Meta Platforms (META), Netflix (NFLX) and Visa (V).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/07/2024
• Today: 12/18/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Medical
• Industry: Management consulting services
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:ASTH
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:ASTH
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1083446
• Web: www.apollomed.net
• Phone: 626-282-0288
• Fax: 818-839-5190
• Employees: 1,800
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $65.17
• High Stock Price Target: $86.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $50.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +80.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.89
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $1.30
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.71
• Forward P/E Ratio: 31.05
• P/E Growth: 1.8
• Net Income: $60.72 million
• Net Margins: 3.63%
• Pretax Margin: 4.86%
• Return on Equity: 9.37%
• Return on Assets: 5.32%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.60
• Current Ratio: 1.91
• Quick Ratio: 1.91

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.72 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.18
• Cash Flow: $1.28 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 28.22
• Book Value: $10.58 per share
• Price / Book: 3.40

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 56,253,000
• Free Float: 51,494,000
• Market Cap: $2.03 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.13