The trading price of R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ:RCM) floating lower at last check on Wednesday, March 13, closing at $14.00, -0.28% lower than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 1971.83, while its 5Y monthly beta was 0.80. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $18.70 and a 52-week low of $8.87. Over the past month, the stock has gained 28.56% in value.
R1 RCM Inc., whose market valuation is $5.88 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report Feb 14, 2024 – Feb 19, 2024. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by -$0.02 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of -$0.07 for 2024 and $0.2 for 2025. It means analysts are expecting annual earnings per share growth of -800.00% this year and 385.70% next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of $615.16 million for the current quarter, with the likely lows of $569.42 million and highs of $631.48 million. The average estimate suggests sales will likely up by 12.70% this quarter compared to what was recorded in the comparable quarter last year. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue in 2024 is $2.64 billion. The company’s revenue is forecast to grow by 17.10% over what it did in 2024.
A company’s earnings reviews provide a brief indication of a stock’s direction in the short term, where in the case of R1 RCM Inc. No upward and no downward comments were posted in the last 7 days. On the technical side, indicators suggest RCM has a 50% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a Hold, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Buy.
A quick review shows that RCM’s price is currently 9.29% off the SMA20 and 24.79% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 68.67, and weekly volatility stands at 2.35%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 3.70%. R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ:RCM)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.80, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.52.
To see how R1 RCM Inc. stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: RCM stock’s performance was -0.28% at last check in today’s session, and 5.18% in the past year. R1 RCM Inc. has a P/E ratio of 1971.83.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ:RCM) indicates that the 3-month average is 4.43 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 4.03 million.
Currently, records show that 420.20 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 64.18% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 39.49%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of Feb 29, 2024, stood at 17.49 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 3.53 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 4.16% of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in February were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 27.5 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 32.45% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
