On Tuesday, Encompass Health Corp (NYSE: EHC) opened higher 0.58% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $116.93. Price fluctuations for EHC have ranged from $82.74 to $118.26 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Healthcare sector company grew by 3.59% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 13.30% at the time writing. With a float of $99.17 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $100.90 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 40000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 36.45%, operating margin of 16.76%, and the pretax margin is 14.69%.
Encompass Health Corp (EHC) Insider and Institutional Ownership
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Medical Care Facilities industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Encompass Health Corp is 1.61%, while institutional ownership is 95.58%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 06 ’25, was worth 498,974. In this transaction Chief Medical Officer of this company sold 4,279 shares at a rate of $116.61, taking the stock ownership to the 11,958 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 29 ’25, when Company’s EVP, Gen Counsel & Secretary sold 10,000 for $114.79, making the entire transaction worth $1,147,900. This insider now owns 79,710 shares in total.
Encompass Health Corp (EHC) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.16 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 13.30% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.40% during the next five years compared to 4.32% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Encompass Health Corp (NYSE: EHC) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Encompass Health Corp (EHC). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.06. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.15. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 30.68.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.84, a number that is poised to hit 1.21 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.59 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Encompass Health Corp (EHC)
Encompass Health Corp (NYSE: EHC) saw its 5-day average volume 0.69 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 0.8 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 69.68%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.85.
During the past 100 days, Encompass Health Corp’s (EHC) raw stochastic average was set at 97.85%, which indicates a significant increase from 96.21% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 45.14% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 30.64% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $103.98, while its 200-day Moving Average is $97.85. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $118.71 in the near term. At $119.81, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $121.41. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $116.01, it is likely to go to the next support level at $114.41. The third support level lies at $113.31 if the price breaches the second support level.
Encompass Health Corp (NYSE: EHC) Key Stats
There are currently 100,797K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 11.85 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 5,373 M according to its annual income of 455,700 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,455 M and its income totaled 151,500 K.
