In the past week, OPCH stock has gone down by -0.35%, with a monthly decline of -1.18% and a quarterly surge of 10.24%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.25%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.21% for Option Care Health Inc. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -2.78% for OPCH’s stock, with a simple moving average of -0.13% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Option Care Health Inc. (NASDAQ: OPCH) Right Now?
Option Care Health Inc. (NASDAQ: OPCH) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 25.98x compared to its average ratio. OPCH has 36-month beta value of 1.29. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for OPCH is 169.45M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.83% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of OPCH on September 26, 2024 was 1.59M shares.
OPCH) stock’s latest price update
Option Care Health Inc. (NASDAQ: OPCH)’s stock price has gone decline by -1.43 in comparison to its previous close of 31.45, however, the company has experienced a -0.35% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2024-08-01 that Investors interested in stocks from the Medical – Outpatient and Home Healthcare sector have probably already heard of Option Care (OPCH) and Astrana Health, Inc. (ASTH). But which of these two stocks offers value investors a better bang for their buck right now?
Analysts’ Opinion of OPCH
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for OPCH stocks, with JMP Securities repeating the rating for OPCH by listing it as a “Mkt Outperform.” The predicted price for OPCH in the upcoming period, according to JMP Securities is $36 based on the research report published on July 16, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Jefferies, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see OPCH reach a price target of $38. The rating they have provided for OPCH stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on February 27th, 2023.
Goldman gave a rating of “Buy” to OPCH, setting the target price at $25 in the report published on July 19th of the previous year.
OPCH Trading at -0.71% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought OPCH to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -10.47% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.21%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.25%, as shares sank -0.51% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -0.74% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, OPCH fell by -0.35%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +4.48% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $31.88. In addition, Option Care Health Inc. saw -7.98% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at OPCH starting from Pate R Carter, who sale 1,465 shares at the price of $32.37 back on Sep 03 ’24. After this action, Pate R Carter now owns 36,126 shares of Option Care Health Inc., valued at $47,421 using the latest closing price.
SHAPIRO MICHAEL H., the Chief Financial Officer of Option Care Health Inc., sale 23,217 shares at $30.95 during a trade that took place back on Aug 22 ’24, which means that SHAPIRO MICHAEL H. is holding 247,317 shares at $718,501 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for OPCH
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.07 for the present operating margin
- 0.21 for the gross margin
The net margin for Option Care Health Inc. stands at 0.05. The total capital return value is set at 0.12. Equity return is now at value 14.64, with 6.34 for asset returns.
Based on Option Care Health Inc. (OPCH), the company’s capital structure generated 0.45 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.21. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.8. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 5.95.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 376.8 million with net debt to EBITDA at 2.24. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.34. The receivables turnover for the company is 9.0for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.37. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.77.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Option Care Health Inc. (OPCH) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
