Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc (NYSE: OHI) has seen a decline in its stock price by -2.27 in relation to its previous close of 37.02. However, the company has experienced a -4.81% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. fool.com reported 2025-05-05 that Does a topsy-turvy stock market and reports of underutilized U.S. shipping ports make you nervous about buying, or even holding stocks? At times like these, it’s a lot easier to ignore the news flow when you have a portfolio full of dividend payers that deposit increasingly larger payments into your brokerage account.
Is It Worth Investing in Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc (NYSE: OHI) Right Now?
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc (NYSE: OHI) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 22.68x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.72. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 10 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for OHI is 286.55M, and at present, short sellers hold a 4.58% of that float. On May 06, 2025, the average trading volume of OHI was 2.48M shares.
OHI’s Market Performance
OHI’s stock has seen a -4.81% decrease for the week, with a -6.39% drop in the past month and a -4.49% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.39%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.71% for Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -4.25% for OHI’s stock, with a -6.10% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of OHI
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for OHI stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for OHI by listing it as a “Equal Weight.” The predicted price for OHI in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $39 based on the research report published on March 27, 2025 of the current year 2025.
BMO Capital Markets, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see OHI reach a price target of $45. The rating they have provided for OHI stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on December 09th, 2024.
Exane BNP Paribas gave a rating of “Outperform” to OHI, setting the target price at $49 in the report published on October 31st of the previous year.
OHI Trading at -3.66% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought OHI to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -18.54% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.71%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.39%, as shares sank -3.11% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +1.34% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, OHI fell by -4.81%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +1.06% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $37.78. In addition, Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc saw -4.41% 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 OHI starting from BOOTH DANIEL J, who sale 56,725 shares at the price of $40.25 back on Sep 27 ’24. After this action, BOOTH DANIEL J now owns 100,000 shares of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc, valued at $2,283,181 using the latest closing price.
STEPHENSON ROBERT O, the CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc, sale 22,542 shares at $40.19 during a trade that took place back on Sep 27 ’24, which means that STEPHENSON ROBERT O is holding 183,076 shares at $905,963 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for OHI
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.68 for the present operating margin
- 0.91 for the gross margin
The net margin for Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc stands at 0.41. The total capital return value is set at 0.08. Equity return is now at value 10.53, with 4.65 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 947.11 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.37. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 9.21. The receivables turnover for the company is 0.54for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.11.
Conclusion
To sum up, Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc (OHI) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing 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.