Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (NASDAQ: ACHC): Retirees Don’t Worry About Volatility

Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (NASDAQ:ACHC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.40M but it saw 1542961 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 4.71B USD, the company’s current market price of $50.76 came falling about -1.74 while comparing to the previous closing price of $51.66. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $87.77 and as low as $51.07. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $50.2 while lowest mark touched by it was $51.845.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC) gives us an average price of $57.46, while its current price level is -42.17% below from 52-week high level whereas it is -0.61% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $69.33 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $72.81. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 6.90% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 5.57%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 26.83 which implies that the stock is in oversold territory.

Deutsche Bank upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Hold” from “Sell” on April 25, 2024 while assigning a price target of $70. Barclays also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $100.

Over the week, ACHC’s stock price is moving -11.55% down while it is -33.74% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -34.72% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -32.40%.

Currently, Acadia Healthcare Company Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 91.26M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -0.11% and return on equity (ROE) at -0.17%. It has a 12.85 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.29. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.58 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.54. Its return on asset (ROA) is -0.09% on average.