How to buy Acadia Healthcare Company stock (ACHC)

Acadia Healthcare Company is a medical care facilities business based in the US. Acadia Healthcare Company shares (ACHC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $39.05 – a decrease of 3.96% over the previous week. Acadia Healthcare Company employs 17,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $3.1 billion.

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Acadia Healthcare Company stock price (NASDAQ: ACHC)

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Acadia Healthcare Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$39.05
52-week range	$36.50 - $87.77
50-day moving average more info button	$45.06
200-day moving average more info button	$64.95
Wall St. target price	$60.67
PE ratio more info button	12.8033
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$3.05

Is it a good time to buy Acadia Healthcare Company stock?

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Acadia Healthcare Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $39.05 from 2024-12-18

1 week (2024-12-12)	-3.20%
1 month (2024-11-20)	-0.13%
3 months (2024-09-19)	-49.57%
6 months (2024-06-18)	-42.82%

1 year (2023-12-19)	-48.97%
2 years (2022-12-19)	-52.82%
3 years (2021-12-17)	57.92
5 years (2019-12-19)	17.48%

Is Acadia Healthcare Company stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Acadia Healthcare Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Acadia Healthcare Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Acadia Healthcare Company's P/E ratio

Acadia Healthcare Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Acadia Healthcare Company shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Acadia Healthcare Company's PEG ratio

Acadia Healthcare Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.32. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Acadia Healthcare Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Acadia Healthcare Company's EBITDA

Acadia Healthcare Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $689.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Acadia Healthcare Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Acadia Healthcare Company financials

Revenue TTM	$3.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	18.05%
Gross profit TTM	$1.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	6.06%
Return on equity TTM	9.76%
Profit margin	8.99%
Book value	$33.04
Market Capitalization more info button	$3.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Acadia Healthcare Company share dividends

We're not expecting Acadia Healthcare Company to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Acadia Healthcare Company's shares ever split?

Acadia Healthcare Company's shares were split on a 1:4 basis on 31 October 2011 . So if you had owned 4 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Acadia Healthcare Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 300% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Acadia Healthcare Company shares which in turn could have impacted Acadia Healthcare Company's share price.

Acadia Healthcare Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Acadia Healthcare Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $36.5 up to $87.77. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Acadia Healthcare Company's is 1.334. This would suggest that Acadia Healthcare Company's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Acadia Healthcare Company overview

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. provides behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company develops and operates acute inpatient psychiatric facilities, specialty treatment facilities comprising residential recovery facilities and eating disorder facilities, comprehensive treatment centers, and residential treatment centers, as well as facilities offering outpatient behavioral healthcare services for the behavioral healthcare and recovery needs of communities. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. .

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Acadia Healthcare Company is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 2.966% of Acadia Healthcare Company shares are held by insiders and 108.062% by institutions. How many people work for Acadia Healthcare Company?
Latest data suggests 17,000 work at Acadia Healthcare Company. When does the fiscal year end for Acadia Healthcare Company?
Acadia Healthcare Company's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Acadia Healthcare Company based?
Acadia Healthcare Company's address is: 6100 Tower Circle, Franklin, TN, United States, 37067 What is Acadia Healthcare Company's ISIN number?
Acadia Healthcare Company's international securities identification number is: US00404A1097 What is Acadia Healthcare Company's CUSIP number?
Acadia Healthcare Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 00404A109