HMS Holdings Corp. ($HMSY) Possible Buy to $38 Confident Investor Rating: Good
Company name | HMS Holdings Corp. |
Stock ticker | HMSY |
Live stock price | [stckqut]HMSY[/stckqut] |
P/E compared to competitors | Fair |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity | Poor |
Sales growth | Good |
EPS growth | Good |
P/E growth | Good |
EBIT growth | Good |
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating | Good |
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $35.98 |
Target stock price (averages with growth) | $52.57 |
Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $37.99 |
Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $35.63 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=hmsy
HMS Holdings Corp. (HMS) provides cost containment services to Government and private healthcare payers and sponsors. Its services ensure that healthcare claims are paid correctly, and its coordination of benefits services ensure that they are paid by the responsible party. Together, these services help clients recover amounts from liable third parties; prevent future improper payments; reduce fraud, waste and abuse; and ensure regulatory compliance. Its clients are the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); state Medicaid agencies; commercial health plans, including Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, and group health lines of business; government and private employers; Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs); child support agencies; the Veterans Health Administration (VHA); and other healthcare payers and sponsors. In December 2012, the Company acquired the assets and liabilities of MRM, which provides Workers’ Compensation recovery services for commercial health plans.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.
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