Investors hope AmSurg
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts think investors should stand pat on AmSurg with seven of 10 analysts rating it hold. Analysts like AmSurg better than competitor LCA-Vision overall. Zero out of one analysts rate LCA-Vision a buy compared to one of 10 for AmSurg.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $213.7 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 15.7% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.46 per share. Estimates range from $0.41 to $0.47.
What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are solidly behind the stock, with 95% granting it an "outperform" rating. The community at large is in line with the All-Stars, with 94.7% assigning it a rating of "outperform." Despite the majority sentiment in favor of AmSurg, the stock has a middling CAPS rating of three out of five stars.
Management:
AmSurg's income has fallen year-over-year by an average of 7.5% over the past five quarters. Revenue has now gone up for three straight quarters.
Quarter | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 |
Gross Margin | 56.0% | 56.7% | 56.1% | 56.0% |
Operating Margin | 30.6% | 31.9% | 31.6% | 33.1% |
Net Margin | 6.7% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 6.1% |
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