LHC Group - common stock (LHCG): Price and Financial Metrics

LHCG POWR Grades

• LHCG scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 99.48% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LHCG is in Momentum, which has been heading down over the past 52 weeks.
• LHCG ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 9th percentile.

LHCG Stock Summary

• LHCG's current price/earnings ratio is 40.28, which is higher than 76.17% of US stocks with positive earnings.
• Price to trailing twelve month operating cash flow for LHCG is currently 57.88, higher than 91.87% of US stocks with positive operating cash flow.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for LHC Group Inc is higher than it is for about merely 16.95% of US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to LHC Group Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be GRC, MSM, OLLI, CACI, and PLUS.
• LHCG's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit LHC Group Inc's official web site, go to www.lhcgroup.com.

LHCG Valuation Summary

• LHCG's EV/EBIT ratio is 37.3; this is 27.3% higher than that of the median Healthcare stock.
• Over the past 198 months, LHCG's price/earnings ratio has gone up 25.1.
• LHCG's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.6 over the prior 198 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LHCG.

LHCG Growth Metrics

• Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 116.69%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 35.33%.
• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 197.73%.

Over the past 67 months, LHCG's revenue has gone up $1,317,389,000.

The table below shows LHCG's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	2,133.755	81.547	117.182
2021-03-31	2,075.168	598.517	124.231
2020-12-31	2,063.204	529.247	111.596
2020-09-30	2,062.19	481.415	103.019
2020-06-30	2,060.005	508.007	118.586
2020-03-31	2,090.527	74.57	98.894

LHCG's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• LHCG has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 83.39% of graded US stocks.
• LHCG's asset turnover comes in at 0.868 -- ranking 28th of 81 Healthcare stocks.
• CCEL, SGRY, and RDNT are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LHCG.

The table below shows LHCG's key quality metrics over time.