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

LHCG POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where LHCG ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 66.61% of US stocks.
• LHCG's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• LHCG ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 15th percentile.

LHCG Stock Summary

• LHCG's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 1,156.3 -- higher than 97.44% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of LHC Group Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 85.09% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 532.38%, LHC Group Inc's debt growth rate surpasses 97.33% of about US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to LHCG, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are DTST, RPM, JBSS, MSM, and BMI.
• Visit LHCG's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's 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

The 5 year price growth rate now stands at 229.96%.
• Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 136.5%.
• The year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 702.62%.

Over the past 34 months, LHCG's revenue has gone up $198,128,000.

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
2021-12-31	2,219.622	-100.332	115.728
2021-09-30	2,168.522	21.888	130.416
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

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 84.95% of graded US stocks.
• LHCG's asset turnover comes in at 0.86 -- ranking 28th of 81 Healthcare stocks.
• NTRA, CHE, and CCEL are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LHCG.

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