Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) Stock Price Passes Above 200-Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHC) shares passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of $20.04 and traded as high as $25.19. Acadia Healthcare shares last traded at $24.60, with a volume of 1,898,373 shares.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently weighed in on ACHC. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Acadia Healthcare from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. Barclays lifted their price objective on Acadia Healthcare from $20.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Acadia Healthcare from $27.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 17th. Zacks Research raised Acadia Healthcare from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, Leerink Partners lifted their target price on Acadia Healthcare from $14.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $26.85.

Acadia Healthcare Stock Down 1.2%

The company has a current ratio of 1.71, a quick ratio of 1.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27. The firm has a market cap of $2.26 billion, a PE ratio of -2.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.30 and a beta of 0.69. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $25.52 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $20.04.

Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.09. Acadia Healthcare had a positive return on equity of 7.09% and a negative net margin of 32.84%.The company had revenue of $828.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $823.51 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.40 earnings per share. Acadia Healthcare’s revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. Acadia Healthcare has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.300-0.400 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. will post 1.5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Acadia Healthcare

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 54.8% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 497 shares during the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. grew its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 43,913 shares of the company’s stock worth $623,000 after acquiring an additional 668 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 74,907 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,063,000 after acquiring an additional 696 shares during the last quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 2.1% in the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 42,502 shares of the company’s stock worth $964,000 after acquiring an additional 867 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio grew its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 2.8% in the third quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 31,335 shares of the company’s stock worth $776,000 after acquiring an additional 867 shares during the last quarter.

Acadia Healthcare Company Profile

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc (NASDAQ: ACHC) is a publicly traded provider of behavioral healthcare services headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. Founded in 2005, the company has grown through organic expansion and strategic acquisitions to establish itself as a leading specialist in mental health and addiction treatment across the United States.

Acadia operates a diversified network of inpatient psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers, outpatient clinics and intensive outpatient programs.