Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.090-1.190 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.430. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.4 billion-$5.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.8 billion.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on SEM. UBS Group reduced their price objective on Select Medical from $40.00 to $21.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on shares of Select Medical from $40.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Benchmark lowered Select Medical from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Select Medical from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Select Medical currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $39.50.

Select Medical Stock Down 7.5 %

SEM stock opened at $17.63 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $19.13 and a 200-day simple moving average of $28.07. Select Medical has a twelve month low of $16.20 and a twelve month high of $40.98. The company has a market capitalization of $2.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.68, a PEG ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.45.

Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The health services provider reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.29 by ($0.11). The business had revenue of $1.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.50 billion. Select Medical had a return on equity of 14.04% and a net margin of 3.23%. On average, equities research analysts predict that Select Medical will post 1.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Select Medical Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.0625 per share. This represents a $0.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. Select Medical’s payout ratio is presently 30.30%.

Insider Activity at Select Medical

In other news, Director Marilyn B. Tavenner sold 32,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $21.09, for a total transaction of $674,880.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 22,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $463,980. This represents a 59.26 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, VP Robert G. Breighner, Jr. sold 4,989 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.95, for a total value of $99,530.55. Following the sale, the vice president now owns 30,356 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $605,602.20. The trade was a 14.12 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 19.14% of the company’s stock.

About Select Medical

Select Medical Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates critical illness recovery hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, and occupational health centers in the United States. It operates in four segments: Critical Illness Recovery Hospital, Rehabilitation Hospital, Outpatient Rehabilitation, and Concentra.