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Chemed Corporation

CHE

NYSE·Healthcare·Medical - Care Facilities·Mkt cap $6.4B

$489.66

+1.83%

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52-Week Range

$365.21 - $492.20

P/E

26.63

Fwd P/E

20.12

Beta

0.54

Div Yield

0.50%

Avg Vol

236.6K

Shares Out

13.3M

Mkt Cap

$6.4B

Price action

Price chart

Up 2.0% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Established market leadership in hospice care with extensive physician and healthcare provider network
  • Roto-Rooter brand recognition and franchise model providing recurring revenue
  • Diversified revenue streams reducing dependence on single market segment
  • Essential services with inelastic demand characteristics

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Low volatility (beta 0.5).

Growth

Stable outlook

Aging U.S. population increasing demand for hospice and palliative care services

Value

Fairly valued vs Healthcare Facilities peers

Momentum

Hot

+26.4% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Token

0.50% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Aug 4, 2026

LATEST RECAP

Earnings recap unavailable for this period.

EPS surprise · last 4Q

Q1 26

$4.85

Q4 25

$5.48

Q3 25

$4.46

Q2 25

$3.60

Next: Aug 4, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+4%

+3%

-0%

+2%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$595.9M

$606.2M

$640.0M

$646.9M

$618.8M

$624.9M

$639.3M

$657.5M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

30.2%

Operating

12.9%

Profit

10.1%

Wall Street consensus

2 analysts · 50% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

1

50%

Hold

1

50%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

Latest: RBC Capital · Apr 27, 2026

vs Industry

How CHE stacks vs Medical - Care Facilities

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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