Should You Buy Option Care Health Inc. (NASDAQ:OPCH) Right Now? Here’s How to Decide

Option Care Health Inc. (NASDAQ:OPCH) shares fell to a low of $18.24 before closing at $18.34. Intraday shares traded counted 0.54 million, which was 46.65% higher than its 30-day average trading volume of 1.02M. OPCH’s previous close was $19.02 while the outstanding shares total 179.81M. The firm has a beta of 1.12, a 12-month trailing P/E ratio of 382.08, and a growth ratio of 38.21. The stock’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) is 50.06, with weekly volatility at 3.68% and ATR at 0.70. The OPCH stock’s 52-week price range has touched low of $10.52 and a $21.34 high. The stock traded lower over the last trading session, losing -3.58% on 05/28/21.

Investors have identified the Medical Care Facilities company Option Care Health Inc. as an interesting stock but before investments are made there, an in-depth look at its trading activities will have to be conducted. The share is trading with a market value of around $3.42 billion, the company now has both obstacles and catalysts that affect them and they came from their mode of operations. With the company affected by events currently, it is a perfect time to analyze the numbers behind the firm in order to come up with a rather realistic picture of what this stock is.

Option Care Health Inc. (OPCH) Fundamentals that are to be considered.

When analyzing a stock, the first fundamental thing to take into account is the balance sheet. How healthy the balance sheet of a company is will determine if the company will be able to carry out all its financial and non-financial obligations and also keep the faith of its investors. For OPCH, the company has in raw cash 109.36 million on their books with 11.78 million currently as liabilities. How the trend is over time is what investors should be concerned about. The company has a healthy balance sheet as their debt profile has been on an incline. In terms of their assets, the company currently has 664.73 million total, with 420.16 million as their total liabilities.

OPCH were able to record 15.26 million as free cash flow during the 08/10/2021 quarter of the year, this saw their quarterly net cash flow reduce by 10.1 million. In cash movements, the company had a total of 18.38 million as operating cash flow.

Potential earnings growth for Option Care Health Inc. (OPCH)

In order to determine the future investment potential for this stock, we will have to analyze key trends that affect it. During the 08/10/2021 quarter of the year, Option Care Health Inc. recorded a total of 759.24 million in revenue. This figure implies that they witnessed a quarterly year/year change in their earnings with 7.09% coming in sequential stages and their sales for the 08/10/2021 quarter reducing by -5.99%.

What matters though is how it ends. When the core data for the company is broken down, then the stock sounds interesting. The company spent 593.76 million trying to sell their products during the last quarter, with the result yielding a gross income of 165.47 million. This allows shareholders to hold on to 179.81M with the recently reported earning now reading -0.02 cents per share. This is a figure that compared to analyst’s prediction for their 08/10/2021 (-0.02 cents a share).

Having a look at the company’s valuation, the company is expected to record 0.63 total earnings per share during the next fiscal year. It is very important though to remember that the importance of trend far outweighs that of outlook. This analysis has been great and getting further updates on OPCH sounds very interesting.

Is the stock of OPCH attractive?

In related news, Director, KRAEMER HARRY M JANSEN JR bought 40,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that recorded on May 19. The purchase was performed at an average price of 17.59, for a total value of 703,656. As the purchase deal closes, the CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, SHAPIRO MICHAEL H. now bought 2,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at 40,825. Also, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, RADEMACHER JOHN CHARLES bought 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a deal that was recorded on May 11. The shares were cost at an average price of 16.42 per share, with a total market value of 164,236. Following this completion of disposal, the Director, Pate R Carter now holds 855 shares of the company’s stock, valued at 14,314. In the last 6 months, insiders have changed their ownership in shares of company stock by 0.10%.

8 out of 9 analysts covering the stock have rated it a Buy, while 1 have maintained a Hold recommendation on Option Care Health Inc.. 0 analysts has assigned a Sell rating on the OPCH stock. The 12-month mean consensus price target for the company’s shares has been set at $23.36.