NASDAQ: ADUS

Addus HomeCare (ADUS) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$115.48+1.15 (+1.0%)

Gekko Brief

Oct 12 close

Addus HomeCare closed at $115.48 on 12 October 2026, +1% on the day. The price sits between the 50-day ($116.47) and 200-day ($105.69) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $87.95 to $124.44. The GekkoIndex reads 56, in the Neutral zone, down 4.9 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $127.01, so the price is 9.1% below it.

The next earnings report is due on 2 November 2026, 21 days away (before open). Over the last 8 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 7 times, with an average move of 4.3% across the report. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +11% over the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.

9 firms rate the stock: 6 buy, 2 hold and 1 sell, with a consensus target of $134.08. A typical daily move is about 2.4%, and a typical 20-day move about 5.4%. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 items read supportive and 1 reads as a headwind (earnings risk).

A plain summary of the figures as of the Oct 12, 2026 close.

Addus HomeCare price vs fair value

$127.01$115.48Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $115.48200-day averageGekko Fair Value $127.01

Addus HomeCare quick facts

Market cap
$2.16B
P/E ratio
20
Forward P/E
15.2
EPS, TTM
$5.71
Revenue, TTM
$1.48B
Profit margin
7.1%
Dividend yield
—
Beta
0.83
Volume
197,858 avg 209,975
1-year return
+1.0%
Typical daily move
±2.4%
Typical 20-day move
±5.4%
50-day average
$116.47
200-day average
$105.69
Next earnings
Nov 2 before open
Shares outstanding
18.66M
52-week range
$87.95$124.44

Addus HomeCare swing-trade checklist

Addus HomeCare scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendmixed

    Averages disagree

    Close $115.48 sits between the 50-day ($116.47) and 200-day ($105.69) averages, or the averages disagree.

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  • GekkoIndexmixed

    56, Neutral

    Reading 56 is in the Neutral zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    9.1% below

    Price is 9.1% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings riskheadwind

    Reports in 21 days

    Reports on Nov 2, 2026, 21 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +11.0% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +11% over 5 years, rising in 5 of them.

    See seasonality

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Addus HomeCare stock chart and price history

Addus HomeCare closed at $115.48 on Oct 12, 2026, +1.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $87.95 to $124.44.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Addus HomeCare share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$90$100$110$120NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct115.48

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−1.4%
3 months
+6.4%
6 months
+21.4%
1 year
+1.0%
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About Addus HomeCare

Addus HomeCare provides in-home support to people across the United States, with a focus on seniors, those managing chronic illness or disability, and individuals at risk of being hospitalized or placed in institutional care. The company is widely recognized for its personal care services, which help clients with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, eating, taking medication, preparing meals, housekeeping, and getting to appointments.

Beyond personal care, Addus HomeCare operates through two additional segments. Its hospice arm offers nursing, social work, spiritual care, homemaking help, and grief support to terminally ill patients and their families, while its home health segment supplies skilled nursing and physical, occupational, and speech therapy to those recovering from illness or a hospital stay. Customers span government bodies at the federal, state, and local level, managed care organizations, commercial insurers, and individuals who pay privately.

Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Frisco, Texas, Addus HomeCare operates a network of offices spread across numerous states nationwide. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker ADUS.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Health services
Industry
Medical/Nursing services
Website
addus.com

Addus HomeCare GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Addus HomeCare’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 56, in the Neutral zone, down 4.9 points over five sessions.

010056Neutral

Down 4.9 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying25−2.4%−4.6%−3.8%+1.4%
Accumulation223+0.8%+1.7%+2.1%+2.7%
Neutral (current zone)406+0.1%0.0%+0.5%+2.0%
Distribution23+1.3%+3.7%+6.2%+8.9%
Selling5Too few readings yet

Average ADUS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

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Is Addus HomeCare stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Addus HomeCare trades 9.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $127.01, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Addus HomeCare shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$127.01

Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026

9.1% Undervalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 11.8% below the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$127$114Aug 2026SepOct 2026

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Addus HomeCare insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Addus HomeCare, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for ADUS in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in ADUS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

1of the funds Gekko tracks holds ADUS.

1added0opened0trimmed0sold out
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Addus HomeCare earnings: next date and track record

Addus HomeCare reports on Nov 2, 2026, before the open (21 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.

7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.3%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

+6.5%May ’24+3.5%Aug ’24−1.7%Nov ’24−10.7%Feb ’25+0.1%Jun ’25+7.5%Aug ’25−4.0%Nov ’25−0.2%Mar ’26
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Mar 2, 2026$1.77
est $1.72
+2.9%——−0.2%
Nov 3, 2025$1.56
est $1.53
+2.0%$362.3M
est $372.9M
−2.8%−4.0%
Aug 5, 2025$1.20
est $1.47
−18.4%$349.4M
est $344.8M
+1.3%+7.5%
Jun 12, 2025$1.16
est $1.09
+6.4%——+0.1%
Feb 24, 2025$1.38
est $1.36
+1.6%$297.1M
est $291.0M
+2.1%−10.7%
Nov 4, 2024$1.30
est $1.28
+1.6%$289.8M
est $278.4M
+4.1%−1.7%
Aug 5, 2024$1.35
est $1.21
+11.6%$286.9M
est $285.0M
+0.7%+3.5%
May 6, 2024$1.21
est $1.09
+11.0%$280.7M
est $284.4M
−1.3%+6.5%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Addus HomeCare stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Addus HomeCare is $134.08, +16.1% from the last close, from 9 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$134.08consensus 12-month target, +16.1% from the last close
Low $96High $137
Buy6
Hold2
Sell1

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 9 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Oct 7BarclaysSell, maintained$96−16.9%
Sep 28Raymond JamesBuy, reiterated$137+18.6%
Sep 15Truist FinancialBuy, maintained——
Sep 14Bank of America SecuritiesHold, downgraded$125+8.2%
Sep 14William BlairBuy, maintained——
+0.5%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+11.0%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Addus HomeCare seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Addus HomeCare averaged +11.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+41.5%2021+11.5%2022+0.6%2023+1.3%2024+0.2%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+3.7%5 of 5
Next 10 trading days+5.1%4 of 5
Next 15 trading days+6.1%3 of 5
Next 20 trading days+11.0%5 of 5
Next 30 trading days+9.0%3 of 5

For scale, ADUS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.4%.

Addus HomeCare market cap and key statistics

Addus HomeCare’s market cap is $2.16B, with a P/E ratio of 20 and revenue of $1.48B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$2.16B
P/E ratio
20
Forward P/E
15.2
EPS, TTM
$5.71
Gekko Fair Value
$127.01

Trading

Volume
197,858
Avg volume, 20 days
209,975
52-week high
$124.44
52-week low
$87.95
Shares outstanding
18.66M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$1.48B
Profit margin
7.1%
Return on equity
9.7%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+24.2%

Risk and income

Beta
0.83
Typical daily move
±2.4%
Typical 20-day move
±5.4%

Addus HomeCare stock news this week

Coverage of Addus HomeCare this week reads positive: 3 positive, 0 neutral and 2 negative headlines.

News sentiment positive

Addus HomeCare peers

Addus HomeCare’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
LHLabcorp+1.7%Neutral2.5% below
GHGuardant Health−3.2%Accumulation10.0% below
SOLVSolventum−1.9%Accumulation20.5% below
BTSGBrightSpring Health Services−1.0%Neutral2.8% above
EHCEncompass Health+0.6%Neutral7.3% above
DVADaVita+1.2%Neutral14.6% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Addus HomeCare stock FAQ

What is Addus HomeCare’s market cap?

Addus HomeCare’s market cap is $2.16B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $115.48, with 18.66M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 20.

What is the Addus HomeCare stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Addus HomeCare is $134.08, +16.1% from the last close. Of the 9 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 6 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Addus HomeCare stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Addus HomeCare is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $115.48 is 9.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $127.01. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Addus HomeCare report earnings next?

Addus HomeCare is expected to report on Nov 2, 2026, before the market opens (21 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.79 per share on revenue of $388.7M. Addus HomeCare beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.3% on average across the report.

What is Addus HomeCare’s 52-week high and low?

Addus HomeCare’s 52-week high is $124.44 and its 52-week low is $87.95; it closed at $115.48 on Oct 12, 2026, +1.0% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $136.72 on Jan 22, 2025.

Is Addus HomeCare stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (fair value and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and gekkoindex) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

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