Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for HCSG in the last 90 days.
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Healthcare Services (HCSG) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$20.63+0.04 (+0.2%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeHealthcare Services Group agreed to acquire NEXDINE Hospitality for approximately $93.5 million upfront, plus contingent consideration, a deal expected to add over $150 million in annual revenue and expand its footprint in the senior living and hospitality-driven care market. Alongside the deal, Robert W. Baird maintained a Neutral rating while lowering its price target to $24.00 from $26.00, citing a cautious outlook, and other commentary this week pointed to weak near and mid-term sentiment even as a separate Argus report had earlier lifted its target to $26.00.
HCSG closed at $20.63, little changed on the day, with its close sitting between the 50-day average of $21.73 and the 200-day average of $21.13. Its one-month return stands at -6.1% and three-month at -14%, against a six-month gain of 7.5% and a one-year gain of 30.9%. The GekkoIndex reads 66.8, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, and the gap to Gekko Fair Value of $20.57 is just 0.3%.
Earnings are due on 21 October 2026, eight days away and inside a typical 20-trading-day holding period. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the recent windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 3% gain over five years, rising in three of those years. Analyst coverage from 5 firms shows 2 buy and 3 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $26.67.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Healthcare Services price vs fair value
Close $20.63200-day averageGekko Fair Value $20.57
Healthcare Services quick facts
- Market cap
- $1.42B
- P/E ratio
- 12
- Forward P/E
- 17.4
- EPS, TTM
- $1.72
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.86B
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.81
- Volume
- 595,115 avg 765,163
- 1-year return
- +30.9%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.5%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.5%
- 50-day average
- $21.73
- 200-day average
- $21.13
- Next earnings
- Oct 21
- Shares outstanding
- 68.63M
Healthcare Services swing-trade checklist
Healthcare Services 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 $20.63 sits between the 50-day ($21.73) and 200-day ($21.13) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
66.8, Accumulation
Reading 66.8 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
0.3% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (0.3% above).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 9 days
Reports on Oct 21, 2026, 9 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+3.0% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Healthcare Services stock chart and price history
Healthcare Services closed at $20.63 on Oct 12, 2026, +30.9% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $15.13 to $25.75.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −6.1%
- 3 months
- −14.0%
- 6 months
- +7.5%
- 1 year
- +30.9%
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About Healthcare Services
Healthcare Services works behind the scenes at facilities that care for older or recovering patients, taking on jobs like cleaning and food service so the facilities themselves don't have to. Nursing homes, retirement communities, rehab centers, and hospitals turn to the company to keep these everyday operations running smoothly, which is the main reason it has built a name for itself.
Its work splits into two broad areas. One team takes care of sanitizing rooms and common areas and washing all the linens a facility needs. The other focuses on feeding residents, sourcing ingredients, preparing meals, and bringing in dietitians to plan menus, while also offering guidance on clinical nutrition and overseeing kitchen operations on-site. Through these services, the company had roughly 3,000 client facilities on its books across the country as of the close of 2021.
The company got its start in 1976 and keeps its headquarters in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Its stock can be found listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker HCSG.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Commercial services
- Industry
- Miscellaneous commercial services
- Website
- hcsgcorp.com
Healthcare Services GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Healthcare Services’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 66.8, in the Accumulation zone, up 3.7 points over five sessions.
66.8Accumulation
Up 3.7 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 18 | +0.5% | +3.4% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 229 | +2.3% | +9.1% | ||
| Neutral | 381 | 0.0% | +0.3% | ||
| Distribution | 52 | −0.8% | −1.9% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average HCSG share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Healthcare Services stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Healthcare Services trades 0.3% above Gekko Fair Value of $20.57, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Healthcare Services shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$20.57
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
0.3% above fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 2.5% above the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Healthcare Services insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Healthcare Services, 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.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in HCSG were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Healthcare Services has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $20.93M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.48%
- Trailing four quarters
- $91.77M
From company filings.
Healthcare Services earnings: next date and track record
Healthcare Services reports on Oct 21, 2026 (9 days away).
Next earnings report
Oct 21, 2026
9 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.24
- Revenue estimate
- $480.8M
Healthcare Services stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Healthcare Services is $26.67, +29.3% from the last close, from 5 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$26.67consensus 12-month target, +29.3% from the last close
Now $20.63Avg $26.67
Low $24High $28
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 5 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | Robert W. Baird | $24 | +16.3% |
| Oct 6 | RBC Capital | $24 | +16.3% |
| Aug 19 | Oppenheimer | $28 | +35.7% |
| Jul 22 | William Blair | — | — |
| Jul 22 | BMO Capital | $24 | +16.3% |
+9.1%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+3.0%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.5%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.
Healthcare Services seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Healthcare Services averaged +3.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.7% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +2.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +3.0% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +3.5% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, HCSG’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.5%.
Healthcare Services market cap and key statistics
Healthcare Services’s market cap is $1.42B, with a P/E ratio of 12 and revenue of $1.86B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.42B
- P/E ratio
- 12
- Forward P/E
- 17.4
- EPS, TTM
- $1.72
- Gekko Fair Value
- $20.57
Trading
- Volume
- 595,115
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 765,163
- 52-week high
- $25.75
- 52-week low
- $15.13
- Shares outstanding
- 68.63M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.86B
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Return on equity
- 24.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +60.9%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.81
- Typical daily move
- ±2.5%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.5%
Healthcare Services stock news this week
Coverage of Healthcare Services this week reads positive: 5 positive, 3 neutral and 3 negative headlines.
- Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (HCSG) Stock ForecastsYahoo! Finance Canada, Oct 11
- Understanding the Setup: (HCSG) and Scalable RiskStock Traders Daily, Oct 9
- HCSG Maintained by Baird -- Price Target Lowered to $24.00GuruFocus, Oct 8
- Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) Given New $24.00 Price Target at Robert W. BairdMarketBeat, Oct 8
- Healthcare Services Group Inc (HS1.MU) stock price, news, quote and historyYahoo Finance UK, Oct 8
- Healthcare Services Group buys NEXDINE Hospitality for $93.5M upfrontTradingView, Oct 7
Healthcare Services peers
Healthcare Services’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| SHOPShopify | Distribution | 25.9% above |
| CTASCintas | Neutral | 14.1% above |
| PYPLPayPal | Neutral | 0.8% below |
| XYZBlock | Neutral | 7.5% above |
| CPAYCorpay | Neutral | 17.5% below |
| FISVFiserv | Accumulation | 39.7% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Healthcare Services stock FAQ
What is Healthcare Services’s market cap?
Healthcare Services’s market cap is $1.42B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $20.63, with 68.63M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 12.
What is the Healthcare Services stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Healthcare Services is $26.67, +29.3% from the last close. Of the 5 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Healthcare Services stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Healthcare Services is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $20.63 is 0.3% above Gekko Fair Value of $20.57. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Healthcare Services report earnings next?
Healthcare Services is expected to report on Oct 21, 2026 (9 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.24 per share on revenue of $480.8M.
What is Healthcare Services’s 52-week high and low?
Healthcare Services’s 52-week high is $25.75 and its 52-week low is $15.13; it closed at $20.63 on Oct 12, 2026, +30.9% over the past year.
Is Healthcare Services 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 (gekkoindex and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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