Amedisys Beats Estimates But Has a Big Earnings Drop

Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool
Updated

Amedisys (NAS: AMED) reported earnings on July 31. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
 For the quarter ended June 30 (Q2), Amedisys missed estimates on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue dropped significantly. Non-GAAP earnings per share contracted significantly. GAAP earnings per share dropped significantly.


Gross margins increased, operating margins dropped, net margins shrank.

Revenue details
 Amedisys recorded revenue of $313.1 million. The 11 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ wanted to see revenue of $328.0 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 16% lower than the prior-year quarter's $373.8 million.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.

EPS details
 EPS came in at $0.17. The 11 earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ predicted $0.10 per share. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.17 for Q2 were 37% lower than the prior-year quarter's $0.27 per share. GAAP EPS of $0.06 for Q2 were 77% lower than the prior-year quarter's $0.26 per share.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.

Margin details
 For the quarter, gross margin was 43.8%, 60 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 1.2%, 300 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 0.6%, 150 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)

Looking ahead
 Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $325.5 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.13.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $1.32 billion. The average EPS estimate is $0.47.

Investor sentiment
 The stock has a three-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 803 members out of 889 rating the stock outperform, and 86 members rating it underperform. Among 213 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 186 give Amedisys a green thumbs-up, and 27 give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Amedisys is hold, with an average price target of $9.11.

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