Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. (GRDN)Healthcare | Medical Care Facilities | Atlanta, United States | NYSE
36.52 USD
-0.82
(-2.196%) ⇩
(April 21, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:58 p.m. EDT
Guardian (GRDN) is a high-risk, high-reward turnaround story where the recent 79% surge has left it vulnerable to profit-taking, but the underlying earnings growth and governance restructuring create a strong long-term case. The massive volume of ITM calls in the October expiration signals that smart money believes the post-earnings dip is a buying opportunity rather than a top, capping downside while anticipating a return to the $40 resistance level. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.132633 |
| MSTL | 0.148030 |
| AutoETS | 0.155675 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.155910 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 47% |
| H-stat | 5.40 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.284 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.68 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 20.523 |
| Revenue per Share | 23.221 |
| Market Cap | 2,349,719,808 |
| Trailing P/E | 46.82 |
| Forward P/E | 26.97 |
| Profit Margins | 3.40% |
| Website | https://guardianpharmacy.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:58 p.m. EDT: Options flow shows a overwhelmingly bullish pale bias in the short-to-medium term (2-6 months). Call open interest is heavily skewed Out-of-the-Money (OTM), particularly for the $40-$45 strikes expiring May/July, suggesting speculators are positioning for a move higher to meet resistance. However, the October data reveals a distinct anomaly: massive In-the-Money (ITM) long calls at the $25 strike with high volume, overpowered by OTM call OI. This 'weekend effect' or hedging indicates established capital hedges profits below the current price while betting on further upside, as it has no rational hedging need to buy ITM calls to profit from a rise. Put activity is sparse, with OI concentrated well below the current price or at specific low strikes (e.g., $22.50 in July), acting more as a speculative long-term floor than active shorting coverage.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.55908144 |
| Address1 | 300 Galleria Parkway SE |
| Address2 | Suite 800 |
| All Time High | 41.36 |
| All Time Low | 14.16 |
| Ask | 36.83 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.2 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 416,690 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 397,442 |
| Average Volume | 397,442 |
| Average Volume10Days | 416,690 |
| Bid | 36.61 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | 3.249 |
| City | Atlanta |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 36.52 |
| Current Ratio | 1.379 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 37.725 |
| Day Low | 36.405 |
| Debt To Equity | 20.523 |
| Display Name | Guardian Pharmacy Services |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,099,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,099,400 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.752 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,097,600 |
| Ebitda | 102,621,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.07084 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 22.955 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.626 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,355,662,592 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.224 |
| Eps Forward | 1.354 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.78 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 35.1998 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.3202019 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.03750595 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 55.908142 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 41.36 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.84 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.11702128 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 19.17 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 17.35 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.90506 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 19.17 - 41.36 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,727,357,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 19,091,171 |
| Forward Eps | 1.354 |
| Forward P E | 26.971935 |
| Free Cashflow | 73,884,128 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 3,600 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.20206 |
| Gross Profits | 292,718,016 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.51476 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.57697 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 64,340,634 |
| Industry | Medical Care Facilities |
| Industry Disp | Medical Care Facilities |
| Industry Key | medical-care-facilities |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc., a pharmacy service company, provides a suite of technology-enabled services to help residents of long-term health care facilities (LTCFs) in the United States. The company's individualized clinical, drug dispensing, and administration capabilities are used to serve the needs of residents in lower acuity LTCFs, such as assisted living facilities, behavioral health facilities, and group homes. Its Guardian Compass includes dashboards created using data from its data warehouse to help its local pharmacies plan, track, and optimize their business operations; GuardianShield Programs for LTCFs; Order Entry QA Analyzer, which utilizes real-time rules- engine technology to examine prescriptions and detect omissions and/or errors before they become a customer service problem; and Medication Spend Analyzer to break down the monthly drug spending for each of the LTCFs. Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| Long Name | Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,349,719,808 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_25690957 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 49,219,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,402,479,273 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 37.37 |
| Operating Cashflow | 100,255,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.08895001 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 404 810 0089 |
| Previous Close | 37.34 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 29.836603 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 11.240381 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.6219673 |
| Profit Margins | 0.033970002 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.041 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.2 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.8199997 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.1960356 |
| Regular Market Day High | 37.725 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 36.405 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 36.405 - 37.725 |
| Regular Market Open | 37.37 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 37.34 |
| Regular Market Price | 36.52 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,783,167 |
| Regular Market Volume | 62,751 |
| Return On Assets | 0.13683 |
| Return On Equity | 0.26615 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.174 |
| Revenue Per Share | 23.221 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 37,279,762 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.045300003 |
| Shares Short | 2,914,959 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,794,599 |
| Short Name | Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1185 |
| Short Ratio | 4.96 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | GA |
| Symbol | GRDN |
| Target High Price | 44.0 |
| Target Low Price | 38.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 40.6 |
| Target Median Price | 40.0 |
| Total Cash | 65,619,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.036 |
| Total Debt | 44,724,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,448,685,056 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.78 |
| Trailing P E | 46.820515 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 28.9332 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 7.5867996 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.2622178 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 62,751 |
| Website | https://guardianpharmacy.com |
| Zip | 30,339 |