Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (HCSG)Healthcare | Medical Care Facilities | Bensalem, United States | NasdaqGS
22.44 USD
-0.50
(-2.180%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 22.44 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:12 a.m. EDT
The most compelling signal here is the divergence between the company's operational recovery and its historical price trajectory. Fundamentally, the business is turning a corner: it returned to profitability in 2026, beat Q2 estimates, and shows a massive 49.57% price rebound in the trailing year. This suggests the market has already priced in the worst of the past decade's decline. However, the long-term rating remains capped at 3 stars because the asset is still technically 60% down from its 2016 highs, and the balance sheet carries a modest debt load relative to equity. For the short term, the setup is constructive but cautious; the statistical forecast leans slightly positive, and options flow shows buyers betting on a bounce while sellers hedge against a crash. The stock is no longer a value trap; it is a turnaround play waiting for the next earnings confirmation to drive a full re-rating. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.111300 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.132295 |
| AutoETS | 0.133063 |
| MSTL | 0.133380 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 47% |
| H-stat | 0.65 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.444 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.84 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2022-11-16 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2022-11-16 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 3.417 |
| Revenue per Share | 26.513 |
| Market Cap | 1,540,106,624 |
| Trailing P/E | 13.44 |
| Forward P/E | 18.23 |
| Beta | 0.82 |
| Profit Margins | 6.59% |
| Website | https://www.hcsgcorp.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:12 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put open interest at strikes significantly below current price (10.0 and 17.5), suggesting a fear of a sharp decline or a 'floor' scenario. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in the money and at the 30.0 strike, indicating a belief that the stock can recover and rally toward analyst targets, though volume is thin compared to the put wall.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-17 | 0.215000 | 1.582046 |
| 2022-08-18 | 0.214000 | 1.440108 |
| 2022-05-19 | 0.213000 | 1.262596 |
| 2022-02-24 | 0.211000 | 1.348243 |
| 2021-11-18 | 0.210000 | 1.111699 |
| 2021-08-19 | 0.209000 | 0.832669 |
| 2021-05-20 | 0.208000 | 0.688286 |
| 2021-02-25 | 0.206000 | 0.720784 |
| 2020-11-19 | 0.205000 | 0.892080 |
| 2020-08-20 | 0.204000 | 0.936639 |
| 2020-05-21 | 0.203000 | 0.923147 |
| 2020-02-27 | 0.201000 | 0.671567 |
| 2019-11-21 | 0.200000 | 0.824402 |
| 2019-08-22 | 0.199000 | 0.897609 |
| 2019-05-23 | 0.198000 | 0.610169 |
| 2019-02-14 | 0.196000 | 0.494950 |
| 2018-11-21 | 0.195000 | 0.434686 |
| 2018-08-23 | 0.194000 | 0.471675 |
| 2018-05-24 | 0.193000 | 0.525742 |
| 2018-02-15 | 0.191000 | 0.388448 |
| 2017-11-16 | 0.190000 | 0.381526 |
| 2017-08-16 | 0.189000 | 0.367204 |
| 2017-05-17 | 0.188000 | 0.410391 |
| 2017-02-15 | 0.186000 | 0.448409 |
| 2016-11-16 | 0.185000 | 0.490977 |
| 2016-08-17 | 0.184000 | 0.474349 |
| 2016-05-18 | 0.183000 | 0.485540 |
| 2016-02-17 | 0.181000 | 0.530325 |
| 2015-11-18 | 0.180000 | 0.480769 |
| 2015-08-19 | 0.179000 | 0.523698 |
| 2015-05-20 | 0.178000 | 0.588235 |
| 2015-02-18 | 0.176000 | 0.533981 |
| 2014-11-19 | 0.175000 | 0.586265 |
| 2014-08-20 | 0.174000 | 0.620763 |
| 2014-05-21 | 0.173000 | 0.597995 |
| 2014-02-19 | 0.171000 | 0.641410 |
| 2013-11-13 | 0.170000 | 0.631970 |
| 2013-08-14 | 0.169000 | 0.686155 |
| 2013-05-08 | 0.168000 | 0.751678 |
| 2013-02-20 | 0.166000 | 0.683690 |
| 2012-10-24 | 0.165000 | 0.695322 |
| 2012-07-25 | 0.164000 | 0.750916 |
| 2012-04-25 | 0.163000 | 0.774347 |
| 2012-02-22 | 0.161000 | 0.802592 |
| 2011-10-26 | 0.160000 | 0.935672 |
| 2011-07-27 | 0.159000 | 1.025145 |
| 2011-04-19 | 0.158000 | 0.931604 |
| 2011-02-09 | 0.156000 | 0.896552 |
| 2010-10-20 | 0.155333 | 0.972046 |
| 2010-07-21 | 0.153333 | 1.054560 |
| 2010-04-21 | 0.146667 | 1.009640 |
| 2010-02-10 | 0.140000 | 0.976290 |
| 2009-10-21 | 0.133333 | 0.999998 |
| 2009-07-22 | 0.126667 | 1.003171 |
| 2009-04-22 | 0.120000 | 1.008969 |
| 2009-02-04 | 0.113333 | 1.107489 |
| 2008-10-22 | 0.106667 | 1.077444 |
| 2008-07-23 | 0.100000 | 0.906892 |
| 2008-04-23 | 0.093333 | 0.964848 |
| 2008-01-31 | 0.086667 | 0.535864 |
| 2007-10-25 | 0.080000 | 0.559441 |
| 2007-07-25 | 0.071111 | 0.543847 |
| 2007-04-25 | 0.066667 | 0.509860 |
| 2007-02-01 | 0.062222 | 0.495749 |
| 2006-10-25 | 0.057778 | 0.469147 |
| 2006-07-26 | 0.053333 | 0.576089 |
| 2006-04-26 | 0.048889 | 0.511867 |
| 2006-02-01 | 0.044444 | 0.505301 |
| 2005-10-27 | 0.040000 | 0.511945 |
| 2005-07-27 | 0.035556 | 0.429190 |
| 2005-05-02 | 0.020741 | 0.276029 |
| 2005-01-26 | 0.026667 | 0.458021 |
| 2004-10-27 | 0.023704 | 0.437882 |
| 2004-07-28 | 0.020741 | 0.411528 |
| 2004-04-28 | 0.017778 | 0.379272 |
| 2004-01-28 | 0.015802 | 0.402808 |
| 2003-10-29 | 0.013827 | 0.411760 |
| 2003-09-11 | 0.011852 | 0.365858 |
| 1991-03-25 | 0.001931 | 0.075198 |
| 1990-03-27 | 0.001492 | 0.097113 |
| 1989-03-28 | 0.004390 | 0.476236 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.4482323 |
| Address1 | 3,220 Tillman Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 300 |
| All Time High | 56.2 |
| All Time Low | 0.282884 |
| Ask | 22.28 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.9 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 630,640 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 740,987 |
| Average Volume | 740,987 |
| Average Volume10Days | 630,640 |
| Beta | 0.817 |
| Bid | 16.25 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 7.632 |
| City | Bensalem |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 22.44 |
| Current Ratio | 3.022 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 22.94 |
| Day Low | 22.27 |
| Debt To Equity | 3.417 |
| Display Name | Healthcare Services |
| Dividend Date | 1,671,667,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,784,723,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,784,723,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,784,723,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,792,585,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,792,585,800 |
| Ebitda | 135,610,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.07273 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 10.273 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.747 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,393,113,600 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.20204 |
| Eps Forward | 1.23083 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.67 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,668,643,200 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 23.2712 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.83119965 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.035717953 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 44.82323 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 25.75 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.3099995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.12854367 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 15.13 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 7.3100004 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.4831461 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 15.13 - 25.75 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 438,964,200,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 3.83 |
| Float Shares | 67,851,854 |
| Forward Eps | 1.23083 |
| Forward P E | 18.231602 |
| Free Cashflow | 70,280,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 36,000 |
| Fullday Change | -0.5 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.1796 |
| Fullday Price | 22.44 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.17114 |
| Gross Profits | 319,104,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01386 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.1314701 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 68,632,202 |
| Industry | Medical Care Facilities |
| Industry Disp | Medical Care Facilities |
| Industry Key | medical-care-facilities |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,668,643,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.215 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,289,779,200 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:2 |
| Long Business Summary | Healthcare Services Group, Inc. provides management, administrative, and operating services to the housekeeping, laundry, linen, facility maintenance, and dietary service departments of nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Environmental Services and Dietary. Its Environmental Services segment engages in cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing of resident rooms and common areas of the customers' facilities, as well as the laundering and processing of the bed linens, uniforms, resident personal clothing, and other assorted linen items utilized at the customers' facilities. The Dietary segment is involved in the management of the customers' dietary departments, which focus on food purchasing, meal preparation, and professional dietitian services, such as the development of menus that meet the dietary needs of residents; and the provision of on-site management and clinical consulting services. It serves long-term and post-acute care facilities, hospitals, and the healthcare industry through referrals and solicitation of target facilities. The company was incorporated in 1976 and is headquartered in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. |
| Long Name | Healthcare Services Group, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,540,106,624 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_277289 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 122,953,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,573,736,391 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 22.94 |
| Operating Cashflow | 154,280,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.04717 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.36 |
| Phone | 215 639 4274 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 22.44 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 22.94 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 18.668264 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.9402516 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.8259742 |
| Profit Margins | 0.06594 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.599 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.85714 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.5 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.1796 |
| Regular Market Day High | 22.94 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 22.27 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 22.27 - 22.94 |
| Regular Market Open | 22.94 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 22.94 |
| Regular Market Price | 22.44 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 632,735 |
| Return On Assets | 0.098409995 |
| Return On Equity | 0.24691999 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.027 |
| Revenue Per Share | 26.513 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 68,632,202 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0379 |
| Shares Short | 2,597,782 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,249,527 |
| Short Name | Healthcare Services Group, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.046 |
| Short Ratio | 3.19 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | PA |
| Symbol | HCSG |
| Target High Price | 30.0 |
| Target Low Price | 24.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 27.0 |
| Target Median Price | 27.0 |
| Total Cash | 164,722,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.4 |
| Total Debt | 17,729,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,864,594,048 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.67 |
| Trailing P E | 13.437126 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 20.6868 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.7532005 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.08474972 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 632,735 |
| Website | https://www.hcsgcorp.com |
| Zip | 19,020 |