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Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (HCSG)

Healthcare | Medical Care Facilities | Bensalem, United States | NasdaqGS
23.98 USD -0.06 (-0.250%) ⇩ (July 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:20 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is cautiously optimistic, driven by a decisive break above the 200-day moving average and a surge in call activity targeting the $25 resistance level. The stock has successfully reversed its multi-year downtrend, posting a +22% gain last year and climbing back toward its highs. However, the long-term picture remains mixed; while the business shows signs of recovery with accelerating earnings growth (+51% quarterly), the price has still lost nearly 68% of its value over the last nine years. This deep discount suggests the market remains skeptical about the sustainability of the turnaround. On the income side, the dividend is negligible and appears to be shrinking, offering no safety net for investors. The statistical forecast models are too weak to provide a clear edge here, so the decision rests on whether the recent momentum can sustain itself against the heavy historical headwinds.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.103488
MSTL_700.133138
AutoETS0.135718
AutoTheta0.137204
MSTL0.141790
MSTL_1050.176731
MSTL_70_1050.178527

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 2.08
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.326
Excess Kurtosis -0.95
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2022-11-16
Last Dividend Date 2022-11-16
Debt to Equity Ratio 2.852
Revenue per Share 25.932
Market Cap 1,646,112,256
Trailing P/E 25.24
Forward P/E 20.74
Beta 0.79
Profit Margins 3.67%
Website https://www.hcsgcorp.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:20 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a modest rebound with heavy call open interest at the $25 strike for August expiration, suggesting a target near the 52-week high. However, significant put open interest sits at lower strikes ($17.50 and $22.50) for September, indicating a floor or hedging demand against further downside. Implied volatility is elevated relative to volume, hinting at uncertainty around the recent breakout.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
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
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2022-11-17
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.215
lastDividendDate 2022-11-17
dividendDate 2022-12-22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.8166667
Address1 3,220 Tillman Drive
Address2 Suite 300
All Time High 56.2
All Time Low 0.282884
Ask 30.4
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 8
Average Analyst Rating 2.2 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 581,690
Average Daily Volume3 Month 711,057
Average Volume 711,057
Average Volume10Days 581,690
Beta 0.791
Bid 17.2
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 3
Book Value 7.502
City Bensalem
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 23.98
Current Ratio 3.109
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 24.1599
Day Low 23.58
Debt To Equity 2.852
Display Name Healthcare Services
Dividend Date 1,671,667,200
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,750,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,750,400
Earnings Growth 0.609
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.513
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,723,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,784,723,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,784,723,400
Ebitda 67,977,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0367
Enterprise To Ebitda 21.804
Enterprise To Revenue 0.8
Enterprise Value 1,482,152,192
Eps Current Year 1.08248
Eps Forward 1.15604
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.95
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 22.1956
Fifty Day Average Change 1.784399
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.08039427
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 81.66667
Fifty Two Week High 25.75
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.7700005
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.06873788
Fifty Two Week Low 12.66
Fifty Two Week Low Change 11.32
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.8941548
Fifty Two Week Range 12.66 - 25.75
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 438,964,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.83
Float Shares 67,855,106
Forward Eps 1.15604
Forward P E 20.743227
Free Cashflow 94,424,128
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 36,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.13349
Gross Profits 247,268,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01408
Held Percent Institutions 1.14689
Implied Shares Outstanding 68,645,212
Industry Medical Care Facilities
Industry Disp Medical Care Facilities
Industry Key medical-care-facilities
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
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 1,646,112,256
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_277289
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 67,891,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,650,574,122
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 24.04
Operating Cashflow 161,196,992
Operating Margins 0.07312
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.36
Phone 215 639 4274
Previous Close 24.039999
Price Eps Current Year 22.152834
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.196481
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.8886966
Profit Margins 0.03665
Quick Ratio 2.696
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.2
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0599995
Regular Market Change Percent -0.249582
Regular Market Day High 24.1599
Regular Market Day Low 23.58
Regular Market Day Range 23.58 - 24.1599
Regular Market Open 24.04
Regular Market Previous Close 24.039999
Regular Market Price 23.98
Regular Market Time 1,784,059,201
Regular Market Volume 444,870
Return On Assets 0.04531
Return On Equity 0.13209
Revenue Growth 0.034
Revenue Per Share 25.932
Sand P52 Week Change 0.2043345
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 68,645,212
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0402
Shares Short 2,759,279
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 2,205,219
Short Name Healthcare Services Group, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.048899997
Short Ratio 3.58
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol HCSG
Target High Price 30.0
Target Low Price 24.0
Target Mean Price 26.8
Target Median Price 26.0
Total Cash 178,614,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.602
Total Debt 14,654,000
Total Revenue 1,852,276,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.95
Trailing P E 25.242105
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 19.7498
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.2302
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.2141895
Type Disp Equity
Volume 444,870
Website https://www.hcsgcorp.com
Zip 19,020