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Maximus, Inc. (MMS)

Industrials | Specialty Business Services | McLean, United States | NYSE
58.36 USD +1.73 (3.055%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:05 a.m. EDT

Maximus presents a classic value trap scenario where attractive metrics mask a deteriorating business trend. While the stock trades at a low P/E of 8.5x and offers a 2.3% dividend yield, the underlying reality is stark: revenue is contracting at -4.1%, and the company has suffered a 18% drop in value over the last year alone. The market is correctly pricing in a lack of growth, rendering the low valuation a warning sign rather than a bargain. The recent price action shows a fragile bounce off the lows, but without a reversal in the top-line revenue story, the path of least resistance remains downward toward the $50 support level identified by options traders. The dividend is safe for now given the healthy payout ratio, but it cannot offset the capital destruction inherent in a shrinking business.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.039163
AutoTheta0.048615
MSTL0.078302
AutoETS0.079484

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 2.52
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.462
Excess Kurtosis -0.91
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-14
Debt to Equity Ratio 95.935
Revenue per Share 95.78
Market Cap 3,066,255,616
Trailing P/E 8.76
Forward P/E 6.43
Beta 0.60
Profit Margins 7.02%
Website https://www.maximus.com

As of July 11, 2026, 6:05 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound recovery rather than a breakout. Call volume is concentrated at strikes 60 and 65, suggesting a target for the $60-$65 zone, while put interest remains heavy at the 50 strike, acting as a floor. The lack of significant out-of-the-money call open interest indicates limited speculative conviction in a rapid surge back to previous highs.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.56% 1.73% 1.57% 1.55%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-15 0.3300 0.555930
2026-02-13 0.3300 0.441826
2025-11-14 0.3000 0.375940
2025-08-15 0.3000 0.355450
2025-05-15 0.3000 0.398248
2025-02-14 0.3000 0.442152
2024-11-15 0.3000 0.378884
2024-08-15 0.3000 0.337914
2024-05-14 0.3000 0.347222
2024-02-14 0.3000 0.363328
2023-11-14 0.3000 0.381049
2023-08-14 0.2800 0.339641
2023-05-12 0.2800 0.352201
2023-02-14 0.2800 0.337025
2022-11-14 0.2800 0.449006
2022-08-12 0.2800 0.434513
2022-05-12 0.2800 0.433839
2022-02-14 0.2800 0.369491
2021-11-12 0.2800 0.330539
2021-08-12 0.2800 0.341713
2021-05-13 0.2800 0.316313
2021-02-11 0.2800 0.333294
2020-11-12 0.2800 0.383194
2020-08-13 0.2800 0.365106
2020-05-14 0.2800 0.434513
2020-02-13 0.2800 0.378430
2019-11-14 0.2800 0.363778
2019-08-14 0.2500 0.329815
2019-05-14 0.2500 0.350976
2019-02-14 0.2500 0.347608
2018-11-14 0.2500 0.382146
2018-08-14 0.0450 0.070280
2018-05-14 0.0450 0.073350
2018-02-14 0.0450 0.067285
2017-11-14 0.0450 0.069466
2017-08-11 0.0450 0.073977
2017-05-11 0.0450 0.070900
2017-02-13 0.0450 0.077546
2016-11-10 0.0450 0.091612
2016-08-11 0.0450 0.075301
2016-05-11 0.0450 0.082949
2016-02-11 0.0450 0.096733
2015-11-10 0.0450 0.064841
2015-08-12 0.0450 0.074368
2015-05-13 0.0450 0.071214
2015-02-11 0.0450 0.077240
2014-11-12 0.0450 0.089410
2014-08-13 0.0450 0.114504
2014-05-13 0.0450 0.104336
2014-02-12 0.0450 0.095400
2013-11-13 0.0450 0.096360
2013-08-13 0.0450 0.112136
2013-05-13 0.0450 0.119111
2013-02-13 0.0450 0.124879
2012-11-13 0.0450 0.154427
2012-08-13 0.0450 0.171005
2012-05-11 0.0450 0.191857
2012-02-13 0.0450 0.202202
2011-11-10 0.0450 0.216763
2011-08-11 0.0450 0.234742
2011-05-11 0.0375 0.178253
2011-02-11 0.0375 0.210615
2010-11-10 0.0300 0.192462
2010-08-12 0.0300 0.213409
2010-05-12 0.0300 0.192246
2010-02-10 0.0300 0.218858
2009-11-10 0.0300 0.259740
2009-08-12 0.0300 0.289925
2009-05-13 0.0300 0.281492
2009-02-11 0.0300 0.322148
2008-11-12 0.0250 0.379219
2008-08-13 0.0250 0.267023
2008-05-13 0.0250 0.259269
2008-02-13 0.0250 0.267953
2007-11-13 0.0250 0.212766
2007-08-13 0.0250 0.236630
2007-05-11 0.0250 0.246914
2007-02-13 0.0250 0.336134
2006-11-13 0.0250 0.353232
2006-08-11 0.0250 0.372301
2006-05-11 0.0250 0.304878
2006-02-13 0.0250 0.277778
2005-11-10 0.0250 0.266525
2005-08-11 0.0250 0.267738
2005-05-11 0.0250 0.304878
2005-02-11 0.0250 0.316857
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.32
dividendYield 2.26
exDividendDate 2026-08-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.23
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.021719936
lastDividendValue 0.33
lastDividendDate 2026-05-15
dividendDate 2026-08-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.16497356
Address1 1,600 Tysons Boulevard
Address2 Suite 1400
All Time High 100.0
All Time Low 4.25
Ask 66.88
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 3
Average Daily Volume10 Day 624,340
Average Daily Volume3 Month 759,309
Average Volume 759,309
Average Volume10Days 624,340
Beta 0.598
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 1
Book Value 31.952
City McLean
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 58.36
Current Ratio 2.213
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 58.57
Day Low 56.95
Debt To Equity 95.935
Display Name Maximus
Dividend Date 1,788,134,400
Dividend Rate 1.32
Dividend Yield 2.26
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,046,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,046,400
Earnings Growth 0.065
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.015
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,019,400
Ebitda 696,636,032
Ebitda Margins 0.131
Enterprise To Ebitda 6.512
Enterprise To Revenue 0.853
Enterprise Value 4,536,789,504
Eps Current Year 8.435
Eps Forward 9.07
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.66
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 59.8348
Fifty Day Average Change -1.4748001
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.024647865
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -16.497356
Fifty Two Week High 100.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -41.64
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.4164
Fifty Two Week Low 52.73
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.630001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.10677036
Fifty Two Week Range 52.73 - 100.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 866,208,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.51
Float Shares 51,785,358
Forward Eps 9.07
Forward P E 6.4343996
Free Cashflow 262,571,376
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 37,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.25462
Gross Profits 1,353,998,976
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01818
Held Percent Institutions 1.12422
Implied Shares Outstanding 52,540,363
Industry Specialty Business Services
Industry Disp Specialty Business Services
Industry Key specialty-business-services
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=88279&p=irol-IRHome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,778,803,200
Last Dividend Value 0.33
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,190,400
Last Split Date 1,372,636,800
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Maximus, Inc. operates as a provider of government services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: U.S. Federal Services, U.S. Services, and Outside the U.S. The U.S. Federal Services segment offers business process services, eligibility and enrollment, outreach, and other services for federal health and human services programs; clinical services; and technology solutions, such as application development and modernization services, enterprise business solutions, advanced analytics and emerging technologies, cybersecurity services, data management, and infrastructure and engineering solutions. The U.S. Services segment offers program eligibility support and enrollment; centralized multilingual customer contact centers, multichannel, and digital self-service options for enrollment; application assistance and independent health plan choice counseling; beneficiary outreach, education, eligibility, enrollment, and redeterminations; subsidized telephone services; and person-centered independent assessment services. This segment also provides employment services, such as eligibility support, case management, job-readiness preparation, job search and employer outreach, job retention and career advancement, and educational and training services; technology solutions; and system implementation project management services. The Outside the U.S. segment offers BPS and technology solutions for international governments, including health and disability assessments, program administration for employment services, wellbeing solutions and other job seeker-related services, digitally-enabled customer services, and technologies for modernization. Maximus, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
Long Name Maximus, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 3,066,255,616
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_218451
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 373,275,008
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,066,255,584
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 57.22
Operating Cashflow 411,777,984
Operating Margins 0.1137
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.1847
Peg Ratio 2.06
Phone 703 251 8500
Pre Market Change 0.45999908
Pre Market Change Percent 0.78861487
Pre Market Price 58.79
Pre Market Time 1,784,031,818
Previous Close 56.63
Price Eps Current Year 6.9187903
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.8264898
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.57659924
Profit Margins 0.07019
Quick Ratio 1.962
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.73
Regular Market Change Percent 3.05492
Regular Market Day High 58.57
Regular Market Day Low 56.95
Regular Market Day Range 56.95 - 58.57
Regular Market Open 57.22
Regular Market Previous Close 56.63
Regular Market Price 58.36
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 667,439
Return On Assets 0.086389996
Return On Equity 0.22188999
Revenue Growth -0.041
Revenue Per Share 95.78
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 52,540,363
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0657
Shares Short 3,452,309
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,332,970
Short Name Maximus, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1171
Short Ratio 4.5
Source Interval 15
State VA
Symbol MMS
Target High Price 125.0
Target Low Price 85.0
Target Mean Price 105.0
Target Median Price 105.0
Total Cash 157,452,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.997
Total Debt 1,627,986,048
Total Revenue 5,317,828,096
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.23
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.021719936
Trailing Eps 6.66
Trailing P E 8.762763
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 75.91725
Two Hundred Day Average Change -17.557251
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.23126826
Type Disp Equity
Volume 667,439
Website https://www.maximus.com
Zip 22,102