Zacks Research Issues Negative Outlook for ACHC Earnings

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHC) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Acadia Healthcare in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, March 13th. Zacks Research analyst Z. Masood now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.77 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.94. The consensus estimate for Acadia Healthcare’s current full-year earnings is $3.38 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Acadia Healthcare’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.88 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on the company. KeyCorp reduced their target price on Acadia Healthcare from $70.00 to $65.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 3rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of Acadia Healthcare from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $45.00 to $75.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Acadia Healthcare from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Barclays downgraded Acadia Healthcare from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $43.00 to $35.00 in a report on Friday, February 28th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price objective on Acadia Healthcare from $64.00 to $43.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $56.31.

Acadia Healthcare Price Performance

ACHC stock opened at $28.54 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 1.07. Acadia Healthcare has a 52-week low of $27.61 and a 52-week high of $82.40. The company has a market capitalization of $2.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.36, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $40.15 and a 200-day moving average price of $48.31.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Acadia Healthcare

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina raised its stake in Acadia Healthcare by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 40,005 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,586,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares in the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 40.7% during the 4th quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,040 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 301 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. raised its position in Acadia Healthcare by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 6,470 shares of the company’s stock valued at $257,000 after purchasing an additional 303 shares in the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc lifted its stake in Acadia Healthcare by 4.7% during the third quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 6,844 shares of the company’s stock worth $434,000 after purchasing an additional 308 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Covestor Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 27.2% in the 4th quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,450 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,000 after purchasing an additional 310 shares in the last quarter.

Acadia Healthcare Company Profile

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc provides behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company develops and operates acute inpatient psychiatric facilities, specialty treatment facilities comprising residential recovery facilities and eating disorder facilities, comprehensive treatment centers, and residential treatment centers, as well as facilities offering outpatient behavioral healthcare services for the behavioral healthcare and recovery needs of communities.