Zacks Research Has Negative Estimate for ACHC Q2 Earnings

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHC) – Analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Acadia Healthcare in a research note issued on Thursday, March 13th. Zacks Research analyst Z. Masood now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.77 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate 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.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $52.00 price target on shares of Acadia Healthcare in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on Acadia Healthcare from $64.00 to $43.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 3rd. Bank of America lowered their price target on Acadia Healthcare from $50.00 to $44.50 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 28th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised Acadia Healthcare from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $45.00 to $75.00 in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, StockNews.com cut Acadia Healthcare from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Acadia Healthcare has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $56.31.

Acadia Healthcare Price Performance

Acadia Healthcare stock opened at $29.43 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 $82.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.38. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $39.84 and a 200-day moving average of $47.95.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Acadia Healthcare

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ACHC. Assetmark Inc. increased its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 66.1% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,485 shares of the company’s stock valued at $94,000 after buying an additional 591 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc increased its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 4.7% in the third quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 6,844 shares of the company’s stock valued at $434,000 after buying an additional 308 shares during the period. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. increased its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 6.6% in the third quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 7,077 shares of the company’s stock valued at $449,000 after buying an additional 440 shares during the period. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 16.0% in the third quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 18,895 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,198,000 after buying an additional 2,611 shares during the period. Finally, KBC Group NV increased its stake in shares of Acadia Healthcare by 14.4% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 2,688 shares of the company’s stock valued at $170,000 after buying an additional 338 shares during the period.

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.