Chemed Corporation purchases, operates and divests subsidiaries engaged in diverse business activities. The company's operating businesses are managed on a decentralized basis. Chemed currently operates as two wholly-owned subsidiaries: VITAS Healthcare and Roto-Rooter. VITAS Healthcare segment provides hospice and palliative care services for patients with terminal illnesses. VITAS offer all levels of hospice care in a given market, including routine home care, inpatient care and continuous care. Roto-Rooter segment provides plumbing and drain-cleaning services to both residential and commercial customers. It provides repair and maintenance services to residential and commercial accounts using the Roto-Rooter registered service marks. Such services include plumbing and sewer, drain and pipe cleaning. They are delivered through company-owned and operated territories, independent contractor-operated territories and franchised locations.
| Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $2.53B |
| Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $265.24M |
| PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) | 17.56 |
| PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 20.79 |
| PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) | 1.52 |
| Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 2.30 |
| Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) | 5.93 |
| Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) | 16.62 |
| Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 14.06% |
| Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 10.48% |
| Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) | 25.66% |
| Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) | 17.24% |
| Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 1.05 |
| Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 1.03 |
| Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 0.00 |
| Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) | 208.66 |
| Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $69.15 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $5.92 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $19.65 |
| Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) | $18.37 |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Medical Care Facilities |
| Common Shares Outstanding | 14.16M |
| Free Float | 13.70M |
| Market Capitalization | $5.81B |
| Average Volume (Last 20 Days) | 0.21M |
| Beta (Past 60 Months) | 0.47 |
| Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) | 3.29% |
| Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) | 95.85% |
| Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) | $2.40 |
| Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) | 0.59% |