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) | $2.43B |
| Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $302.00M |
| PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) | 21.42 |
| PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 21.78 |
| PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) | 2.44 |
| Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) | 2.45 |
| Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) | 5.76 |
| Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) | 17.02 |
| Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 14.64% |
| Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) | 11.02% |
| Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) | 25.89% |
| Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) | 17.59% |
| Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 1.35 |
| Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 1.33 |
| Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | 0.00 |
| Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) | 203.60 |
| Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $74.35 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) | $4.94 |
| Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) | $21.31 |
| Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) | $18.91 |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Medical Care Facilities |
| Common Shares Outstanding | 14.16M |
| Free Float | 13.70M |
| Market Capitalization | $6.20B |
| Average Volume (Last 20 Days) | 0.14M |
| Beta (Past 60 Months) | 0.46 |
| 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) | 0.55% |