Short Interest in Option Care Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPCH) Decreases By 29.5%

Option Care Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPCH – Get Rating) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,830,000 shares, a decline of 29.5% from the March 15th total of 5,430,000 shares. Currently, 2.7% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 775,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.9 days.

Separately, Zacks Investment Research downgraded Option Care Health from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $29.33.

In other Option Care Health news, COO Harriet Booker sold 6,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.61, for a total transaction of $141,660.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders have sold 18,000 shares of company stock worth $461,460 in the last quarter. 47.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA purchased a new position in shares of Option Care Health during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Covestor Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Option Care Health in the fourth quarter worth $46,000. US Bancorp DE increased its position in Option Care Health by 16.4% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 2,843 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in Option Care Health in the fourth quarter valued at about $201,000. Finally, Lincoln National Corp purchased a new position in Option Care Health in the fourth quarter worth about $206,000. 97.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Option Care Health stock traded down $0.26 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $29.45. The stock had a trading volume of 771,088 shares, compared to its average volume of 770,785. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $26.39. The company has a market cap of $5.31 billion, a PE ratio of 38.25, a P/E/G ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.38. Option Care Health has a 12-month low of $16.02 and a 12-month high of $30.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 1.15.

Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 23rd. The company reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $927.19 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $917.68 million. Option Care Health had a net margin of 4.07% and a return on equity of 10.07%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.10 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Option Care Health will post 0.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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Option Care Health, Inc offers home and alternate site infusion services in the United States. The company provides anti-infective therapies; home infusion services to treat heart failures; home parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition support services for numerous acute and chronic conditions, such as stroke, cancer, and gastrointestinal diseases; immunoglobulin infusion therapies for the treatment of immune deficiencies; and treatments for chronic inflammatory disorders, including Crohn's disease, plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and other chronic inflammatory disorders.

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