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Chemed Corporation CHE R3KPHARMA

Healthcare · Medical Care Facilities · United States
https://www.chemed.com
Company Profile ↓
$519.01
+15.71% 1Y
Mkt Cap$6.78B
P/E26.11
P/B8.13
Div. Yield0.54%
52W High$551.99
52W Low$367.60
Book Value$63.81
EPS (TTM)$19.88

Company Overview

Chemed Corporation provides hospice and palliative care services to patients through a network of physicians, doctors, registered nurses, home health aides, social workers, clergy, and volunteers primarily in the United States. The company operates through two segments: VITAS and Roto-Rooter segments. The company offers plumbing, drain cleaning, excavation, water restoration, and other related services to residential and commercial customers through company-owned branches, independent contractors, and franchisees. The company also provides direct medical services to patients, as well as spiritual and emotional counseling to both patients and their families. Chemed Corporation was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Why Investors Should Care

Strong Return on Equity

Generates a return on equity of 27.1%, reflecting efficient use of shareholder capital.

Healthy Capital Returns

Return on capital employed stands at 27.0%.

Conservative Balance Sheet

Carries low leverage with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35.

Positive Free Cash Flow

Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.

Recent Developments

  • Dec 2025 Revenue of $2.53B (+65.3% YoY); net profit $265.24M.
  • Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +8.8%, earnings +43.7%.
  • 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 4.8%, profit CAGR 8.4%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:4.75%
1 Year:8.80%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:8.40%
1 Year:43.70%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:+15.71%
6 Months:+28.98%
3 Months:+18.35%
1 Month:-5.98%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

Technical Snapshot Bullish
52-Week Range 82% of range
$367.60 $551.99
Trend Signals
  • Price vs 50-DMAAbove
  • Price vs 200-DMAAbove
  • RSI (14)45.89 · Neutral
Price Performance
1M-5.98%
3M+18.35%
6M+28.98%
1Y+15.71%
Valuation vs Sector

P/E of 26.11 is above the sector median of 24.83 — pricier than peers.

Auto-generated from price history and fundamentals; not investment advice.

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Fundamental Growth Charts

Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

  • Strong return on equity of 27.1%.
  • Healthy ROCE of 27.0%.
  • Generates positive free cash flow.
  • In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

No notable concerns flagged.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Valuation

Stock P/E
26.11
Industry PE
24.83
Forward P/E
18.86
PEG Ratio
1.90
Book Value
$63.81
Price to Book
8.13
P/S
2.61
EV/EBITDA
16.81
Dividend Yield
0.54%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
4.75%
Profit 5Y
8.40%
Revenue (YoY)
8.80%
Earnings (YoY)
43.70%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE
27.04%
ROE
27.11%
ROA
13.45%
Profit Margin
10.60%
Op Margin
13.25%
Gross Margin
33.11%
EPS (Latest Qtr)
$5.13
EPS (TTM)
$19.88

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity
0.35
Quick Ratio
0.72
Current Ratio
0.91
Debt
$294.79M
Total Assets
$1.58B
Current Assets
-
Working Capital
-

Ownership

Promoter Holding
1.95%
Chg in Prom Hold
0.01%
FII / Inst Holding
106.53%
Chg in FII Hold
0.19%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value
$6.78B
Total Revenue (TTM)
$2.60B
EBITDA
$416.92M
Free Cash Flow
$307.86M
Operating Cash Flow
$389.95M
Shares Outstanding
13.07M
Gross Margin
33.11%
Payout Ratio
12.07%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Healthcare).

#NameCMP $P/E Mkt CapDiv Yld % ROCE %ROE % Rev CAGR 5Y %Profit CAGR 5Y %
1 CHE Chemed Corporation R3KPHARMA 519.01 26.11 $6.78B 0.54% 27.04% 27.11% 4.75% 8.40%
2 LLY Eli Lilly and Company SPXR3KPHARMA 1,123.91 37.80 $1.00T 0.60% - 102.29% 7.20% 11.41%
3 JNJ Johnson & Johnson SPXR3KPHARMA 269.12 31.22 $648.55B 1.98% 14.88% 25.74% 2.43% 4.76%
4 ABBV AbbVie Inc. SPXR3KPHARMA 248.78 70.48 $439.62B 2.78% 10.47% -129.24% 1.75% -29.06%
5 MRK Merck & Co., Inc. SPXR3KPHARMA 148.46 118.77 $366.28B 2.31% - 6.96% 5.64% 10.01%
6 UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated SPXR3KPHARMA 400.84 25.74 $359.79B 2.47% 9.74% 14.15% 10.40% 5.43%
7 NVS Novartis AG PHARMA 137.70 20.80 $261.73B 3.36% 21.09% 30.35% 9.25% 26.22%
8 AZN AstraZeneca PLC NDXPHARMA 160.04 23.99 $248.20B 2.00% 15.97% 21.96% 9.82% 45.96%
9 TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. SPXR3KPHARMA 603.02 32.49 $222.97B 0.29% 8.14% 13.51% 8.81% 12.95%
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric Jun 2013Sep 2013Mar 2014Jun 2014Sep 2014Mar 2015Jun 2015Sep 2015Mar 2016Jun 2016Sep 2016Mar 2017Jun 2017Sep 2017Mar 2018Jun 2018Sep 2018Mar 2019Jun 2019Sep 2019Mar 2020Jun 2020Sep 2020Mar 2021Jun 2021Sep 2021Mar 2022Jun 2022Sep 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Revenue -----------------------315.79M311.94M317.41M299.19M297.78M296.54M310.48M320.86M333.73M354.01M374.56M391.41M-----
Operating Income 25.89M29.21M36.65M41.52M40.21M40.57M44.60M50.13M44.39M38.36M42.87M41.45M-38.95M54.00M56.40M58.14M61.71M49.47M65.53M64.93M79.36M92.76M74.31M80.44M71.70M92.87M89.37M91.94M80.86M72.82M69.51M86.85M72.33M88.12M92.16M94.76M68.08M74.75M84.58M89.20M
Net Income 14.61M17.43M20.57M24.36M24.59M24.54M26.98M28.83M24.84M24.89M26.83M29.84M-21.66M35.44M45.00M54.97M51.25M44.67M50.73M58.95M55.89M82.10M67.72M65.40M56.52M72.00M64.17M66.46M56.87M54.12M53.38M74.96M65.02M70.89M75.78M71.76M52.49M64.24M66.30M67.70M
Diluted EPS 0.770.941.121.361.391.401.551.651.451.481.621.78-1.352.132.663.273.062.703.083.563.385.014.144.013.514.554.224.403.783.583.514.934.244.655.004.863.574.464.845.13

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Revenue 1.15B1.19B1.28B1.36B1.43B1.41B1.46B1.54B1.58B1.67B1.20B1.28B1.33B1.26B1.20B1.32B1.53B2.53B
Operating Income 132.86M126.34M143.52M153.73M156.42M133.39M168.42M184.46M178.75M113.03M243.63M257.38M389.68M343.04M343.50M340.57M366.49M338.25M
Net Income 67.28M73.78M81.83M85.98M89.30M77.23M99.32M110.27M108.74M98.18M205.54M219.92M319.47M268.55M249.62M272.51M302.00M265.24M
Diluted EPS 2.883.243.554.104.624.165.576.336.485.8612.2313.3119.4816.8516.5317.9319.8918.34

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Total Assets --819.47M830.16M795.90M859.63M893.70M859.93M852.33M880.06M920.03M975.53M1.27B1.43B1.34B1.44B1.67B1.67B1.54B
Total Equity 395.80M396.83M477.16M462.05M413.68M453.29M448.89M451.36M513.25M524.10M540.35M591.33M726.61M901.20M623.27M798.72M1.11B1.12B979.40M
Cash & Equivalents 4.99M3.63M112.42M49.92M38.08M69.53M84.42M14.13M14.73M15.31M11.12M4.83M6.16M162.68M32.90M74.13M263.96M178.35M74.52M
Long Term Debt --152.13M159.21M166.78M174.89M183.56M141.25M83.75M100.00M91.20M89.20M90.00M-185.00M92.50M---
Total Liabilities --342.31M368.11M382.22M406.33M444.81M408.58M339.07M355.96M379.67M384.19M541.71M533.71M719.45M643.30M560.22M549.58M558.78M
Current Liabilities --136.08M149.34M145.40M156.82M363.99M175.55M171.34M171.83M193.52M191.67M262.22M299.11M302.40M297.20M312.05M285.69M287.13M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow 112.08M160.83M86.01M174.34M131.77M--171.50M135.39M162.50M287.14M301.25M489.29M-309.89M330.30M417.50M388.27M
Investing Cash Flow -28.63M-22.84M-35.70M-34.11M-40.68M-31.35M--50.32M-39.86M-67.61M-105.22M-190.76M-61.56M--59.40M-60.64M-143.91M-59.34M
Financing Cash Flow -84.82M-29.20M-112.81M-152.06M-59.63M-104.61M--120.59M-94.95M-99.08M-188.20M-109.16M-271.21M--209.25M-79.83M-359.19M-432.77M
Capital Expenditure -26.09M-21.50M-25.64M-29.59M-35.25M-29.32M-43.57M-44.13M-39.77M-64.30M-52.87M-53.02M-58.83M--57.33M-56.85M-49.53M-62.80M
Free Cash Flow 85.99M139.34M60.37M144.75M96.52M--127.36M95.62M98.19M234.27M248.23M430.46M-252.56M273.44M367.97M325.48M
Net Change in Cash --------------41.23M189.83M-85.61M-103.83M
Share Buybacks 67.12M742.00K109.33M143.97M60.62M92.91M110.02M59.32M102.31M94.64M158.88M92.63M175.59M576.04M114.52M67.70M361.39M431.50M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Gross Margin % ------------------
Operating Margin % 11.6%10.6%11.2%11.3%10.9%9.4%11.6%12.0%11.3%6.8%20.3%20.1%29.2%27.2%28.6%25.9%23.9%13.4%
Net Margin % 5.9%6.2%6.4%6.3%6.2%5.5%6.8%7.1%6.9%5.9%17.2%17.2%23.9%21.3%20.8%20.7%19.7%10.5%
ROE % 17.0%15.5%17.7%20.8%19.7%17.2%22.0%21.5%20.7%18.2%34.8%30.3%35.4%43.1%31.3%24.6%27.0%27.1%
ROCE % -18.5%21.1%23.6%22.3%25.2%24.6%27.1%25.2%15.6%31.1%25.6%34.3%33.0%30.0%25.1%26.5%27.0%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders
1.95%
Institutions
106.53%
Public Float
108.64%

Top Institutional Holders

#Holder% HeldSharesValue
1 Blackrock Inc. 11.36% 1.48M $748.17M
2 AQR Capital Management, LLC 7.44% 972.47K $490.19M
3 Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC 6.02% 787.07K $396.73M
4 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 4.62% 604.42K $304.66M
5 Acadian Asset Management. LLC 3.47% 453.24K $228.46M
6 State Street Corporation 3.40% 444.72K $224.16M
7 Geode Capital Management, LLC 3.17% 413.94K $208.65M
8 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 3.09% 403.39K $203.34M
9 Boston Partners 2.15% 280.68K $141.48M
10 Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 2.05% 267.29K $134.73M

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CHE — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of Chemed Corporation (CHE)?

As of 2026-09-19 21:16 PDT, Chemed Corporation (CHE) trades at $519.01 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $367.60 to $551.99.

What is the market capitalisation of CHE?

Chemed Corporation (CHE) has a market capitalisation of $6.78B on NYSE.

What is the P/E ratio of CHE?

CHE trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 26.11. The industry average P/E is 24.83. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 8.13.

Does CHE pay a dividend?

Chemed Corporation (CHE) currently offers a dividend yield of 0.54%.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of CHE?

CHE has a return on equity (ROE) of 27.11%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 27.04%.

Is CHE a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of Chemed Corporation (CHE), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

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