Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (ACHC) Stock Analysis
Healthcare · Medical Care Facilities
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $25.30: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.3/10. Specifically: High short interest: 40%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Acadia Healthcare operates 277 behavioral healthcare facilities with over 12,500 beds in 40 states and Puerto Rico, including acute inpatient psychiatric, specialty treatment, CTCs, and residential programs. Revenue of $3.3 billion in 2025 comes 57.7% from Medicaid, 24.6% from... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $25.30: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.3/10. Specifically: High short interest: 40%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 5.3/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 71d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.
Material events (past 30 days)
- Apr 23, 2026 MEDIUM Item 5.02: CFO Todd Young resigned effective April 30, 2026. David M. Duckworth appointed Interim CFO effective May 1, 2026; he previously served as CFO from July 2012 to July 2023. No permanent successor named.
Latest news
- RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Acadia Healthcare Co, Raises Price Target to $31 — benzinga May 4, 2026 positive
- Guggenheim Maintains Buy on Acadia Healthcare Co, Raises Price Target to $31 — benzinga May 4, 2026 positive
- Cantor Fitzgerald Maintains Neutral on Acadia Healthcare Co, Raises Price Target to $30 — benzinga May 1, 2026 positive
- Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Acadia Healthcare Co, Raises Price Target to $25 — benzinga May 1, 2026 neutral
- 12 Health Care Stocks Moving In Thursday's Intraday Session — benzinga Apr 30, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerMedicaid58%10-K Item 1: 'we received 57.7% of our revenue from Medicaid'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-23Item 5.02MEDIUMCFO Todd Young resigned effective April 30, 2026. David M. Duckworth appointed Interim CFO effective May 1, 2026; he previously served as CFO from July 2012 to July 2023. No permanent successor named.SEC filing →
- 2026-03-12Item 5.02LOWWade Miquelon will retire from Board at 2026 Annual Meeting; Daniel Cancelmi appointed to Board as Class III director and Audit Committee member effective March 12, 2026. Miquelon's retirement not due to any disagreement.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -32.8%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $25.30: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.3/10. Specifically: High short interest: 40%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $23.54. Score 5.3/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $29.60 (+16.9% upside). Prior stop was $23.54. Stop-loss: $23.54.
Concentration risk — Customer: Medicaid (57.7%); Target reached (-2.9% upside); Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0).
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 14.5). TrendMatrix value score: 7.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
20 analysts cover ACHC with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $28.
What does Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. do?Acadia Healthcare operates 277 behavioral healthcare facilities with over 12,500 beds in 40 states and Puerto Rico,...
Acadia Healthcare operates 277 behavioral healthcare facilities with over 12,500 beds in 40 states and Puerto Rico, including acute inpatient psychiatric, specialty treatment, CTCs, and residential programs. Revenue of $3.3 billion in 2025 comes 57.7% from Medicaid, 24.6% from commercial payors, and 14.3% from Medicare.