Addus HomeCare (ADUS) stock, explained like you're 5

Is Addus HomeCare a small, medium or large cap company?

No. Addus HomeCare is a mid cap stock, not a large cap. Its market cap, which is the total value of all its shares, is about 2.1 billion dollars.

Here is how you can tell. Multiply the share price by the number of shares to get the market cap, then compare it to the usual sizes. Micro cap is under 300 million dollars, small cap is 300 million to 2 billion, mid cap is 2 to 10 billion, large cap is 10 billion and up, and mega cap is over 200 billion. Market caps move every day with the share price, so treat the number as a recent snapshot.

How Addus HomeCare makes money

• Selling medicines, medical devices or healthcare services.
• Insurance premiums or hospital and clinic fees.
• Research and licensing deals.

What moves ADUS stock

• Results from clinical trials and approvals from regulators.
• Drug prices, insurance rules and government policy.
• Patents running out and new competing treatments.

In the news lately

• Addus HomeCare Corporation (ADUS) Stock Forecasts (Yahoo Finance)
• Eleven analysts set USD 129.33 target for Addus HomeCare stock (ad-hoc-news.de)
• Addus HomeCare (NasdaqGS:ADUS) Stock Forecast & Analyst Predictions (Simply Wall Street)
• Addus HomeCare stock initiated at Outperform by Raymond James (Investing.com)
• 2 Safe and Steady Stocks with Exciting Potential and 1 That Underwhelm (StockStory)

Key terms to know before you follow ADUS

• Market cap
• P/E ratio
• EPS (earnings per share)
• Earnings report
• Volatility