Healthcare Services Group (HCSG) stock, explained like you're 5

Is Healthcare Services Group a small, medium or large cap company?

No. Healthcare Services Group is a small cap stock, not a large cap. Its market cap, which is the total value of all its shares, is about 1.4 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 Healthcare Services Group makes money

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

What moves HCSG 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

• Healthcare Services Group Gears Up for Q3 Earnings: What's in Store? (Yahoo Finance)
• SummerHaven Investment Management LLC Makes New Investment in Healthcare Services Group, Inc. $HCSG (MarketBeat)
• Baird trims target for Healthcare Services Group stock to USD 24.00 (ad-hoc-news.de)
• A dining services business is expected to add over $150 million a year to Healthcare Services Group’s revenue. (Stock Titan)
• 3 Stocks That Could Be Undervalued By Up To 48.6% According To Estimates (Simply Wall Street)

Key terms to know before you follow HCSG

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