What is an earnings surprise for CHE?

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Chemed Corp typically reports earnings quarterly. Use this page to track upcoming dates, historical results, and surprise trends.

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Healthcare

Chemed Corp(CHE)

Live Price

Offline

$452.95

+1.27% today

1Y Change

-19.62%

Window

Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 23, 2026

Market Cap: $5.68B
Revenue Growth: +4.1%
EPS Growth: -8.4%
Dividend Yield: 0.5%

Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 23, 2026

Research Briefing

A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.

Decision context

Research Snapshot

Chemed Corp (CHE) is a Healthcare stock with a market cap of $5.68B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $452.95 and down 19.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +4.1%, EPS growth of -8.4%, a dividend yield of 0.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +4.1%, EPS -8.4%, free cash flow -11.5% with operating margin 12.9% and ROIC 19.5%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 22.5 and price/sales 2.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines CHE price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Healthcare peers on this page.

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CHE Max Drawdown

-34.11%

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Earnings Reports

📅 Last reportedApr 23, 2026

Period	B/M	EPS	EPS Δ	Revenue	Rev Δ	Report
— Apr 23, 26		— Est 5.30	—	— Est 649817.6B	—	Apr 23
— Feb 25, 26	✗	6.42 Est 7.02	-8.6%	639337.0B Est 659085.7B	-3.0%	Feb 25
— Oct 28, 25	✗	5.27 Est 5.39	-2.2%	624900.0B Est 658974.5B	-5.2%	Oct 28
— Jul 29, 25	✗	4.27 Est 4.78	-10.7%	618798.0B Est 631146.5B	-2.0%	Jul 29
— Apr 23, 25	✓	5.63 Est 5.55	+1.4%	646943.0B Est 641778.7B	+0.8%	Apr 23
— Feb 26, 25	✓	6.83 Est 6.78	+0.7%	639993.0B Est 636096.8B	+0.6%	Feb 26
— Oct 29, 24	✗	5.64 Est 5.76	-2.1%	606181.0B Est 636096.8B	-4.7%	Oct 29
— Jul 24, 24	✗	5.47 Est 5.59	-2.1%	595880.0B Est 599190.0B	-0.6%	Jul 24
— Apr 24, 24	✗	5.20 Est 5.48	-5.1%	589233.0B Est 591461.5B	-0.4%	Apr 24
— Feb 27, 24	✓	6.60 Est 6.25	+5.6%	585912.0B Est 585912.0B	0.0%	Feb 27
— Oct 25, 23	✓	5.32 Est 4.90	+8.6%	564532.0B Est 558410.0B	+1.1%	Oct 25
— Jul 26, 23	✗	4.71 Est 5.09	-7.5%	553816.0B Est 560370.0B	-1.2%	Jul 26
— Apr 26, 23	✗	4.82 Est 4.92	-2.0%	560157.0B Est 548780.0B	+2.1%	Apr 26
— Feb 23, 23	✓	5.39 Est 5.32	+1.3%	546654.0B Est 546601.0B	+0.0%	Feb 23
— Oct 31, 22	✓	4.74 Est 4.65	+1.9%	526472.0B Est 527053.1B	-0.1%	Oct 31
— Jul 27, 22	✓	4.84 Est 4.78	+1.3%	531288.0B Est 538066.2B	-1.3%	Jul 27
— Apr 26, 22	✓	4.79 Est 4.47	+7.2%	530549.0B Est 538566.7B	-1.5%	Apr 26
— Feb 24, 22	✓	5.25 Est 5.08	+3.4%	540978.0B Est 543180.0B	-0.4%	Feb 24
— Oct 28, 21	✓	5.06 Est 4.49	+12.7%	538667.0B Est 531870.0B	+1.3%	Oct 28
— Jul 27, 21	✓	4.60 Est 4.29	+7.2%	532256.0B Est 531870.0B	+0.1%	Jul 27

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