Acadia Healthcare Inc PEG

What is the PEG of Acadia Healthcare Inc?

The PEG of Acadia Healthcare Company Inc is 0.72

What is the definition of PEG?



Price/earnings to growth (PEG) ratio is a stock’s P/E ratio divided by a predicted growth rate of its earnings for a time period of 5 years.

= forward PE / 5-year EPS growth rate

The PEG ratio is calculated by dividing the P/E ratio by the company's expected earnings growth rate in the next 5 years. Since using just the P/E ratio would make high-growth companies appear overvalued relative to others, the PEG ratio is considered to be a convenient approximation. PEG is a widely employed indicator of a stock's possible true value.

Similar to P/E ratios, a lower PEG means that the stock is undervalued more. It is favored by many over the price/earnings ratio because it also accounts for growth. The PEG ratio of 1 is sometimes said to represent a fair trade-off between the values of cost and the values of growth, indicating that a stock is reasonably valued given the expected growth. A crude analysis suggests that companies with PEG values between 0 and 1 may provide higher returns. A PEG Ratio can also be a negative number if a stock's present income figure is negative, (negative earnings) or if future earnings are expected to drop (negative growth). PEG ratios calculated from negative present earnings are viewed with skepticism as almost meaningless, other than as an indication of high investment risk.

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What does Acadia Healthcare Inc do?

acadia is a provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health and addiction treatment services. acadia operates a network of 225 behavioral healthcare facilities with approximately 9,190 beds in 37 states, the united kingdom and puerto rico. acadia provides psychiatric and chemical dependency services to its patients in a variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers, outpatient clinics and therapeutic school-based programs. acadia healthcare’s behavioral health treatment facilities are specialized solely in helping children, teenagers and adults suffering from mental health disorders and/or alcohol and drug addiction.

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