Chemed Corporation

CHE

$524.45

+0.09%

N/A+$0.46

Healthcare

Medical - Care Facilities

NYSE

Active Trading

Chemed Corporation provides hospice and palliative care services to patients through a network of physicians, doctors, registered nurses, home health aides, social ...

Financial Highlights of CHE

Profitability trend

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Gross Margin

30.4%

Net Margin

10.6%

P/E Ratio

26.33x

n/a

Debt / Equity

0.40

n/a

Current Ratio

0.91

Dividend Yield

0.5%

Understanding

TTM —

Current ratio below 1.0

Financial highlights

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Snapshot

Latest / TTM: 2026-09-04

Gross Margin

30.4%

Net Margin

10.6%

P/E Ratio

26.33x

Debt / Equity

0.40

Profitability

Profitability table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Gross MarginGross profit as a percentage of revenue.	36.0%	35.8%	35.3%	35.1%	30.0%	—
Operating MarginOperating income as a percentage of revenue.	16.0%	16.1%	15.0%	15.1%	13.4%	—
Net MarginNet income as a percentage of revenue.	12.6%	11.7%	12.0%	12.4%	10.5%	—
EBITDA MarginEBITDA divided by revenue.	19.2%	18.4%	18.3%	19.1%	16.7%	—
Pre-tax MarginPre-tax profit as a percentage of revenue.	16.4%	15.4%	15.5%	16.4%	14.1%	—

Liquidity & leverage

Liquidity & leverage table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Current RatioCurrent assets divided by current liabilities.	0.76	0.92	1.61	1.38	1.05	—
Quick RatioLiquid assets divided by current liabilities.	0.73	0.88	1.57	1.35	1.03	—
Cash RatioCash and equivalents divided by current liabilities.	0.11	0.25	0.85	0.62	0.26	—
Debt / AssetsDebt as a share of total assets.	24.1%	17.1%	9.3%	8.4%	9.4%	—
Debt / EquityDebt compared with shareholder equity.	0.52	0.31	0.14	0.13	0.16	—

Operating efficiency

Operating efficiency table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Receivables TurnoverHow often receivables are collected in a year.	15.59x	15.31x	12.48x	14.20x	13.86x	—
Inventory TurnoverHow often inventory is sold in a year.	135.47x	133.36x	122.09x	192.47x	234.87x	—
Payables TurnoverHow often payables are paid in a year.	18.75x	32.71x	22.89x	35.72x	33.14x	—
Asset TurnoverRevenue generated per dollar of assets.	1.59x	1.48x	1.36x	1.46x	1.54x	—
Working Capital TurnoverRevenue generated per dollar of working capital.	-102.31x	-44.15x	27.58x	16.33x	40.63x	—

Valuation ratios

Valuation ratios table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
P/E RatioPrice paid for each dollar of earnings.	30.87x	30.53x	32.29x	26.36x	23.23x	—
P/B RatioPrice paid for each dollar of book value.	13.30x	9.54x	7.94x	7.11x	6.29x	—
P/S RatioPrice paid for each dollar of sales.	3.88x	3.57x	3.89x	3.27x	2.43x	—
P/FCF RatioPrice paid for each dollar of free cash flow.	33.17x	30.17x	32.18x	21.63x	18.93x	—
Dividend YieldAnnual dividend divided by current share price.	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	—

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