Chemed Corp’s recent filing unveils that its executive vice president LEE SPENCER S unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.87 million on May 16 ’25. In the deal valued at $577.99 per share,1,500 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, LEE SPENCER S now holds 14,627 shares worth roughly $8.33 million.
Then, LEE SPENCER S sold 1,500 shares, generating $866,790 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $577.86, the executive vice president now owns 16,127 shares.
Before that, MCNAMARA KEVIN J sold 1,500 shares. Chemed Corp shares valued at $864,675 were divested by the president and CEO at a price of $576.45 per share. As a result of the transaction, MCNAMARA KEVIN J now holds 101,197 shares, worth roughly $57.64 million.
RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its Chemed Corp [CHE] rating to an Outperform from a a Sector perform in a research note published on March 11, 2020; the price target was increased to $535 from $448. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including JMP Securities’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early November from “a Mkt perform” to “a Mkt outperform”. BofA/Merrill also remained covering CHE and reiterated its “Buy” recommendation on September 06, 2019. BofA/Merrill started covering the stock on October 12, 2018. It rated CHE as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of CHE
On Friday, Chemed Corp [NYSE:CHE] saw its stock jump 1.45% to $569.57. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.77%. Chemed Corp shares have risen nearly 7.51% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 1.74% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $623.60 was reached on 04/03/25, a 52-week low of $512.12 was recorded on 01/13/25. SMA at 50 days reached $585.02, while 200 days put it at $570.84.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For CHE Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 561.50, which if violated will result in even more drops to 553.44. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 573.90. A further resistance level may holdings at 578.23. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 47.82, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -2.64, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 42.96%. Stochastics %K at 50.59% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Chemed Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Chemed Corp stocks on 2025-04-30, dropping by 3662.0 shares to a total of 0.23 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-03-31 was 0.24 million shares. There was a decline of -1.58%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on August 28, 2017 when KeyBanc Capital Mkts began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Sector weight”‘ rating .
