HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP, INC.
boothcheck covers HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP, INC. (HCSG) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed June 27, 2026.
• Healthcare Services Group runs housekeeping, laundry, and dining for roughly 1,600 nursing and long-term-care facilities, a low-margin, high-retention outsourcing business where the moat is switching cost, not pricing power. [Source: HCSG FY2025 10-K] • The defining risk is customer credit: HCSG carries a $149.7 million allowance for doubtful accounts because its long-term-care clients depend on government reimbursement to pay their bills. [Source: HCSG Q1 2026 results, April 2026] • Watch cas
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247 institutional managers reported holding HCSG in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 33 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 2.2M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (3.7 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
HCSG has cut its share count 6.9% over the past five years, spending $121.80M on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $99.88M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at HCSG over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 16 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
HCSG's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-29 | -14.9% | -16.6% |
| 2023-10-28 | -1.9% | +8.1% |
| 2024-02-17 | +31.3% | -1.9% |
| 2024-04-27 | -8.0% | -2.5% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
HCSG's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-22 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-05-27 (items 5.07, 9.01); 2026-04-22 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-13 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-02-11 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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