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what it is
Aveanna sends nurses, therapists, hospice staff, and medical supplies into patients’ homes, mostly for kids with complex needs.
how it gets paid
Last year Aveanna Healthcare made $2.0B in revenue. Private Duty Services was the main engine at $1.1B, or 55% of sales.
what just happened
Losses are compressing: full-year 2024 was still about a $0.06 per share loss, but a recent quarter printed roughly $0.14 EPS as gross margin held near ~34% (latest figures ~33.7%).
At a glance
C++ balance sheet — some cracks in the foundation
23.1x trailing p/e — noisy while FY2024 is still near a loss
5.9% return on capital — nothing to write home about
~-$0.06 FY2024 EPS (GAAP loss in this snapshot—not a forward estimate; match adjusted vs GAAP in the 10-K)
$2B fy2026 rev est
xvary composite: 32/100 — weak
What they do
Aveanna sends nurses, therapists, hospice staff, and medical supplies into patients’ homes, mostly for kids with complex needs.
This business wins because home care is local, messy, and hard to staff at scale. Aveanna has 33,500 employees, which means you are not buying an app, you are buying a labor network. That scale matters when families need recurring care at home and switching providers is painful.
How they make money
$2.0B
annual revenue
Private Duty Services
$1.1B
Home Health
$0.4B
Hospice
$0.1B
Medical Solutions
$0.3B
Therapy and Rehab Services
$0.1B
The products that matter
core revenue engine
Private Duty Services
$1.1B revenue
This is the cash cow because it likely represents about 55% of the $2.0 billion revenue base, so small execution changes hit the whole company.
55% of revenue
margin support
Home Health & Hospice
$0.5B revenue
This bundle likely accounts for about 25% of sales, and higher-touch recurring home visits help support the 33.7% gross margin reported in the latest figures.
25% of revenue
cross-sell option
Medical Solutions
$0.3B revenue
At roughly 15% of revenue, supplies and enteral nutrition give Aveanna another way to monetize the same patient relationship without adding a new household.
15% of revenue
Key numbers
$1.3B
long-term debt
Debt is the number. The company is worth about $1 billion in the market and owes $1.3 billion long term.
$2.0B
annual revenue
This is a real operating business with scale, which matters because leverage is easier to manage with recurring revenue.
8.7%
operating margin
Operating margin → money left after running the business → so what: Aveanna has some earnings power, but not enough room for sloppy execution.
5.9%
return on capital
Return on capital → profit generated on the money tied up in the business → so what: this is okay, not elite.
Financial health
C++
strength
- balance sheet grade C++ — below average — limited financial resources
- risk rank 5 — safer than 5% of stocks
- price stability 5 / 100
- long-term debt $1.3B (48% of capital)
C++ — balance sheet grade and long-term debt are flagged. this stock carries more risk than average.
Total return vs. market
Return history isn't available for AVAH right now.
source: institutional data · return history unavailable
What just happened
beat estimates
Aveanna showed a ~$0.14 EPS quarter in the latest stretch, while full-year 2024 was still about a $0.06 per share loss—losses narrowed versus prior years.
The plain-English version is that losses narrowed hard. The path is still volatile quarter to quarter, but gross margin was 33.7% in the latest figures, which matters for a labor-heavy home-care model.
$2.0B
revenue (fy)
~$0.14
recent qtr eps
33.7%
gross margin
the number that mattered
The number that matters is the move toward breakeven: after years of deeper losses, even a ~$0.14 quarter plus a shrinking FY loss changes how you think about the $1.3B debt stack.
source: company earnings report, 2026
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What could go wrong
Aveanna's biggest threat is not demand. It is the balance sheet.
high
Debt load first
Long-term debt is $1.3 billion, or 48% of capital from. You are looking at a company with more debt than equity value.
A 10% equity repricing would cut about $100 million from market value
high
Thin balance sheet
gives the balance sheet a C++ grade and a risk rank of 5. That is the lowest rank in the data provided.
If lenders or rates move against it, financing costs on $1.3 billion of debt can pressure margins that are only 8.7%
med
Low stock stability
Price stability is 5 out of 100 and beta is 1.5 from. Translation: this stock moves more than the market, and not in a cute way.
A market-style 10% drawdown can translate into roughly 15% stock volatility with a 1.5 beta
If operations stay steady, the stock can work. If leverage stops improving, the debt becomes the story.
source: institutional data · regulatory filings · risk analysis
Analyst rankings
risk profile
high risk
risk rank 5 — significant risk of large drawdowns.
chart momentum
average
momentum rank 3 — the stock is moving with the broader market, no unusual signal.
source: institutional data
Institutional activity
institutional ownership data for AVAH is being compiled.
source: institutional data
Price targets
3-5 year target range
n/a
n/a
$8
current price
n/a
target midpoint · n/a from current
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