By Roshan Fernandez
Shares of Encompass Health advanced after the company increased its revenue guidance and reported first-quarter results that topped analysts' expectations.
Shares rose 11% to $112.73 on Friday, a 52-week high. The stock is up 22% year to date.
The provider of inpatient rehabilitative services on Thursday reported net income of $151.5 million, or $1.48 a share, compared with $112.5 million, or $1.10 a share, a year earlier.
Adjusting for one-time items, earnings per share were $1.37, above the $1.19 that analysts polled by FactSet were expecting.
Revenue was $1.46 billion, up from $1.32 billion during the same period last year. Analysts were expecting $1.43 billion.
The Birmingham, Ala.-based company raised its full-year guidance, and now expects revenue between $5.85 billion and $5.93 billion. Its previous guidance was between $5.8 and $5.9 billion.
Its full-year adjusted earnings per share are now expected to be between $4.85 and $5.10, the company said. The company previously had expected between $4.67 and $4.96.
Encompass Health also said it has promoted Patrick Tuer to the newly created role of chief operating officer.
Write to Roshan Fernandez at roshan.fernandez@wsj.com
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April 25, 2025 12:57 ET (16:57 GMT)
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