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AMEDISYS INC Stock $amed

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2018 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000089626220000006 Filed on February 19, 2020

Income Statement

Concept	2018 Q4	2018 Q3	2018 Q2
Revenue	$434.4M	$417.3M	$411.6M
YoY Change	9.15%	11.67%	9.79%
Cost Of Revenue	$262.3M	$249.7M	$242.6M
YoY Change	9.66%	9.87%	10.0%
Gross Profit	$172.1M	$167.6M	$169.0M
YoY Change	8.44%	14.48%	9.46%
Gross Profit Margin	39.62%	40.16%	41.06%
Selling, General & Admin	$132.3M	$124.5M	$123.1M
YoY Change	6.95%	4.71%	1.82%
% of Gross Profit	76.87%	74.28%	72.84%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$3.400M	$3.200M	$3.100M
YoY Change	-15.0%	-21.95%	-32.61%
% of Gross Profit	1.98%	1.91%	1.83%
Operating Expenses	$135.7M	$127.7M	$126.2M
YoY Change	6.26%	3.82%	0.56%
Operating Profit	$36.40M	$39.90M	$42.80M
YoY Change	17.42%	70.71%	17733.33%
Interest Expense	-$300.0K	$1.991M	$2.140M
YoY Change	-72.73%	49.14%	78.78%
% of Operating Profit	-0.82%	4.99%	5.0%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$1.500M	$1.485M	$1.309M
YoY Change	-40.0%	127.76%	-43.72%
Pretax Income	$36.60M	$41.37M	$44.14M
YoY Change	25.77%	72.21%	1620.07%
Income Tax	$8.900M	$9.825M	$10.60M
% Of Pretax Income	24.32%	23.75%	24.01%
Net Earnings	$27.50M	$31.40M	$33.30M
YoY Change	-823.68%	115.07%	640.0%
Net Earnings / Revenue	6.33%	7.52%	8.09%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.86	$0.99	$1.00
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.84	$0.96	$0.98
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	31.89M shares	31.82M shares	33.44M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		32.69M shares	34.18M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2018 Q4	2018 Q3	2018 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$20.20M	$14.00M	$25.90M
YoY Change	-76.62%	-78.82%	-56.25%
Cash & Equivalents	$20.20M	$14.01M	$25.90M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$7.300M	$11.95M	$24.78M
YoY Change	-55.13%	-51.62%	-38.96%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses	$7.568M	$11.68M	$10.49M
Receivables	$189.0M	$195.0M	$197.6M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$224.1M	$232.7M	$258.8M
YoY Change	-27.97%	-13.25%	-5.25%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$29.40M	$30.22M	$28.00M
YoY Change	-5.47%	-7.6%	-18.6%
Goodwill	$329.5M	$324.1M	$324.1M
YoY Change	3.0%
Intangibles	$44.10M	$44.31M	$44.89M
YoY Change	-4.34%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$54.10M	$53.41M	$50.60M
YoY Change	10.18%	-61.88%	-63.62%
Total Long-Term Assets	$493.0M	$493.2M	$494.6M
YoY Change	-1.86%	-7.17%	-7.18%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$224.1M	$232.7M	$258.8M
Total Long-Term Assets	$493.0M	$493.2M	$494.6M
Total Assets	$717.1M	$725.9M	$753.3M
YoY Change	-11.85%	-9.21%	-6.52%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$28.53M	$24.52M	$29.81M
YoY Change	12.4%	7.47%	2.44%
Accrued Expenses	$99.50M	$101.2M	$96.47M
YoY Change	11.67%	21.15%	-48.71%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$1.600M	$1.200M	$700.0K
YoY Change	-84.91%	-87.23%	-91.36%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$222.5M	$219.3M	$214.2M
YoY Change	3.45%	8.61%	-4.93%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$5.800M	$54.90M	$123.9M
YoY Change	-92.58%	-31.8%	48.92%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$6.200M	$6.253M	$6.137M
YoY Change	63.55%	60.33%	42.72%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$12.00M	$61.15M	$130.0M
YoY Change	-85.36%	-24.03%	56.29%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$222.5M	$219.3M	$214.2M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$12.00M	$61.15M	$130.0M
Total Liabilities	$234.5M	$280.4M	$344.3M
YoY Change	-21.06%	-2.07%	9.71%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$119.6M	$92.09M	$60.71M
YoY Change	58502.94%
Common Stock	$603.7M	$592.5M	$585.1M
YoY Change	6.13%	5.55%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$241.7M	$240.5M	$237.9M
YoY Change	349.96%	351.9%
Treasury Stock Shares	4.279M shares	4.269M shares	4.243M shares
Shareholders Equity	$481.6M	$444.1M	$408.0M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$717.1M	$725.9M	$753.3M
YoY Change	-11.85%	-9.21%	-6.52%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2018 Q4	2018 Q3	2018 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$27.50M	$31.40M	$33.30M
YoY Change	-823.68%	115.07%	640.0%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$3.400M	$3.200M	$3.100M
YoY Change	-15.0%	-21.95%	-32.61%
Cash From Operating Activities	$64.00M	$68.50M	$50.70M
YoY Change	98.76%	571.57%	40.06%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$900.0K	-$4.100M	-$100.0K
YoY Change	-43.75%	141.18%	-96.67%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$8.700M	-$3.300M	-$1.800M
YoY Change	-8.42%	-1750.0%	-91.09%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$9.600M	-$7.400M	-$2.000M
YoY Change	-13.51%	393.33%	-91.38%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-48.20M	-73.00M	-142.8M
YoY Change	5925.0%	3955.56%	6700.0%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	64.00M	68.50M	50.70M
Cash From Investing Activities	-9.600M	-7.400M	-2.000M
Cash From Financing Activities	-48.20M	-73.00M	-142.8M
Net Change In Cash	6.200M	-11.90M	-94.10M
YoY Change	-69.46%	-272.46%	-963.3%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$64.00M	$68.50M	$50.70M
Capital Expenditures	-$900.0K	-$4.100M	-$100.0K
Free Cash Flow	$64.90M	$72.60M	$50.80M
YoY Change	92.01%	510.08%	29.59%

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CY2019	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:18px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Use of Estimates</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Our accounting and reporting policies conform with U.S. GAAP. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that impact the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.</span></div>
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	29400000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Unamortized Debt Issuance Expense UnamortizedDebtIssuanceExpense	3500000	USD
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CY2018	amed	Non Vested Stock And Stock Units NonVestedStockAndStockUnits	316000	shares
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CY2017	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	34304000	shares
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CY2019	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	8500000	USD
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CY2017	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	6500000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	329500000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Miscellaneous Noncurrent OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent	3100000	USD
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CY2018Q4	amed	Payroll Tax Escrow PayrollTaxEscrow	1500000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Miscellaneous Current OtherAssetsMiscellaneousCurrent	2300000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Current OtherAssetsCurrent	8200000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Current OtherAssetsCurrent	7300000	USD
CY2019Q4	amed	Workers Compensation Deposits WorkersCompensationDeposits	200000	USD
CY2018Q4	amed	Workers Compensation Deposits WorkersCompensationDeposits	400000	USD
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CY2018Q4	amed	Health Insurance Deposits HealthInsuranceDeposits	500000	USD
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CY2018Q4	amed	Provision For Liability On Regulatory Audit ProvisionForLiabilityOnRegulatoryAudit	17400000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Income Taxes AccruedIncomeTaxes	0	USD
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CY2018Q4	amed	Estimated Medicare Cap Liability EstimatedMedicareCapLiability	1700000	USD
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CY2018Q4	amed	Hospice Cost Of Revenue HospiceCostOfRevenue	9900000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.86
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.83
CY2019	us-gaap	Health Care Organization Revenue Net Of Patient Service Revenue Provisions HealthCareOrganizationRevenueNetOfPatientServiceRevenueProvisions	1955600000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	126800000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	3.95
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Health Care Organization Revenue Net Of Patient Service Revenue Provisions HealthCareOrganizationRevenueNetOfPatientServiceRevenueProvisions	399300000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	27200000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.80
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.79
CY2018Q2	us-gaap	Health Care Organization Revenue Net Of Patient Service Revenue Provisions HealthCareOrganizationRevenueNetOfPatientServiceRevenueProvisions	411600000	USD
CY2018Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	33300000	USD
CY2018Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	1.00
CY2018Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.98
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Health Care Organization Revenue Net Of Patient Service Revenue Provisions HealthCareOrganizationRevenueNetOfPatientServiceRevenueProvisions	417300000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	31400000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.99
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	27500000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.86
CY2018	us-gaap	Health Care Organization Revenue Net Of Patient Service Revenue Provisions HealthCareOrganizationRevenueNetOfPatientServiceRevenueProvisions	1662600000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	119300000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	3.64
CY2018	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	3.55

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