Provider of integrated value-based care platform to health systems and physician organizations, Evolent Health, Inc. (NYSE:EVH) , announced the pricing of $110.0 million worth senior notes. The notes carry a coupon rate of 2.00% and are due in 2021. The notes are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers. Settlement for the offer is expected on Dec 5, 2016. Evolent Health intends to use net proceeds from the offer for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Shares of Evolent Health have been steadily treading higher on a year-to-date basis. The stock has risen 55.66% compared with the Zacks Computer Software Services industry’s gain of only 4.00%. Evolent Health has a long-term expected growth rate of 30.00%. However, the company has an unfavorable estimate revision trend for the current fiscal with four estimates moving downward compared to no estimate moving in the opposite direction. The current-year estimate accordingly has slipped 10 cents over the past couple of months, pointing at woes ahead.
Interest on the notes is payable semiannually on Jun 1 and Dec 1 of each year, beginning on Jun 1, 2017, at a rate equal to 2.00% per annum. The notes will mature on Dec 1, 2021 unless earlier repurchased or converted. The notes are convertible into shares of Evolent Health's Class A common stock.
The conversion is based on an initial conversion rate of 41.6082 shares of Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes. This is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $24.03 per share of Class A common stock. The initial conversion price represents a premium of approximately 27.50% over the closing price of the Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on Nov 29, 2016.
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Evolent Health currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Better-ranked stocks in the broader medical space include HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY) , Medidata Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:MDSO) and IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDXX) . Notably, HMS Holdings and Medidata Solutions carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) while IDEXX Laboratories sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
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