Chemed Q3 Adj. EPS $5.27 Misses $5.36 Estimate, Sales $624.900M Miss $626.034M Estimate

Chemed (NYSE:CHE) reported quarterly earnings of $5.27 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $5.36 by 1.59 percent. This is a 6.56 percent decrease over earnings of $5.64 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $624.900 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $626.034 million by 0.18 percent. This is a 3.09 percent increase over sales of $606.181 million the same period last year.