On November 27, 2024, [Spencer Lee](https://www.gurufocus.com/insider/82206/spencer-lee), Executive Vice President of Chemed VITAS Healthcare Corporation, sold 732 shares of [Chemed Corp (CHE, Financial)](https://www.gurufocus.com/stock/CHE/summary). Following this transaction, the insider now owns 18,287 shares of the company. The details of this transaction can be found in the [SEC Filing](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19584/000095017024131724/xslF345X01/ownership.xml).
Chemed Corp is a diversified healthcare company that operates through its subsidiaries, providing hospice and palliative care services through VITAS Healthcare Corporation and plumbing and drain cleaning services through Roto-Rooter.
Over the past year, [Spencer Lee](https://www.gurufocus.com/insider/82206/spencer-lee) has sold a total of 4,748 shares and has not purchased any shares. The insider transaction history for [Chemed Corp](https://www.gurufocus.com/stock/CHE/summary) indicates that there have been no insider buys in the past year, while there have been 21 insider sells.
On the day of the recent sale, shares of [Chemed Corp](https://www.gurufocus.com/stock/CHE/summary) were trading at $575.62, giving the stock a [market cap](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/mktcap/CHE) of $8.638 billion. The company's [price-earnings ratio](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/pe-ratio/CHE) stands at 29.13, which is higher than the industry median of 22.88 and also higher than the company’s historical median price-earnings ratio.
With a trading price of $575.62 and a [GF Value](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/gf-value/CHE) of $584.80, Chemed Corp has a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 0.98, indicating that the stock is fairly valued based on its GF Value.
The [GF Value](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/gf-value/CHE) is an intrinsic value estimate developed by GuruFocus, calculated based on historical multiples such as [price-earnings ratio](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/pe-ratio/CHE), [price-sales ratio](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/ps-ratio/CHE), [price-book ratio](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/pb-ratio/CHE), and [price-to-free cash flow](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/price-to-free-cash-flow/CHE) that the stock has traded at. It also includes a GuruFocus adjustment factor based on the company’s past returns and growth, as well as future estimates of business performance from Morningstar analysts.
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