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MAXIMUS, INC. MMS
MAXIMUS, INC. (MMS) earns a Piotroski F-score of 8/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.43% (safety: no dividend). FY2025 revenue was $5.4B at a 5.9% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.67 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-02 | Raymond James | Outperform (up) |
| 2024-01-03 | Raymond James | Market Perform (down) |
| 2023-08-18 | Stifel | Buy (init) |
| 2023-02-09 | Raymond James | Outperform (main) |
| 2022-05-06 | Raymond James | Outperform (main) |
| 2021-06-28 | Raymond James | Outperform (down) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 8/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.12 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.261 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.13 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.699 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMS | MAXIMUS, INC. | 8/9 | 3.24 | 9 | +2.4% |
| TNET | TRINET GROUP, INC. | 6/9 | — | 14.8 | -0.9% |
| RBA | RB GLOBAL INC. | 6/9 | 1.78 | 71.3 | +7.2% |
| LYFT | Lyft, Inc. | 4/9 | -3.39 | 1.9 | +9.2% |
| CPAY | CORPAY, INC. | 5/9 | 1.88 | 20.3 | +13.9% |
| AKAM | AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC | 5/9 | 2.86 | 36.4 | +5.4% |
| FOUR | Shift4 Payments, Inc. | 6/9 | 1.05 | 31.8 | +25.5% |
About MAXIMUS, INC.
Maximus, Inc. operates as a provider of government services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: U.S. Federal Services, U.S. Services, and Outside the U.S. The U.S. Federal Services segment offers business process services, eligibility and enrollment, outreach, and other services for federal health and human services programs; clinical services; and technology solutions, such as application development and modernization services, enterprise business solutions, advanced analytics and emerging technologies, cybersecurity services, data management, and infrastructure and engineering solutions. The U.S. Services segment offers program eligibility support and enrollment; centralized multilingual customer contact centers, multichannel, and digital self-service options for enrollment; application assistance and independent health plan choice counseling; beneficiary outreach, education, eligibility, enrollment, and redeterminations; subsidized telephone services; and person-centered independent assessment services. This segment also provides employment services, such as eligibility support, case management, job-readiness preparation, job search and employer outreach, job retention and career advancement, and educational and training services; technology solutions; and system implementation project management services. The Outside the U.S. segment offers BPS and technology solutions for international governments, including health and disability assessments, program administration for employment services, wellbeing solutions and other job seeker-related services, digitally-enabled customer services, and technologies for modernization. Maximus, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
FAQ
Is MMS financially healthy?
MAXIMUS, INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 8/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does MMS pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. MAXIMUS, INC. pays a dividend yielding about 0.43% with a None payout ratio, rated “no dividend” for safety.
How profitable is MMS?
In FY2025, MAXIMUS, INC. had a net margin of 5.9% and a return on equity of 19.1%.
Is MMS overvalued or undervalued?
MAXIMUS, INC. trades at about 9.9× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 15.1×–28.4×, median 19.4×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for MMS?
The average Wall-Street price target for MAXIMUS, INC. is $105.00, about 92.9% above the recent price, from 2 analysts.
Is MMS a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on MAXIMUS, INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 8/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 9.0×, a dividend yield of 0.43%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-09-30. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.