secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHEMED CORP (CHE)
CIK:        0000019584
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001562762-21-000377
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Chemed Q3 adj. EPS $5.06 (+4.1%), revenue $539M (+2%); FY21 guidance raised to $19.00-$19.20
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- Repurchased 350,000 shares for $164M; $148M remaining authorization; no long-term debt.
- VITAS revenue -5.8% to $317M, ADC -5.3%; Roto-Rooter revenue +15.7% to $221M.
- Roto-Rooter adjusted EBITDA margin 29.7% (+266 bps); VITAS margin 19.0% (-146 bps).
- Full-year 2021 adjusted EPS guidance raised to $19.00-$19.20 from prior $17.00-$17.50.
- Adjusted diluted EPS of $5.06 beats prior-year $4.86; GAAP EPS $4.55.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19584/000156276221000377/0001562762-21-000377-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19584/000156276221000377/che-20211028x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562762-21-000377

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