profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Maximus
$66.12+0.73% today
-20.4% in 1 year
1-year low $52.101-year high $98.93
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $10.85 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Maximus sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $4.63 billion in 2022 to $5.43 billion in 2025, with $319 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Maximus handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $447M
Free cash flow 2025$366M
Bought back its own shares$447M
Paid as dividends$69M
Cash vs. debt$222M vs. $1.4B
Maximus vs. similar companies
Maximus grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximus | 10.9× · Cheap | ||
 Cintas | 44.7× · Expensive | ||
 RELX | 25.1× · Fair price | ||
 Thomson Reuters | 31.3× · Expensive | ||
 Copart | 19.3× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Maximus's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,631 | 4,905 | 5,306 | 5,431 | |
| 940 | 1,029 | 1,252 | 1,333 | |
| 315 | 295 | 488 | 528 | |
| 456 | 444 | 614 | 663 | |
| 204 | 162 | 307 | 319 | |
| 3.29 | 2.63 | 4.99 | 5.51 | |
| 20.3% | 21.0% | 23.6% | 24.6% | |
| 6.8% | 6.0% | 9.2% | 9.7% | |
| 4.4% | 3.3% | 5.8% | 5.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,993 | 3,986 | 4,132 | 4,070 |
| Cash | 41 | 65 | 183 | 222 |
| Total debt | 1,506 | 1,429 | 1,277 | 1,444 |
| Total liabilities | 2,443 | 2,318 | 2,289 | 2,396 |
| 1,549 | 1,668 | 1,843 | 1,674 | |
| 62 | 61 | 61 | 58 | |
| 8.4% | 7.5% | 12.4% | 13.4% | |
| 13.2% | 9.7% | 16.7% | 19.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290 | 314 | 515 | 429 | |
| 56 | 91 | 114 | 63 | |
| 234 | 224 | 401 | 366 | |
| Dividends paid | 69 | 68 | 73 | 69 |
| 96 | 0 | 73 | 447 | |
| 30 | 30 | 35 | 41 |
Valuation
- 10.9×
- 7.8×
- 0.58
- 2.2×
- 0.6×
- 9.5×
- 7.1×
- 10.6%
- 9.2%
- 2.1%
Profitability
- 24.6%
- 9.7%
- 5.9%
- 13.5%
- 13.7%
- 10.7%
- 21.8%
- 8.8%
- 16.2%
- –
Growth
- +5.5%
- +18.8%
- −8.7%
- +1.4%
- −2.2%
Financial health
- 1.8×
- 0.86
- 38.4%
- 6.3×
- 1.64
- 2.21
- 1.25
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 19%of 981
Top 45%of 984
Top 13%of 863
Bottom 40%of 984
Top 12%of 986
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $110.00
- Range
- $110.00 – $110.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 2.07 | 1.98 | +4.5% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 1.85 | 1.84 | +0.5% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 1.62 | 1.67 | −3.0% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 2.16 | 1.39 | +55.4% |
| May 8, 2025 | 2.01 | 1.37 | +46.7% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 1.61 | 1.39 | +15.8% |
| Nov 20, 2024 | 1.46 | 1.49 | −2.0% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 1.46 | 1.34 | +9.0% |
2.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$21a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.4%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.18 in 2015 → $1.20 in 2025
How safe it looks
21.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 18.8%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
63Pass
Benjamin Graham
67Pass
Philip Fisher
58No pass
Peter Lynch
67Pass
Joel Greenblatt
54No pass
Charlie Munger
45No pass
Terry Smith
44No pass
Questions about Maximus
Is Maximus a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Maximus AI analysis
What does Maximus do?
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. It is in Specialty Business Services, based in McLean, VA, United States, with 37,200 employees.
Does Maximus pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.1% a year, about 22% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $68.7 million in dividends.
Is Maximus stock halal?
No. Maximus does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 42% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Maximus stock done over the past year?
Down 20.4% over the past twelve months, to $66.12. It traded between $52.10 and $98.93 and is 33.2% below its high.
Who are Maximus's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Cintas, RELX, Thomson Reuters and Copart. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Maximus's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.