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Company snapshot — Chemed Corp

CHE in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Chemed operates two distinct businesses under one roof: VITAS, which provides hospice and palliative care through nurses, aides, chaplains and physicians across the United States, and Roto-Rooter, which offers plumbing, drain-clearing and water-restoration services to homes and businesses through owned branches, contractors and franchisees. The two segments share nothing operationally beyond common ownership. It is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Where it sits in the stack
Chemed sits outside the AI build-out entirely; it belongs to the healthcare and consumer-services corner of our wider US equity universe, grouped by its two unrelated lines of hospice care and home-repair services rather than by any technology layer.
Who it is priced against
Its own vendor description offers no peer group, so the closest comparisons the market draws are with other hospice operators, such as Amedisys, and separately with home-services franchisors like Rollins for the Roto-Rooter side.
Why Closelook tracks it
Chemed holds a seat in the Russell 1000; it carries no Closelook score yet and appears in no quoted editions of the diary so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the split between the hospice segment and the plumbing segment stays balanced, since a shift in either business changes what kind of company this actually is.

Chemed Corp (CHE) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CHE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Medical Care Facilities · United States · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Medical Care Facilities · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CHE on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.50%, quarterly · last 0.70 USD on 2026-08-17

Dividends and capital return

What CHE pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.50 USD per share · a 0.50% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +19.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.10 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.70 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-17
  • By calendar year 2024: 1.40 USD (partial) · 2025: 2.20 USD · 2026: 1.90 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-05-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Chemed Corp (CHE)?

Chemed Corp trades as CHE on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CHE in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Chemed Corp is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does CHE trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -3.5% vs the 50-day and +11.9% vs the 200-day average, 9.4% below the 52-week high and +38.2% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 57 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Chemed Corp do?

Chemed operates two distinct businesses under one roof: VITAS, which provides hospice and palliative care through nurses, aides, chaplains and physicians across the United States, and Roto-Rooter, which offers plumbing, drain-clearing and water-restoration services to homes and businesses through owned branches, contractors and franchisees. The two segments share nothing operationally beyond common ownership. It is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its own vendor description offers no peer group, so the closest comparisons the market draws are with other hospice operators, such as Amedisys, and separately with home-services franchisors like Rollins for the Roto-Rooter side.

Where does Chemed Corp sit in the AI build-out?

Chemed sits outside the AI build-out entirely; it belongs to the healthcare and consumer-services corner of our wider US equity universe, grouped by its two unrelated lines of hospice care and home-repair services rather than by any technology layer. Chemed holds a seat in the Russell 1000; it carries no Closelook score yet and appears in no quoted editions of the diary so far.

Does Chemed Corp pay a dividend?

Chemed Corp has paid 2.50 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.50% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.70 USD on 2026-08-17. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CHE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Medical Care Facilities, then Healthcare. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.