ADUS vs. BTSG, AHCO, AVAH, AMED, EHAB, OPCH, INBX, ARDX, CGON, and FUSN
Should you be buying Addus HomeCare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Addus HomeCare include BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), AdaptHealth (AHCO), Aveanna Healthcare (AVAH), Amedisys (AMED), Enhabit (EHAB), Option Care Health (OPCH), Inhibrx (INBX), Ardelyx (ARDX), CG Oncology (CGON), and Fusion Pharmaceuticals (FUSN). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ:ADUS) and BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Addus HomeCare has a net margin of 6.04% compared to BrightSpring Health Services' net margin of 0.00%. Addus HomeCare's return on equity of 10.03% beat BrightSpring Health Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Addus HomeCare had 13 more articles in the media than BrightSpring Health Services. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Addus HomeCare and 2 mentions for BrightSpring Health Services. BrightSpring Health Services' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Addus HomeCare's score of 0.62 indicating that BrightSpring Health Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Addus HomeCare presently has a consensus target price of $108.57, suggesting a potential downside of 1.26%. BrightSpring Health Services has a consensus target price of $15.85, suggesting a potential upside of 35.01%. Given BrightSpring Health Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BrightSpring Health Services is more favorable than Addus HomeCare.
Addus HomeCare received 282 more outperform votes than BrightSpring Health Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.24% of users gave BrightSpring Health Services an outperform vote while only 67.04% of users gave Addus HomeCare an outperform vote.
Addus HomeCare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BrightSpring Health Services.
95.4% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Addus HomeCare beats BrightSpring Health Services on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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