Acadia Healthcare (ACHC) Competitors $37.90 -0.69 (-1.79%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends ACHC vs. THC, UHS, EHC, ENSG, SEM, USPH, WOOF, BKD, CYH, and HCAShould you be buying Acadia Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acadia Healthcare include Tenet Healthcare (THC), Universal Health Services (UHS), Encompass Health (EHC), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Select Medical (SEM), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Community Health Systems (CYH), and HCA Healthcare (HCA). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry. Acadia Healthcare vs. Tenet Healthcare Universal Health Services Encompass Health The Ensign Group Select Medical U.S. Physical Therapy Petco Health and Wellness Brookdale Senior Living Community Health Systems HCA Healthcare Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) and Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends. Which has more risk & volatility, ACHC or THC? Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend ACHC or THC? Acadia Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $75.44, indicating a potential upside of 99.06%. Tenet Healthcare has a consensus target price of $166.88, indicating a potential upside of 28.90%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Acadia Healthcare 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70Tenet Healthcare 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 12 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.94 Which has better earnings and valuation, ACHC or THC? Tenet Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Acadia Healthcare. Tenet Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAcadia Healthcare$3.12B1.13-$21.67M$3.0512.43Tenet Healthcare$20.97B0.59$611M$31.214.15 Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ACHC or THC? 95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Acadia Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACHC or THC? Tenet Healthcare received 123 more outperform votes than Acadia Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.00% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote while only 60.92% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAcadia HealthcareOutperform Votes56366.00% Underperform Votes29034.00% Tenet HealthcareOutperform Votes68660.92% Underperform Votes44039.08% Is ACHC or THC more profitable? Tenet Healthcare has a net margin of 14.91% compared to Acadia Healthcare's net margin of 8.99%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 24.05% beat Acadia Healthcare's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Acadia Healthcare8.99% 11.12% 5.77% Tenet Healthcare 14.91%24.05%3.85% Does the media refer more to ACHC or THC? In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 4 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 18 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.24 indicating that Tenet Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Acadia Healthcare 5 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Tenet Healthcare 9 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 6 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryTenet Healthcare beats Acadia Healthcare on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Porter & CompanyI was wrong. Dead wrong. I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. Because here we are, a quarter of a century later, almost to the exact day, and it’s happening again. Here’s the full story for you. Get Acadia Healthcare News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ACHC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ACHC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAcadia HealthcareSpecialty outpatient clinics IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$3.52B$1.52B$5.13B$9.07BDividend YieldN/A0.30%5.08%4.23%P/E Ratio12.434.1489.5817.17Price / Sales1.1316.291,116.12116.95Price / Cash8.148.1442.8237.86Price / Book1.261.264.774.78Net Income-$21.67M$36.27M$120.15M$225.60M7 Day Performance-6.79%-5.98%-1.92%-1.23%1 Month Performance-1.79%4.74%11.47%3.36%1 Year Performance-50.58%-41.57%30.52%16.60% Acadia Healthcare Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ACHCAcadia Healthcare4.5577 of 5 stars$37.90-1.8%$75.44+99.1%-50.6%$3.52B$3.12B12.4323,500Analyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionHigh Trading VolumeTHCTenet Healthcare4.9401 of 5 stars$136.25-0.3%$164.69+20.9%+70.6%$12.96B$20.97B4.38106,500Analyst DowngradeAnalyst RevisionUHSUniversal Health Services4.997 of 5 stars$186.77-0.3%$223.29+19.6%+19.3%$12.32B$14.28B12.4296,700Analyst ForecastEHCEncompass Health4.9112 of 5 stars$99.06+0.9%$107.11+8.1%+42.1%$9.98B$5.22B23.7238,000Positive NewsENSGThe Ensign Group4.9801 of 5 stars$143.02+0.4%$164.33+14.9%+19.8%$8.19B$4.11B34.4835,300Dividend IncreasePositive NewsSEMSelect Medical4.9682 of 5 stars$19.82+1.7%$45.67+130.4%-20.6%$2.57B$6.66B9.1054,600USPHU.S. Physical Therapy3.9789 of 5 stars$98.03+4.9%$114.00+16.3%-3.0%$1.48B$604.80M99.436,720Positive NewsGap UpWOOFPetco Health and Wellness1.2038 of 5 stars$4.31-3.1%$4.16-3.6%+29.8%$1.35B$6.24B-11.1329,000Analyst ForecastPositive NewsBKDBrookdale Senior Living4.2017 of 5 stars$5.26-0.2%$7.75+47.3%-7.5%$1.05B$3.10B-5.7325,200Analyst ForecastNews CoverageCYHCommunity Health Systems3.5996 of 5 stars$3.44-0.9%$4.77+38.6%-1.7%$477.98M$12.55B-1.1561,000Positive NewsHCAHCA Healthcare4.943 of 5 stars$313.42-0.2%$387.13+23.5%+13.0%$79.39B$69.62B14.10310,000Analyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies THC Competitors UHS Competitors EHC Competitors ENSG Competitors SEM Competitors USPH Competitors WOOF Competitors BKD Competitors CYH Competitors HCA Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:ACHC) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Buffett, Griffin and 100 members of Congress are Piling into this One InvestmentThis isn't just another investment. 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