ACHC vs. THC, UHS, EHC, ENSG, SEM, USPH, WOOF, BKD, CYH, and HCA
Should 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 (NYSE:THC) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Tenet Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $165.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.62%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $70.22, indicating a potential upside of 58.27%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.
95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Acadia Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 3 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 4 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.17 indicating that Tenet Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Tenet Healthcare received 122 more outperform votes than Acadia Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.04% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote while only 60.99% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote.
Summary
Tenet Healthcare beats Acadia Healthcare on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
Acadia Healthcare Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:ACHC) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
