Addus HomeCare (ADUS) Competitors

Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ:ADUS) and Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADUS or OPCH?

Addus HomeCare received 269 more outperform votes than Option Care Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.83% of users gave Addus HomeCare an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Option Care Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Addus HomeCare	Outperform Votes 329 68.83%	Underperform Votes 149 31.17%
Option Care Health	Outperform Votes 60 62.50%	Underperform Votes 36 37.50%

Do analysts rate ADUS or OPCH?

Addus HomeCare currently has a consensus price target of $132.78, indicating a potential upside of 39.75%. Option Care Health has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.20%. Given Addus HomeCare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Addus HomeCare is more favorable than Option Care Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Addus HomeCare	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Option Care Health	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is ADUS or OPCH more profitable?

Addus HomeCare has a net margin of 6.50% compared to Option Care Health's net margin of 4.37%. Option Care Health's return on equity of 15.30% beat Addus HomeCare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Addus HomeCare	6.50%	9.62%	7.37%
Option Care Health	4.37%	15.30%	6.57%

Which has more volatility & risk, ADUS or OPCH?

Addus HomeCare has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Option Care Health has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ADUS or OPCH?

In the previous week, Addus HomeCare and Addus HomeCare both had 10 articles in the media. Option Care Health's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Addus HomeCare's score of 1.18 indicating that Option Care Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Addus HomeCare	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Option Care Health	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ADUS or OPCH?

95.3% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Option Care Health shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ADUS or OPCH?

Option Care Health has higher revenue and earnings than Addus HomeCare. Addus HomeCare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Option Care Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Addus HomeCare	$1.15B	1.50	$62.52M	$4.24	22.41
Option Care Health	$5.00B	1.16	$267.09M	$1.22	28.84

Summary

Addus HomeCare beats Option Care Health on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.