Addus HomeCare (ADUS) Competitors

Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) and Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ:ADUS) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer GH or ADUS?

Guardant Health presently has a consensus target price of $53.76, indicating a potential upside of 12.32%. Addus HomeCare has a consensus target price of $142.57, indicating a potential upside of 31.74%. Given Addus HomeCare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Addus HomeCare is more favorable than Guardant Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guardant Health	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.05
Addus HomeCare	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Which has more volatility & risk, GH or ADUS?

Guardant Health has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Addus HomeCare has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GH or ADUS?

92.6% of Guardant Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, GH or ADUS?

Addus HomeCare has higher revenue and earnings than Guardant Health. Guardant Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Addus HomeCare, 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
Guardant Health	$739.02M	8.02	-$436.37M	-$3.39	-14.12
Addus HomeCare	$1.21B	1.64	$73.60M	$4.43	24.43

Is GH or ADUS more profitable?

Addus HomeCare has a net margin of 6.52% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -53.82%. Addus HomeCare's return on equity of 9.23% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Guardant Health	-53.82%	N/A	-26.77%
Addus HomeCare	6.52%	9.23%	6.96%

Does the media prefer GH or ADUS?

In the previous week, Guardant Health had 7 more articles in the media than Addus HomeCare. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Guardant Health and 5 mentions for Addus HomeCare. Addus HomeCare's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Guardant Health's score of 1.01 indicating that Addus HomeCare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Guardant Health	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Addus HomeCare	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Addus HomeCare beats Guardant Health on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.