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AdaptHealth (AHCO) Competitors

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$9.72 -0.02 (-0.21%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

AHCO vs. ADUS, AMED, HIMS, SHC, GH, OPCH, BTSG, VCYT, SGRY, and LFST

Should you be buying AdaptHealth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AdaptHealth include Addus HomeCare (ADUS), Amedisys (AMED), Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), Sotera Health (SHC), Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Veracyte (VCYT), Surgery Partners (SGRY), and LifeStance Health Group (LFST). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

AdaptHealth vs.

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

Addus HomeCare received 237 more outperform votes than AdaptHealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.67% of users gave Addus HomeCare an outperform vote while only 61.03% of users gave AdaptHealth an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AdaptHealthOutperform Votes
83
61.03%
Underperform Votes
53
38.97%
Addus HomeCareOutperform Votes
320
68.67%
Underperform Votes
146
31.33%

Addus HomeCare has a net margin of 6.50% compared to AdaptHealth's net margin of -6.57%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AdaptHealth-6.57% 9.62% 3.18%
Addus HomeCare 6.50%9.62%7.37%

In the previous week, AdaptHealth had 7 more articles in the media than Addus HomeCare. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AdaptHealth and 6 mentions for Addus HomeCare. Addus HomeCare's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat AdaptHealth's score of -0.05 indicating that Addus HomeCare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AdaptHealth
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Addus HomeCare
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AdaptHealth has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Addus HomeCare has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AdaptHealth$3.20B0.41-$678.90M-$1.65-5.89
Addus HomeCare$1.06B2.07$62.52M$4.3727.69

82.7% of AdaptHealth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of AdaptHealth shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Addus HomeCare shares are held 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.

AdaptHealth presently has a consensus target price of $11.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.03%. Addus HomeCare has a consensus target price of $131.63, suggesting a potential upside of 8.79%. Given AdaptHealth's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AdaptHealth is more favorable than Addus HomeCare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AdaptHealth
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Addus HomeCare
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Summary

Addus HomeCare beats AdaptHealth on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AHCO vs. The Competition

MetricAdaptHealthHome health care services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.31B$2.89B$5.07B$8.89B
Dividend YieldN/A0.37%4.99%4.07%
P/E Ratio-5.8913.7283.5712.93
Price / Sales0.411.211,220.3088.33
Price / Cash0.9316.5839.4636.25
Price / Book0.862.596.936.25
Net Income-$678.90M-$57.02M$119.12M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-3.19%-0.57%-1.83%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-10.41%-3.89%-3.64%0.60%
1 Year Performance16.83%22.92%31.64%26.23%

AdaptHealth Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AHCO
AdaptHealth
2.8439 of 5 stars
$9.72
-0.2%
$11.67
+20.0%
+14.1%$1.31B$3.20B-5.8910,700Analyst Forecast
ADUS
Addus HomeCare
4.7558 of 5 stars
$120.99
+0.7%
$131.63
+8.8%
+37.9%$2.18B$1.06B27.6934,846
AMED
Amedisys
3.9441 of 5 stars
$90.00
flat
$100.67
+11.9%
-4.1%$2.95B$2.24B35.7119,000
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.5694 of 5 stars
$21.80
-7.4%
$20.71
-5.0%
+181.8%$5.14B$872M49.551,046Analyst Forecast
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SHC
Sotera Health
3.6657 of 5 stars
$13.21
-2.9%
$16.50
+24.9%
-5.2%$3.85B$1.05B52.843,000High Trading Volume
GH
Guardant Health
4.2853 of 5 stars
$30.68
flat
$40.60
+32.3%
+28.4%$3.79B$563.95M0.001,779
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.9784 of 5 stars
$21.88
+0.3%
$30.83
+40.9%
-26.3%$3.71B$4.30B18.397,802Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.9593 of 5 stars
$18.79
+0.8%
$16.79
-10.6%
N/A$3.25B$8.83B0.0035,000Positive News
VCYT
Veracyte
4.1264 of 5 stars
$39.20
+0.1%
$41.25
+5.2%
+50.5%$3.03B$361.05M-261.33790Analyst Forecast
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.0985 of 5 stars
$22.51
-1.1%
$38.71
+72.0%
-29.9%$2.89B$2.74B-46.9013,500Analyst Forecast
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
1.7849 of 5 stars
$7.22
-0.3%
$8.50
+17.7%
+16.5%$2.77B$1.06B0.009,325

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This page (NASDAQ:AHCO) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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