AdaptHealth (AHCO) Competitors $10.28 +0.59 (+6.09%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends AHCO vs. GH, OPCH, SHC, VCYT, BTSG, LFST, SGRY, CON, PRVA, and ARDTShould you be buying AdaptHealth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AdaptHealth include Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), Sotera Health (SHC), Veracyte (VCYT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Privia Health Group (PRVA), and Ardent Health Partners (ARDT). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry. AdaptHealth vs. Guardant Health Option Care Health Sotera Health Veracyte BrightSpring Health Services LifeStance Health Group Surgery Partners Concentra Group Holdings Parent Privia Health Group Ardent Health Partners Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) and AdaptHealth (NASDAQ:AHCO) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GH or AHCO? 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of AdaptHealth shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Guardant Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of AdaptHealth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is GH or AHCO more profitable? AdaptHealth has a net margin of -6.57% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -74.02%. AdaptHealth's return on equity of 9.62% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Guardant Health-74.02% -1,200.44% -29.88% AdaptHealth -6.57%9.62%3.18% Do analysts prefer GH or AHCO? Guardant Health currently has a consensus price target of $40.60, suggesting a potential upside of 28.20%. AdaptHealth has a consensus price target of $11.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.49%. Given Guardant Health's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Guardant Health is more favorable than AdaptHealth.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Guardant Health 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 15 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00AdaptHealth 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.83 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GH or AHCO? Guardant Health received 198 more outperform votes than AdaptHealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Guardant Health an outperform vote while only 61.03% of users gave AdaptHealth an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGuardant HealthOutperform Votes28170.07% Underperform Votes12029.93% AdaptHealthOutperform Votes8361.03% Underperform Votes5338.97% Which has more volatility and risk, GH or AHCO? Guardant Health has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdaptHealth has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GH or AHCO? Guardant Health has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AdaptHealth. Guardant Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AdaptHealth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGuardant Health$692.26M5.65-$479.45M-$4.24-7.47AdaptHealth$3.26B0.42-$678.90M-$1.65-6.23 Does the media prefer GH or AHCO? In the previous week, Guardant Health had 11 more articles in the media than AdaptHealth. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Guardant Health and 3 mentions for AdaptHealth. AdaptHealth's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Guardant Health's score of 0.56 indicating that AdaptHealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Guardant Health 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive AdaptHealth 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryGuardant Health beats AdaptHealth on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 AHCO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAdaptHealthHome health care services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.30B$2.81B$5.12B$9.07BDividend YieldN/A0.37%4.91%4.22%P/E Ratio-6.2327.3291.3417.19Price / Sales0.421.121,116.63116.80Price / Cash0.9316.4942.5837.86Price / Book0.933.144.794.78Net Income-$678.90M-$57.02M$120.07M$225.60M7 Day Performance7.64%-2.70%-1.90%-1.24%1 Month Performance3.94%-3.08%11.43%3.06%1 Year Performance43.78%10.09%30.59%16.50% AdaptHealth Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AHCOAdaptHealth2.3386 of 5 stars$10.28+6.1%$11.67+13.5%+58.4%$1.30B$3.26B-6.2310,700Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeGHGuardant Health4.115 of 5 stars$34.92+0.5%$40.60+16.3%+25.6%$4.31B$692.26M-8.201,779OPCHOption Care Health4.8671 of 5 stars$23.46-0.1%$30.14+28.5%-29.9%$3.99B$4.78B19.747,802Positive NewsSHCSotera Health3.5856 of 5 stars$12.99-1.2%$16.08+23.8%-20.0%$3.68B$1.05B52.603,000Positive NewsVCYTVeracyte4.0331 of 5 stars$43.25+0.1%$41.13-4.9%+49.0%$3.35B$361.05M-288.13790Positive NewsBTSGBrightSpring Health Services2.311 of 5 stars$18.83+1.5%$18.50-1.8%N/A$3.28B$10.59B-71.3835,000Analyst ForecastLFSTLifeStance Health Group1.6908 of 5 stars$7.77+8.4%$8.70+12.0%-0.3%$2.97B$1.21B-29.509,325Positive NewsGap UpSGRYSurgery Partners3.2423 of 5 stars$22.01+8.1%$36.56+66.1%-33.8%$2.80B$2.74B-42.4213,500CONConcentra Group Holdings ParentN/A$21.53+5.0%$28.50+32.4%N/A$2.74B$1.88B0.0011,000Gap UpPRVAPrivia Health Group2.8961 of 5 stars$21.42+2.2%$24.80+15.8%-12.6%$2.57B$1.66B209.621,102ARDTArdent Health PartnersN/A$16.92+1.4%$21.82+28.9%N/A$2.41B$5.41B0.0024,200Analyst ForecastPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GH Competitors OPCH Competitors SHC Competitors VCYT Competitors BTSG Competitors LFST Competitors SGRY Competitors CON Competitors PRVA Competitors ARDT 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:AHCO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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