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Amedisys (AMED) Competitors

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$95.39
-0.10 (-0.10%)
(As of 11/4/2024 ET)

AMED vs. ADUS, AHCO, LHCG, DVA, CHE, RCM, CRVL, AMN, MD, and CCRN

Should you be buying Amedisys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amedisys include Addus HomeCare (ADUS), AdaptHealth (AHCO), LHC Group (LHCG), DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), R1 RCM (RCM), CorVel (CRVL), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), and Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN).

Amedisys vs.

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

Amedisys presently has a consensus price target of $100.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.53%. Addus HomeCare has a consensus price target of $131.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.87%. Given Amedisys' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amedisys is more favorable than Addus HomeCare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amedisys
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Addus HomeCare
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Amedisys has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Addus HomeCare has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amedisys$2.24B1.40-$9.75M$2.8034.07
Addus HomeCare$1.06B2.20$62.52M$4.2230.56

Amedisys received 178 more outperform votes than Addus HomeCare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.47% of users gave Addus HomeCare an outperform vote while only 58.72% of users gave Amedisys an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmedisysOutperform Votes
495
58.72%
Underperform Votes
348
41.28%
Addus HomeCareOutperform Votes
317
68.47%
Underperform Votes
146
31.53%

Addus HomeCare has a net margin of 6.18% compared to Amedisys' net margin of 4.02%. Amedisys' return on equity of 12.39% beat Addus HomeCare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amedisys4.02% 12.39% 6.78%
Addus HomeCare 6.18%9.81%7.11%

94.4% of Amedisys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Amedisys shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by company 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.

In the previous week, Addus HomeCare had 9 more articles in the media than Amedisys. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Addus HomeCare and 2 mentions for Amedisys. Addus HomeCare's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Amedisys' score of 0.64 indicating that Addus HomeCare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Addus HomeCare beats Amedisys on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AMED vs. The Competition

MetricAmedisysHome health care services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.12B$2.84B$5.04B$8.43B
Dividend YieldN/A0.37%7.52%4.16%
P/E Ratio34.0721.93130.2316.67
Price / Sales1.401.171,720.2276.26
Price / Cash15.4815.4336.9133.54
Price / Book2.783.034.604.98
Net Income-$9.75M-$57.02M$114.94M$224.26M
7 Day Performance-0.10%-5.00%0.14%1.65%
1 Month Performance-0.76%-2.33%10.15%6.92%
1 Year Performance3.88%34.13%33.87%26.46%

Amedisys Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMED
Amedisys
3.8469 of 5 stars
$95.39
-0.1%
$100.67
+5.5%
+4.0%$3.12B$2.24B34.0719,000Upcoming Earnings
ADUS
Addus HomeCare
4.815 of 5 stars
$126.27
+1.5%
$131.38
+4.0%
+49.1%$2.29B$1.11B29.9234,846Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
AHCO
AdaptHealth
1.7497 of 5 stars
$10.50
+2.0%
$10.70
+1.9%
+24.0%$1.41B$3.25B-2.0110,700Upcoming Earnings
LHCG
LHC Group
N/A$169.81
+0.5%
N/A+0.0%$5.27B$2.22B82.8330,000High Trading Volume
DVA
DaVita
4.6322 of 5 stars
$141.59
+1.3%
$161.80
+14.3%
+78.2%$11.61B$12.14B15.2770,000Earnings Report
CHE
Chemed
4.9701 of 5 stars
$531.68
-1.6%
$673.50
+26.7%
-9.5%$8.00B$2.26B26.8715,087Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
RCM
R1 RCM
2.8538 of 5 stars
$14.26
flat
$15.41
+8.1%
+23.7%$6.02B$2.25B-142.6030,000Upcoming Earnings
CRVL
CorVel
0.692 of 5 stars
$302.14
+1.5%
N/A+51.3%$5.18B$795.31M66.994,870Positive News
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.8564 of 5 stars
$36.90
-2.7%
$60.17
+63.1%
-45.0%$1.40B$3.79B14.253,585Upcoming Earnings
MD
Pediatrix Medical Group
1.7767 of 5 stars
$15.21
+23.5%
$10.90
-28.3%
+53.7%$1.31B$1.99B-5.025,170Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
4.7696 of 5 stars
$11.33
-0.7%
$19.20
+69.5%
-41.5%$383.07M$2.02B49.2610,831Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:AMED) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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