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LFST vs. GH, OPCH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, SGRY, CON, PRVA, WGS, and VCYT

Should you be buying LifeStance Health Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LifeStance Health Group include Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Privia Health Group (PRVA), GeneDx (WGS), and Veracyte (VCYT). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

LifeStance Health Group vs. Its Competitors

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LifeStance Health Group$1.25B1.29-$57.44M-$0.10-41.40
Guardant Health$739.02M7.63-$436.37M-$3.39-13.42

LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardant Health has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Guardant Health had 8 more articles in the media than LifeStance Health Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Guardant Health and 6 mentions for LifeStance Health Group. Guardant Health's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat LifeStance Health Group's score of 0.13 indicating that Guardant Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LifeStance Health Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Guardant Health
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

LifeStance Health Group currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 105.31%. Guardant Health has a consensus target price of $54.45, suggesting a potential upside of 19.70%. Given LifeStance Health Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe LifeStance Health Group is more favorable than Guardant Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LifeStance Health Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Guardant Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05

LifeStance Health Group has a net margin of -2.78% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -53.82%. Guardant Health's return on equity of 0.00% beat LifeStance Health Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LifeStance Health Group-2.78% -2.47% -1.69%
Guardant Health -53.82%N/A -26.77%

Summary

Guardant Health beats LifeStance Health Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LFST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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LFST vs. The Competition

MetricLifeStance Health GroupMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.66B$3.84B$5.70B$9.48B
Dividend YieldN/A1.33%4.59%3.99%
P/E Ratio-41.4032.5827.9019.95
Price / Sales1.29135.63442.19102.72
Price / Cash107.6822.4036.5558.97
Price / Book1.104.398.635.90
Net Income-$57.44M$189.47M$3.24B$258.42M
7 Day Performance-6.33%0.86%3.22%1.94%
1 Month Performance-18.50%-3.93%10.72%12.02%
1 Year Performance-24.73%-1.83%34.94%20.81%

LifeStance Health Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
2.9252 of 5 stars
$4.14
-3.0%
$8.50
+105.3%
-23.3%$1.66B$1.25B-41.4010,218
GH
Guardant Health
4.4336 of 5 stars
$49.77
-1.0%
$53.76
+8.0%
+39.1%$6.17B$739.02M-14.682,021News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.4202 of 5 stars
$30.68
+2.7%
$35.50
+15.7%
-3.9%$5.02B$5.00B24.748,088Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RDNT
RadNet
3.663 of 5 stars
$56.59
+2.0%
$69.60
+23.0%
-10.0%$4.25B$1.87B-131.6011,021Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.7969 of 5 stars
$20.31
flat
$24.90
+22.6%
+75.0%$3.57B$11.86B72.5435,000
SHC
Sotera Health
3.272 of 5 stars
$11.61
-1.6%
$16.00
+37.8%
-11.1%$3.30B$1.10B145.143,000News Coverage
Positive News
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.0663 of 5 stars
$22.47
+2.0%
$33.56
+49.3%
-21.6%$2.88B$3.11B-14.6915,000
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
3.1535 of 5 stars
$20.23
+1.6%
$28.50
+40.9%
N/A$2.59B$1.90B15.0911,250
PRVA
Privia Health Group
4.0883 of 5 stars
$20.89
+2.1%
$28.38
+35.9%
+1.7%$2.55B$1.80B174.101,140Positive News
WGS
GeneDx
3.962 of 5 stars
$82.39
-0.2%
$92.33
+12.1%
+149.2%$2.35B$330.14M-58.431,200Upcoming Earnings
VCYT
Veracyte
4.195 of 5 stars
$26.65
-1.6%
$40.90
+53.5%
+3.0%$2.09B$445.76M65.00790

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This page (NASDAQ:LFST) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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