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LifeStance Health Group (LFST) Competitors

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LFST vs. GH, OPCH, RDNT, SHC, BTSG, SGRY, WGS, CON, PRVA, 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), Sotera Health (SHC), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Surgery Partners (SGRY), GeneDx (WGS), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Privia Health Group (PRVA), and Veracyte (VCYT). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

LifeStance Health Group vs. Its Competitors

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

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 1.08 beat LifeStance Health Group's score of 0.83 indicating that Guardant Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

LifeStance Health Group has a net margin of -1.23% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -49.93%. 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
Guardant Health-49.93% N/A -28.95%
LifeStance Health Group -1.23%-1.11%-0.76%

Guardant Health has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Guardant Health$739.02M10.04-$436.37M-$3.35-17.77
LifeStance Health Group$1.25B1.70-$57.44M-$0.05-109.50

92.6% of Guardant Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Guardant Health currently has a consensus price target of $57.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.38%. LifeStance Health Group has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 55.25%. Given LifeStance Health Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LifeStance Health Group 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)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.06
LifeStance Health Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Summary

Guardant Health beats LifeStance Health Group on 9 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$2.13B$4.03B$5.71B$9.79B
Dividend YieldN/A1.26%3.77%4.10%
P/E Ratio-109.5026.2330.9125.28
Price / Sales1.7021.22404.2188.50
Price / Cash137.1926.5625.2228.45
Price / Book1.454.469.536.01
Net Income-$57.44M$189.47M$3.26B$265.34M
7 Day Performance19.80%2.50%4.66%2.89%
1 Month Performance29.74%11.68%5.35%1.61%
1 Year Performance-3.10%9.91%32.14%25.61%

LifeStance Health Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
3.2338 of 5 stars
$5.48
+0.6%
$8.50
+55.3%
-3.7%$2.13B$1.25B-109.5010,218
GH
Guardant Health
3.1751 of 5 stars
$54.80
+1.1%
$57.50
+4.9%
+110.7%$6.76B$739.02M-16.362,021Positive News
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.6565 of 5 stars
$27.85
-1.2%
$35.75
+28.4%
-9.7%$4.58B$5.00B22.288,088News Coverage
Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
3.3232 of 5 stars
$62.00
+16.2%
$69.60
+12.3%
+4.7%$4.00B$1.83B-144.1811,021News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
SHC
Sotera Health
1.2053 of 5 stars
$14.06
+0.6%
$16.00
+13.8%
+5.1%$3.97B$1.10B175.773,000Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.6394 of 5 stars
$20.66
-0.6%
$25.67
+24.2%
+86.8%$3.68B$11.27B66.6535,000Positive News
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.1191 of 5 stars
$22.74
-3.8%
$33.00
+45.1%
-21.4%$3.03B$3.11B-15.9015,000Insider Trade
WGS
GeneDx
1.9559 of 5 stars
$110.54
+5.1%
$101.63
-8.1%
+265.5%$3.02B$305.45M2,210.801,200
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
2.3123 of 5 stars
$21.47
-0.7%
$28.50
+32.7%
-0.9%$2.77B$1.90B18.0411,250
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.4645 of 5 stars
$20.31
-1.3%
$28.00
+37.9%
+6.9%$2.53B$1.74B184.651,140
VCYT
Veracyte
2.9259 of 5 stars
$27.99
+2.3%
$40.90
+46.1%
-8.0%$2.15B$445.76M84.82790News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:LFST) was last updated on 8/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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