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PNTG vs. SGRY, WGS, CON, PRVA, VCYT, ADUS, PGNY, CELC, ARDT, and LFST

Should you be buying The Pennant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Pennant Group include Surgery Partners (SGRY), GeneDx (WGS), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Veracyte (VCYT), Addus HomeCare (ADUS), Progyny (PGNY), Celcuity (CELC), Ardent Health (ARDT), and LifeStance Health Group (LFST). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

The Pennant Group vs. Its Competitors

Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY) and The Pennant Group (NASDAQ:PNTG) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

The Pennant Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Surgery Partners. Surgery Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Pennant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Surgery Partners$3.24B0.91-$168.10M-$1.43-16.11
The Pennant Group$695.24M1.22$22.56M$0.7831.59

85.9% of The Pennant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Surgery Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of The Pennant Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

The Pennant Group has a net margin of 3.36% compared to Surgery Partners' net margin of -5.57%. The Pennant Group's return on equity of 9.85% beat Surgery Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Surgery Partners-5.57% 2.51% 1.01%
The Pennant Group 3.36%9.85%4.04%

In the previous week, Surgery Partners had 8 more articles in the media than The Pennant Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Surgery Partners and 1 mentions for The Pennant Group. Surgery Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat The Pennant Group's score of 0.94 indicating that Surgery Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Surgery Partners
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The Pennant Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Surgery Partners has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Pennant Group has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Surgery Partners currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.23%. The Pennant Group has a consensus target price of $33.40, suggesting a potential upside of 35.55%. Given Surgery Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Surgery Partners is more favorable than The Pennant Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Surgery Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
The Pennant Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Summary

The Pennant Group beats Surgery Partners 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 PNTG 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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PNTG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Pennant GroupMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$851.56M$5.35B$5.76B$9.72B
Dividend YieldN/A1.25%4.40%4.10%
P/E Ratio31.5926.6230.1925.84
Price / Sales1.22173.95473.64122.75
Price / Cash27.3027.2125.7828.79
Price / Book2.714.589.425.99
Net Income$22.56M$189.47M$3.27B$265.29M
7 Day Performance-1.87%1.86%2.05%2.53%
1 Month Performance5.52%14.47%3.58%0.93%
1 Year Performance-29.52%15.13%30.09%18.70%

The Pennant Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNTG
The Pennant Group
3.809 of 5 stars
$24.64
-2.1%
$33.40
+35.6%
-28.0%$851.56M$695.24M31.597,000
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.9968 of 5 stars
$22.74
-3.8%
$33.00
+45.1%
-29.8%$3.03B$3.11B-15.9015,000News Coverage
WGS
GeneDx
2.1771 of 5 stars
$110.54
+5.1%
$101.63
-8.1%
+259.8%$3.02B$305.45M2,210.801,200Positive News
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CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
2.268 of 5 stars
$21.47
-0.7%
$28.50
+32.7%
+1.0%$2.77B$1.90B18.0411,250Positive News
PRVA
Privia Health Group
4.2234 of 5 stars
$20.31
-1.3%
$28.00
+37.9%
+5.4%$2.53B$1.74B184.651,140News Coverage
VCYT
Veracyte
2.7792 of 5 stars
$27.99
+2.3%
$40.90
+46.1%
-3.1%$2.15B$445.76M84.82790News Coverage
Positive News
ADUS
Addus HomeCare
4.9247 of 5 stars
$111.95
+1.6%
$142.86
+27.6%
-11.4%$2.03B$1.15B24.7149,703News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PGNY
Progyny
2.3615 of 5 stars
$21.75
-4.8%
$24.90
+14.5%
+7.9%$1.96B$1.17B36.86310Positive News
CELC
Celcuity
1.0044 of 5 stars
$46.66
+1.7%
$39.20
-16.0%
+202.1%$1.79BN/A-15.4040
ARDT
Ardent Health
3.3529 of 5 stars
$12.04
+1.3%
$19.56
+62.5%
-25.1%$1.70B$5.97B6.6524,900
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
3.1599 of 5 stars
$4.57
+4.6%
$8.50
+86.0%
-10.2%$1.70B$1.25B-91.4010,218

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This page (NASDAQ:PNTG) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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