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

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

Veracyte vs.

Veracyte (NASDAQ:VCYT) and Hims & Hers Health (NYSE:HIMS) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

63.5% of Hims & Hers Health shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Veracyte shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Hims & Hers Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Veracyte currently has a consensus price target of $42.60, suggesting a potential upside of 34.13%. Hims & Hers Health has a consensus price target of $38.25, suggesting a potential upside of 29.73%. Given Veracyte's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Veracyte is more favorable than Hims & Hers Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Veracyte
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Hims & Hers Health
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Veracyte$445.76M5.55-$74.40M$0.30105.87
Hims & Hers Health$1.48B4.44-$23.55M$0.5454.60

Hims & Hers Health has a net margin of 8.19% compared to Veracyte's net margin of -2.18%. Hims & Hers Health's return on equity of 10.97% beat Veracyte's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Veracyte-2.18% 3.02% 2.80%
Hims & Hers Health 8.19%10.97%8.29%

Veracyte received 407 more outperform votes than Hims & Hers Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.05% of users gave Veracyte an outperform vote while only 36.44% of users gave Hims & Hers Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VeracyteOutperform Votes
450
73.05%
Underperform Votes
166
26.95%
Hims & Hers HealthOutperform Votes
43
36.44%
Underperform Votes
75
63.56%

Veracyte has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hims & Hers Health has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hims & Hers Health had 11 more articles in the media than Veracyte. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Hims & Hers Health and 15 mentions for Veracyte. Veracyte's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Hims & Hers Health's score of 0.73 indicating that Veracyte is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Veracyte
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hims & Hers Health
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Hims & Hers Health beats Veracyte on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VCYT vs. The Competition

MetricVeracyteMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.48B$2.86B$5.33B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A31.37%5.11%4.32%
P/E Ratio-211.7313.3521.7317.81
Price / Sales5.55187.75379.2094.61
Price / Cash442.2957.5638.1534.64
Price / Book2.224.556.464.00
Net Income-$74.40M-$22.21M$3.20B$247.23M
7 Day Performance-2.64%2.20%2.85%1.45%
1 Month Performance0.79%-1.18%-8.55%-6.24%
1 Year Performance67.86%8.11%10.46%0.60%

Veracyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VCYT
Veracyte
4.0071 of 5 stars
$31.76
-1.2%
$42.60
+34.1%
+64.0%$2.48B$445.76M-211.73790Short Interest ↑
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.5804 of 5 stars
$27.71
+6.6%
$37.31
+34.7%
+123.0%$6.16B$1.48B62.97650
OPCH
Option Care Health
3.134 of 5 stars
$32.87
-2.0%
$33.00
+0.4%
+4.4%$5.40B$5.00B27.625,600Short Interest ↑
Positive News
GH
Guardant Health
3.6905 of 5 stars
$41.78
+3.0%
$48.95
+17.2%
+162.9%$5.16B$739.02M-11.741,790
RDNT
RadNet
3.8288 of 5 stars
$49.29
+1.2%
$73.25
+48.6%
+11.0%$3.65B$1.83B-704.048,970Positive News
High Trading Volume
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.9237 of 5 stars
$17.28
+0.8%
$21.67
+25.4%
+64.4%$3.02B$11.27B-66.4635,000News Coverage
Gap Down
SHC
Sotera Health
2.4134 of 5 stars
$10.23
-1.1%
$16.00
+56.4%
-4.6%$2.90B$1.10B40.923,000Gap Down
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.7624 of 5 stars
$20.51
-2.8%
$36.63
+78.6%
-17.9%$2.62B$3.11B-42.7313,500Positive News
Gap Down
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.7677 of 5 stars
$21.48
-2.2%
$26.67
+24.1%
+31.8%$2.59B$1.74B214.82810Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$20.19
-2.1%
$28.50
+41.2%
N/A$2.57B$1.90B13.3711,000Positive News
Gap Down
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
1.9107 of 5 stars
$6.51
-2.0%
$8.50
+30.6%
+16.6%$2.50B$1.25B-25.046,640Positive News
Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:VCYT) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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