Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF) Competitors $3.08 -0.20 (-5.95%) As of 03:46 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock WOOF vs. ACHC, SEM, BKD, USPH, CYH, HCA, ALC, THC, UHS, and EHCShould you be buying Petco Health and Wellness stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petco Health and Wellness include Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Community Health Systems (CYH), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Universal Health Services (UHS), and Encompass Health (EHC). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry. Petco Health and Wellness vs. Acadia Healthcare Select Medical Brookdale Senior Living U.S. Physical Therapy Community Health Systems HCA Healthcare Alcon Tenet Healthcare Universal Health Services Encompass Health Petco Health and Wellness (NASDAQ:WOOF) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations. Which has better earnings and valuation, WOOF or ACHC? Acadia Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Petco Health and Wellness. Petco Health and Wellness is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPetco Health and Wellness$6.12B0.17-$1.28B-$0.37-8.86Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.78-$21.67M$2.779.53 Does the media refer more to WOOF or ACHC? In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 6 more articles in the media than Petco Health and Wellness. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 5 mentions for Petco Health and Wellness. Petco Health and Wellness' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 1.00 indicating that Petco Health and Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Petco Health and Wellness 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Acadia Healthcare 7 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts recommend WOOF or ACHC? Petco Health and Wellness presently has a consensus target price of $4.11, indicating a potential upside of 25.27%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $50.39, indicating a potential upside of 90.94%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Petco Health and Wellness.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Petco Health and Wellness 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.44Acadia Healthcare 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WOOF or ACHC? Acadia Healthcare received 213 more outperform votes than Petco Health and Wellness when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.05% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Petco Health and Wellness an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPetco Health and WellnessOutperform Votes35759.70% Underperform Votes24140.30% Acadia HealthcareOutperform Votes57066.05% Underperform Votes29333.95% Is WOOF or ACHC more profitable? Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 8.99% compared to Petco Health and Wellness' net margin of -1.77%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 11.12% beat Petco Health and Wellness' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Petco Health and Wellness-1.77% -5.40% -1.18% Acadia Healthcare 8.99%11.12%5.77% Which has more risk and volatility, WOOF or ACHC? Petco Health and Wellness has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryAcadia Healthcare beats Petco Health and Wellness on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Petco Health and Wellness News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WOOF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart WOOF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPetco Health and WellnessRetail stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.03B$4.14B$23.21B$7.58BDividend YieldN/A3.65%170.23%4.33%P/E Ratio-8.206.3521.6317.78Price / Sales0.172.134.0394.51Price / Cash0.667.8519.4134.64Price / Book0.852.405.593.99Net Income-$1.28B$204.42M$781.29M$247.24M7 Day Performance10.44%7.57%5.94%8.29%1 Month Performance37.24%-7.80%-4.41%-5.37%1 Year Performance98.79%-16.58%0.89%-0.24% Petco Health and Wellness Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WOOFPetco Health and Wellness3.5701 of 5 stars$3.09-5.9%$4.11+33.2%+90.7%$970.12M$6.12B-7.7428,500Positive NewsGap DownACHCAcadia Healthcare4.5372 of 5 stars$26.42-3.5%$52.19+97.5%-63.9%$2.45B$3.15B8.6623,500Short Interest ↑SEMSelect Medical4.9261 of 5 stars$15.69-0.8%$27.25+73.7%-40.8%$2.02B$5.19B9.5153,800Positive NewsGap DownBKDBrookdale Senior Living3.4617 of 5 stars$5.59-3.7%$7.40+32.3%-3.7%$1.12B$3.13B-6.2836,000Short Interest ↓News CoverageGap DownUSPHU.S. Physical Therapy3.675 of 5 stars$64.77-3.5%$109.00+68.3%-31.9%$983.93M$671.35M68.906,140News CoveragePositive NewsCYHCommunity Health Systems4.1747 of 5 stars$2.40-2.2%$4.10+71.2%-13.7%$336.24M$12.63B-0.6166,000HCAHCA Healthcare4.7927 of 5 stars$329.63-0.6%$385.67+17.0%+5.6%$81.15B$70.60B15.00294,000Analyst ForecastPositive NewsALCAlcon2.885 of 5 stars$82.86-1.1%$105.60+27.4%+11.4%$40.87B$9.91B35.4125,200Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumeTHCTenet Healthcare4.9699 of 5 stars$120.290.0%$166.41+38.3%+24.2%$11.44B$20.67B3.73102,400Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownUHSUniversal Health Services4.9871 of 5 stars$171.83-1.5%$228.38+32.9%+7.2%$11.17B$15.83B11.4293,800Analyst ForecastEHCEncompass Health4.0526 of 5 stars$96.75-1.2%$107.67+11.3%+28.4%$9.74B$5.37B21.6935,000News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading Volume Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Acadia Healthcare Competitors Select Medical Competitors Brookdale Senior Living Competitors U.S. Physical Therapy Competitors Community Health Systems Competitors HCA Healthcare Competitors Alcon Competitors Tenet Healthcare Competitors Universal Health Services Competitors Encompass Health Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:WOOF) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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