Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF) Competitors $3.65 -0.05 (-1.35%) As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipShort InterestSustainabilityTrends WOOF vs. ACHC, SEM, USPH, BKD, CYH, HCA, ALC, UHS, THC, 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), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Community Health Systems (CYH), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Universal Health Services (UHS), Tenet Healthcare (THC), and Encompass Health (EHC). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry. Petco Health and Wellness vs. Acadia Healthcare Select Medical U.S. Physical Therapy Brookdale Senior Living Community Health Systems HCA Healthcare Alcon Universal Health Services Tenet Healthcare Encompass Health Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) and Petco Health and Wellness (NASDAQ:WOOF) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACHC or WOOF? Acadia Healthcare received 216 more outperform votes than Petco Health and Wellness when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.04% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote while only 59.83% of users gave Petco Health and Wellness an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAcadia HealthcareOutperform Votes56666.04% Underperform Votes29133.96% Petco Health and WellnessOutperform Votes35059.83% Underperform Votes23540.17% Does the media favor ACHC or WOOF? In the previous week, Petco Health and Wellness had 5 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Petco Health and Wellness and 2 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Petco Health and Wellness' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.17 indicating that Petco Health and Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Acadia Healthcare 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Petco Health and Wellness 5 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is ACHC or WOOF 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 Acadia Healthcare8.99% 11.12% 5.77% Petco Health and Wellness -1.77%-5.40%-1.18% Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ACHC or WOOF? Acadia Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 RatioAcadia Healthcare$3.12B1.30-$21.67M$3.0514.35Petco Health and Wellness$6.26B0.18-$1.28B-$0.40-9.13 Which has more risk & volatility, ACHC or WOOF? Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petco Health and Wellness has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer ACHC or WOOF? Acadia Healthcare currently has a consensus price target of $70.22, indicating a potential upside of 60.40%. Petco Health and Wellness has a consensus price target of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.44%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Petco Health and Wellness.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Acadia Healthcare 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.78Petco Health and Wellness 1 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.27 SummaryAcadia Healthcare beats Petco Health and Wellness on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. 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$1.14B$4.93B$24.76B$9.15BDividend YieldN/A3.44%167.16%4.03%P/E Ratio-9.137.03110.4717.36Price / Sales0.186.133.7378.03Price / Cash0.837.8520.3635.97Price / Book0.952.046.704.79Net Income-$1.28B$203.12M$675.95M$225.00M7 Day Performance-3.18%1.93%2.01%2.62%1 Month Performance-7.83%-0.61%0.20%3.81%1 Year Performance43.14%-3.60%13.47%20.10% Petco Health and Wellness Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WOOFPetco Health and Wellness2.8188 of 5 stars$3.65-1.4%$4.25+16.4%+43.1%$1.14B$6.26B-9.1329,000Positive NewsACHCAcadia Healthcare4.7101 of 5 stars$45.75+1.8%$70.22+53.5%-49.0%$4.25B$3.12B15.0023,500SEMSelect Medical4.9242 of 5 stars$18.64+2.0%$39.50+111.9%-28.7%$2.41B$6.97B8.7154,600USPHU.S. Physical Therapy4.1232 of 5 stars$89.32+2.7%$114.00+27.6%-5.5%$1.35B$645.70M95.026,140BKDBrookdale Senior Living4.3929 of 5 stars$4.84-1.0%$7.50+55.0%-13.7%$964.19M$3.10B-5.2636,000Short Interest ↓CYHCommunity Health Systems3.6678 of 5 stars$2.99+0.7%$4.52+51.1%-17.5%$415.46M$12.49B-0.9961,000HCAHCA Healthcare4.9889 of 5 stars$307.91+1.7%$385.27+25.1%+7.9%$77.99B$69.62B13.83294,000Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓ALCAlcon3.2374 of 5 stars$83.21-0.2%$102.72+23.4%+8.6%$41.04B$9.76B35.5625,200UHSUniversal Health Services4.9854 of 5 stars$184.24+0.7%$226.14+22.7%+17.1%$12.15B$15.42B12.2593,800Positive NewsTHCTenet Healthcare4.9451 of 5 stars$127.74-0.2%$165.00+29.2%+59.3%$12.15B$20.97B4.09106,500EHCEncompass Health4.6983 of 5 stars$92.24+1.3%$107.11+16.1%+34.4%$9.29B$5.22B22.2838,000Short Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Acadia Healthcare Competitors Select Medical Competitors U.S. Physical Therapy Competitors Brookdale Senior Living Competitors Community Health Systems Competitors HCA Healthcare Competitors Alcon Competitors Universal Health Services Competitors Tenet Healthcare Competitors Encompass Health Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:WOOF) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersLast time you’ll see this priced at $1.00When was the last time you bought something for a buck? 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