Ardent Health Partners (ARDT) Competitors

$19.19

-0.39 (-1.99%)

(As of 09/6/2024 ET)

ARDT vs. PACS, OPCH, SHC, SGRY, CON, HIMS, GH, LFST, ADUS, and PRVA

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

Ardent Health Partners vs.

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) and PACS Group (NYSE:PACS) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

: Ardent Health Partners currently has a consensus target price of $21.70, suggesting a potential upside of 13.08%. PACS Group has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.27%. Given Ardent Health Partners' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ardent Health Partners is more favorable than PACS Group.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ardent Health Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)

9 Buy rating(s)

1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
PACS Group
0 Sell rating(s)

0 Hold rating(s)

7 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
: PACS Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ardent Health Partners.
Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardent Health Partners $5.63B 0.49 N/A N/A N/A
PACS Group $3.56B 1.59 $112.87M N/A N/A
: Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ardent Health Partners N/A N/A N/A
PACS Group N/A N/A N/A
: PACS Group received 6 more outperform votes than Ardent Health Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave PACS Group an outperform vote while only 90.91% of users gave Ardent Health Partners an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform
Ardent Health Partners Outperform Votes
10
90.91%
Underperform Votes
1
9.09%
PACS Group Outperform Votes
16
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
: In the previous week, PACS Group had 13 more articles in the media than Ardent Health Partners. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for PACS Group and 2 mentions for Ardent Health Partners. Ardent Health Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat PACS Group's score of 0.15 indicating that Ardent Health Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ardent Health Partners
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PACS Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ardent Health Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PACS Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardent Health Partners	$5.63B	0.49	N/A	N/A	N/A
PACS Group	$3.56B	1.59	$112.87M	N/A	N/A

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ardent Health Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
PACS Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ardent Health Partners	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%
PACS Group	Outperform Votes 16 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ardent Health Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PACS Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Ardent Health Partners beats PACS Group on 5 of the 9 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 ARDT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.

ARDT vs. The Competition

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Metric	Ardent Health Partners	General medical & surgical hospitals Industry	Medical Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	$2.74B	$15.49B	$5.68B	$18.57B
Dividend Yield	N/A	0.51%	2.73%	3.50%
P/E Ratio	N/A	12.61	115.64	25.12
Price / Sales	0.49	0.82	1,747.91	16.04
Price / Cash	N/A	15.25	38.68	20.10
Price / Book	N/A	16.30	4.96	4.65
Net Income	N/A	$917.90M	$114.59M	$981.81M
7 Day Performance	-3.23%	-2.73%	-1.52%	-3.26%
1 Month Performance	19.53%	7.82%	8.45%	4.65%
1 Year Performance	N/A	41.80%	12.45%	10.82%

Ardent Health Partners Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
PACS PACS Group	1.6049 of 5 stars 1.60 / 5 stars	$37.10 -0.4%	$37.00 -0.3%	N/A	$5.65B	$3.56B	0.00	32,433	News Coverage High Trading Volume
OPCH Option Care Health	4.6072 of 5 stars 4.61 / 5 stars	$32.10 -1.6%	$39.50 +23.1%	-6.1%	$5.58B	$4.59B	21.12	7,802	Positive News
SHC Sotera Health	2.3088 of 5 stars 2.31 / 5 stars	$15.65 -5.0%	$15.70 +0.3%	+2.9%	$4.36B	$1.05B	82.37	3,000	News Coverage High Trading Volume
SGRY Surgery Partners	3.4014 of 5 stars 3.40 / 5 stars	$30.18 -2.6%	$39.86 +32.1%	-12.4%	$3.93B	$2.74B	43.58	13,500	Positive News
CON Concentra Group Holdings Parent	0 of 5 stars 0.00 / 5 stars	$24.27 +1.2%	$29.69 +22.3%	N/A	$3.07B	$1.86B	0.00	N/A	Quiet Period Expiration
HIMS Hims & Hers Health	3.6663 of 5 stars 3.67 / 5 stars	$13.65 -5.4%	$20.29 +48.6%	+97.4%	$2.93B	$1.07B	-1,365.00	1,046	Insider Selling
GH Guardant Health	4.264 of 5 stars 4.26 / 5 stars	$23.73 -2.5%	$39.31 +65.7%	-31.0%	$2.90B	$643.81M	-6.05	1,779	Positive News
LFST LifeStance Health Group	1.2767 of 5 stars 1.28 / 5 stars	$6.95 -0.6%	$8.25 +18.7%	-4.1%	$2.66B	$1.16B	-14.48	9,325	Positive News
ADUS Addus HomeCare	4.3348 of 5 stars 4.33 / 5 stars	$126.37 -2.5%	$127.57 +1.0%	+51.8%	$2.29B	$1.11B	31.36	34,846	Analyst Forecast
PRVA Privia Health Group	3.6984 of 5 stars 3.70 / 5 stars	$18.66 -1.7%	$24.86 +33.2%	-27.6%	$2.23B	$1.70B	124.40	1,102	Positive News