Ardent Health Partners (ARDT) Competitors $13.86 -0.98 (-6.60%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.36 +0.50 (+3.61%) As of 07:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsTrends ARDT vs. GH, OPCH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, SGRY, VCYT, LFST, PRVA, and CONShould you be buying Ardent Health Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardent Health Partners include Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Veracyte (VCYT), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), Privia Health Group (PRVA), and Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry. Ardent Health Partners vs. Guardant Health Option Care Health RadNet BrightSpring Health Services Sotera Health Surgery Partners Veracyte LifeStance Health Group Privia Health Group Concentra Group Holdings Parent Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) and Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings. Do analysts prefer ARDT or GH? Ardent Health Partners currently has a consensus target price of $21.55, suggesting a potential upside of 54.50%. Guardant Health has a consensus target price of $44.78, suggesting a potential upside of 4.98%. Given Ardent Health Partners' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ardent Health Partners is more favorable than Guardant Health.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Ardent Health Partners 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Guardant Health 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 18 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has better earnings & valuation, ARDT or GH? Ardent Health Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Guardant Health. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioArdent Health Partners$5.41B0.37$53.90MN/AN/AGuardant Health$563.95M9.35-$479.45M-$4.24-10.06 Does the media prefer ARDT or GH? In the previous week, Guardant Health had 12 more articles in the media than Ardent Health Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Guardant Health and 4 mentions for Ardent Health Partners. Ardent Health Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Guardant Health's score of 0.54 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 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Guardant Health 6 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ARDT or GH? 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Guardant Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARDT or GH? Guardant Health received 271 more outperform votes than Ardent Health Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.00% of users gave Ardent Health Partners an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave Guardant Health an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformArdent Health PartnersOutperform Votes1785.00% Underperform Votes315.00%Guardant HealthOutperform Votes28870.59% Underperform Votes12029.41% Is ARDT or GH more profitable? Ardent Health Partners has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -74.02%. Ardent Health Partners' return on equity of 0.00% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ardent Health PartnersN/A N/A N/A Guardant Health -74.02%-1,200.44%-29.88% SummaryArdent Health Partners beats Guardant Health on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Ardent Health Partners News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ARDT 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 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.Skip Chart ARDT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricArdent Health PartnersGeneral medical & surgical hospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.99B$12.06B$5.80B$20.06BDividend YieldN/A0.63%4.78%3.65%P/E RatioN/A5.3626.3234.91Price / Sales0.370.63452.0815.74Price / CashN/A6.8544.0420.85Price / BookN/A29.487.644.93Net Income$53.90M$1.20B$3.18B$1.02B7 Day Performance-5.70%-0.10%-1.66%-0.92%1 Month Performance-1.70%3.74%0.41%-1.26%1 Year PerformanceN/A10.53%17.47%14.15% Ardent Health Partners Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ARDTArdent Health PartnersN/A$13.86-6.6%$21.55+55.5%N/A$1.98B$5.41B0.0024,200Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsGHGuardant Health4.2444 of 5 stars$48.12+2.4%$42.63-11.4%+107.6%$5.95B$563.95M-11.351,779Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageOPCHOption Care Health4.0267 of 5 stars$31.46-1.1%$32.25+2.5%-3.2%$5.35B$4.30B26.447,802Positive NewsRDNTRadNet3.9248 of 5 stars$61.33-1.9%$75.50+23.1%+66.2%$4.54B$1.62B-876.0210,288Positive NewsBTSGBrightSpring Health Services1.8058 of 5 stars$22.05-0.1%$19.42-11.9%+95.6%$3.84B$10.59B-84.8135,000SHCSotera Health2.1614 of 5 stars$13.48+0.4%$16.08+19.3%-16.8%$3.82B$1.05B53.923,000Analyst ForecastNegative NewsSGRYSurgery Partners3.081 of 5 stars$25.87+0.3%$36.56+41.3%-23.9%$3.29B$2.74B-53.9013,500VCYTVeracyte2.9112 of 5 stars$41.11+3.8%$42.00+2.2%+64.0%$3.19B$361.05M-274.07790Analyst DowngradeNews CoverageLFSTLifeStance Health Group1.5336 of 5 stars$7.97-0.3%$8.70+9.2%+18.5%$3.05B$1.21B-30.659,325Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePRVAPrivia Health Group3.238 of 5 stars$25.24+1.5%$24.94-1.2%+19.1%$3.03B$1.72B252.431,102News CoverageCONConcentra Group Holdings ParentN/A$22.69-0.6%$28.63+26.1%N/A$2.89B$1.84B0.0011,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GH Competitors OPCH Competitors RDNT Competitors BTSG Competitors SHC Competitors SGRY Competitors VCYT Competitors LFST Competitors PRVA Competitors CON 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 (NYSE:ARDT) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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