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Pediatrix Medical Group (MD) Competitors

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$14.42 -0.07 (-0.48%)
(As of 10:46 AM ET)

MD vs. AMED, AMN, CCRN, LH, DGX, DVA, CHE, CRVL, RCM, and EHC

Should you be buying Pediatrix Medical Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pediatrix Medical Group include Amedisys (AMED), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Laboratory Co. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), CorVel (CRVL), R1 RCM (RCM), and Encompass Health (EHC).

Pediatrix Medical Group vs.

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) and Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Pediatrix Medical Group received 8 more outperform votes than Amedisys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.31% of users gave Pediatrix Medical Group an outperform vote while only 58.72% of users gave Amedisys an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pediatrix Medical GroupOutperform Votes
503
60.31%
Underperform Votes
331
39.69%
AmedisysOutperform Votes
495
58.72%
Underperform Votes
348
41.28%

97.7% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Amedisys shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Amedisys shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Pediatrix Medical Group presently has a consensus target price of $16.10, indicating a potential upside of 11.81%. Amedisys has a consensus target price of $100.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.84%. Given Amedisys' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amedisys is more favorable than Pediatrix Medical Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pediatrix Medical Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Amedisys
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Amedisys has higher revenue and earnings than Pediatrix Medical Group. Pediatrix Medical Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amedisys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pediatrix Medical Group$1.99B0.62-$60.41M-$3.06-4.71
Amedisys$2.24B1.32-$9.75M$2.5235.72

Pediatrix Medical Group has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amedisys has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Amedisys has a net margin of 3.57% compared to Pediatrix Medical Group's net margin of -12.65%. Pediatrix Medical Group's return on equity of 12.79% beat Amedisys' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pediatrix Medical Group-12.65% 12.79% 4.75%
Amedisys 3.57%12.20%6.74%

In the previous week, Pediatrix Medical Group had 4 more articles in the media than Amedisys. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Pediatrix Medical Group and 6 mentions for Amedisys. Pediatrix Medical Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Amedisys' score of 0.41 indicating that Pediatrix Medical Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pediatrix Medical Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amedisys
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Pediatrix Medical Group and Amedisys tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MD vs. The Competition

MetricPediatrix Medical GroupHospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.24B$5.36B$5.07B$19.90B
Dividend YieldN/A1.02%4.99%3.49%
P/E Ratio-4.7110.4289.5636.63
Price / Sales0.621.141,224.8017.98
Price / Cash9.3211.5839.4521.28
Price / Book1.692.536.974.58
Net Income-$60.41M$178.36M$119.04M$985.06M
7 Day Performance-2.31%-0.80%-1.78%0.51%
1 Month Performance13.12%10.48%-3.59%1.13%
1 Year Performance65.14%60.21%31.64%24.80%

Pediatrix Medical Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MD
Pediatrix Medical Group
3.5872 of 5 stars
$14.42
-0.5%
$16.10
+11.7%
+61.0%$1.24B$1.99B-4.715,170Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AMED
Amedisys
3.9441 of 5 stars
$89.89
-0.1%
$100.67
+12.0%
-4.1%$2.94B$2.24B35.7119,000
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.7519 of 5 stars
$24.76
-0.2%
$48.33
+95.2%
-63.0%$942.61M$3.79B17.973,585
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
4.6207 of 5 stars
$10.21
flat
$18.50
+81.2%
-52.3%$336.11M$2.02B-204.1610,831Short Interest ↓
LH
Laboratory Co. of America
4.7778 of 5 stars
$237.91
+0.0%
$255.92
+7.6%
+12.7%$19.90B$12.71B46.0167,000Positive News
DGX
Quest Diagnostics
4.9045 of 5 stars
$162.47
+0.7%
$164.58
+1.3%
+19.7%$18.13B$9.25B21.6948,000Analyst Downgrade
DVA
DaVita
4.3779 of 5 stars
$163.02
+1.0%
$161.80
-0.7%
+65.5%$13.37B$12.14B17.4170,000Positive News
CHE
Chemed
4.9019 of 5 stars
$562.27
+1.7%
$641.50
+14.1%
-4.5%$8.46B$2.26B27.9815,087Ex-Dividend
Positive News
CRVL
CorVel
1.4222 of 5 stars
$358.67
+1.0%
N/A+66.0%$6.14B$795.31M75.424,870Positive News
RCM
R1 RCM
3.181 of 5 stars
$14.31
flat
$15.41
+7.7%
N/A$6.04B$2.25B0.0030,000News Coverage
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8996 of 5 stars
$98.64
-0.3%
$107.11
+8.6%
+52.3%$9.94B$4.80B23.8938,000Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:MD) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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