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Pediatrix Medical Group (MD) Competitors

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$14.09 -0.16 (-1.12%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

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

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 Select Medical (SEM).

Pediatrix Medical Group vs.

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

Amedisys currently has a consensus target price of $100.67, indicating a potential upside of 19.17%. Pediatrix Medical Group has a consensus target price of $16.42, indicating a potential upside of 16.51%. Given Amedisys' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amedisys is more favorable than Pediatrix Medical Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amedisys
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Pediatrix Medical Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Amedisys has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pediatrix Medical Group has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more 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
Amedisys3.57% 12.20% 6.74%
Pediatrix Medical Group -12.65%12.79%4.75%

Pediatrix Medical Group received 10 more outperform votes than Amedisys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.33% of users gave Pediatrix Medical Group an outperform vote while only 58.72% of users gave Amedisys an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmedisysOutperform Votes
495
58.72%
Underperform Votes
348
41.28%
Pediatrix Medical GroupOutperform Votes
505
60.33%
Underperform Votes
332
39.67%

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
Amedisys$2.32B1.19-$9.75M$2.5233.52
Pediatrix Medical Group$2.01B0.60-$60.41M-$3.06-4.60

In the previous week, Pediatrix Medical Group had 7 more articles in the media than Amedisys. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Pediatrix Medical Group and 2 mentions for Amedisys. Amedisys' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Pediatrix Medical Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Amedisys is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

94.4% of Amedisys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Amedisys shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Amedisys beats Pediatrix Medical Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MD vs. The Competition

MetricPediatrix Medical GroupHospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.21B$4.40B$5.14B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A1.64%5.09%3.61%
P/E Ratio-4.6010.5789.8241.30
Price / Sales0.600.931,116.2117.58
Price / Cash8.979.9842.8921.28
Price / Book1.402.394.785.32
Net Income-$60.41M$178.36M$120.23M$989.88M
7 Day Performance0.14%-1.94%-1.92%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-4.47%-20.01%11.49%-3.68%
1 Year Performance49.42%23.64%30.57%12.14%

Pediatrix Medical Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MD
Pediatrix Medical Group
3.2291 of 5 stars
$14.09
-1.1%
$16.42
+16.5%
+57.3%$1.21B$2.01B-4.605,170Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
AMED
Amedisys
3.9465 of 5 stars
$85.92
+0.3%
$100.67
+17.2%
-11.1%$2.81B$2.32B33.9719,000Positive News
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.7616 of 5 stars
$25.67
-5.0%
$48.33
+88.3%
-67.5%$977.36M$3.07B19.583,585
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.1144 of 5 stars
$17.97
-0.5%
$18.54
+3.2%
-18.6%$591.52M$1.45B-359.4010,831
LH
Laboratory Co. of America
4.9653 of 5 stars
$231.01
-0.4%
$257.67
+11.5%
+3.8%$19.32B$12.71B44.8867,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
DGX
Quest Diagnostics
4.9424 of 5 stars
$154.32
-0.4%
$168.92
+9.5%
+13.6%$17.22B$9.54B20.8348,000Analyst Upgrade
DVA
DaVita
4.2664 of 5 stars
$152.43
-0.2%
$161.80
+6.1%
+46.2%$12.50B$12.14B16.4870,000
CHE
Chemed
4.9269 of 5 stars
$544.08
-0.5%
$641.50
+17.9%
-10.1%$8.19B$2.38B27.6415,087Positive News
CRVL
CorVel
1.1283 of 5 stars
$361.80
+2.8%
N/A+43.9%$6.20B$845.64M74.734,870Stock Split
Positive News
Gap Down
RCM
R1 RCM
1.1634 of 5 stars
$14.31
+0.1%
$15.73
+9.9%
+42.0%$6.04B$2.25B-95.3930,000High Trading Volume
SEM
Select Medical
4.9682 of 5 stars
$19.91
+2.2%
$45.67
+129.4%
-19.7%$2.58B$6.66B9.1054,600Positive News

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