National HealthCare (NHC) Competitors

Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) and National HealthCare (NYSE:NHC) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Is OPCH or NHC more profitable?

National HealthCare has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Option Care Health's net margin of 4.37%. Option Care Health's return on equity of 15.30% beat National HealthCare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Option Care Health	4.37%	15.30%	6.57%
National HealthCare	10.03%	6.87%	4.68%

Which has more risk and volatility, OPCH or NHC?

Option Care Health has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National HealthCare has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, OPCH or NHC?

Option Care Health has higher revenue and earnings than National HealthCare. National HealthCare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Option Care Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Option Care Health	$5.00B	1.05	$267.09M	$1.22	26.30
National HealthCare	$1.30B	1.10	$66.80M	$6.54	14.09

Do analysts rate OPCH or NHC?

Option Care Health currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.85%. Given Option Care Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Option Care Health is more favorable than National HealthCare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Option Care Health	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
National HealthCare	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OPCH or NHC?

98.1% of Option Care Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of National HealthCare shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of National HealthCare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OPCH or NHC?

Option Care Health received 57 more outperform votes than National HealthCare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave National HealthCare an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Option Care Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Option Care Health	Outperform Votes 60 62.50%	Underperform Votes 36 37.50%
National HealthCare	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media prefer OPCH or NHC?

In the previous week, Option Care Health had 3 more articles in the media than National HealthCare. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Option Care Health and 6 mentions for National HealthCare. Option Care Health's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat National HealthCare's score of 1.20 indicating that Option Care Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Option Care Health	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
National HealthCare	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Option Care Health beats National HealthCare on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.