U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH) Competitors

U.S. Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, USPH or ACHC?

U.S. Physical Therapy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Physical Therapy, 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
U.S. Physical Therapy	$604.80M	2.09	$28.24M	$0.94	89.26
Acadia Healthcare	$2.93B	1.26	-$21.67M	$3.05	13.00

Do analysts recommend USPH or ACHC?

U.S. Physical Therapy currently has a consensus target price of $114.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.86%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $70.22, indicating a potential upside of 77.11%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than U.S. Physical Therapy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U.S. Physical Therapy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Acadia Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is USPH or ACHC more profitable?

Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 8.99% compared to U.S. Physical Therapy's net margin of 3.54%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 11.12% beat U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. Physical Therapy	3.54%	8.11%	3.85%
Acadia Healthcare	8.99%	11.12%	5.77%

Which has more volatility and risk, USPH or ACHC?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer USPH or ACHC?

Acadia Healthcare received 309 more outperform votes than U.S. Physical Therapy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.04% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote while only 56.73% of users gave U.S. Physical Therapy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
U.S. Physical Therapy	Outperform Votes 257 56.73%	Underperform Votes 196 43.27%
Acadia Healthcare	Outperform Votes 566 66.04%	Underperform Votes 291 33.96%

Does the media refer more to USPH or ACHC?

In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 6 more articles in the media than U.S. Physical Therapy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 4 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.44 indicating that U.S. Physical Therapy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
U.S. Physical Therapy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Acadia Healthcare	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats U.S. Physical Therapy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.