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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Does the media refer more to USPH or ACHC?

In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 3 more articles in the media than U.S. Physical Therapy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 4 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.91 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Acadia Healthcare	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer USPH or ACHC?

U.S. Physical Therapy presently has a consensus target price of $109.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.75%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $47.94, indicating a potential upside of 110.55%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Acadia Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, USPH or ACHC?

Acadia Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Physical Therapy. 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	$671.34M	1.68	$31.42M	$2.18	34.07
Acadia Healthcare	$3.15B	0.67	$255.61M	$2.03	11.22

Is USPH or ACHC more profitable?

Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 5.94% compared to U.S. Physical Therapy's net margin of 4.57%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 8.72% beat U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. Physical Therapy	4.57%	7.89%	3.51%
Acadia Healthcare	5.94%	8.72%	4.46%

Which has more volatility and risk, USPH or ACHC?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats U.S. Physical Therapy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.