OPCH vs. LHCG, CHE, AMED, BTSG, ADUS, AHCO, AVAH, EHAB, WAT, and MOH
Should you be buying Option Care Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Option Care Health include LHC Group (LHCG), Chemed (CHE), Amedisys (AMED), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Addus HomeCare (ADUS), AdaptHealth (AHCO), Aveanna Healthcare (AVAH), Enhabit (EHAB), Waters (WAT), and Molina Healthcare (MOH). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
LHC Group (NASDAQ:LHCG) and Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
83.5% of LHC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Option Care Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of LHC Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Option Care Health has higher revenue and earnings than LHC Group. Option Care Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LHC Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LHC Group received 336 more outperform votes than Option Care Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.13% of users gave LHC Group an outperform vote while only 58.97% of users gave Option Care Health an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Option Care Health had 7 more articles in the media than LHC Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Option Care Health and 0 mentions for LHC Group. LHC Group's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Option Care Health's score of 0.22 indicating that Option Care Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LHC Group has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Option Care Health has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Option Care Health has a net margin of 6.15% compared to Option Care Health's net margin of 2.73%. LHC Group's return on equity of 18.92% beat Option Care Health's return on equity.
Option Care Health has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.45%. Given LHC Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Option Care Health is more favorable than LHC Group.
Summary
Option Care Health beats LHC Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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