Acadia Healthcare (ACHC) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SEM or ACHC?

89.5% of Select Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Select Medical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Acadia Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SEM or ACHC?

Select Medical has higher revenue and earnings than Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Medical, 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
Select Medical	$5.22B	0.37	$243.49M	$1.34	11.28
Acadia Healthcare	$3.16B	0.66	-$21.67M	$2.03	11.22

Do analysts prefer SEM or ACHC?

Select Medical presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 71.97%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 110.56%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Select Medical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Acadia Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk and volatility, SEM or ACHC?

Select Medical has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SEM or ACHC?

In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 5 more articles in the media than Select Medical. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 1 mentions for Select Medical. Select Medical's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.60 indicating that Select Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Select Medical	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Acadia Healthcare	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SEM or ACHC more profitable?

Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 8.99% compared to Select Medical's net margin of 3.23%. Select Medical's return on equity of 14.04% beat Acadia Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Medical	3.23%	14.04%	3.32%
Acadia Healthcare	8.99%	11.12%	5.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SEM or ACHC?

Acadia Healthcare received 228 more outperform votes than Select Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.78% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 343 58.23%	Underperform Votes 246 41.77%
Acadia Healthcare	Outperform Votes 571 65.78%	Underperform Votes 297 34.22%

Summary

Select Medical and Acadia Healthcare tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.