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ACHC vs. ITGR, SEM, BKD, USPH, WOOF, CYH, HCA, ALC, THC, and EHC

Should you be buying Acadia Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acadia Healthcare include Integer (ITGR), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Community Health Systems (CYH), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), and Encompass Health (EHC).

Acadia Healthcare vs. Its Competitors

Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) and Integer (NYSE:ITGR) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and valuation.

Acadia Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Integer. Acadia Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Integer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.70$255.61M$2.0311.77
Integer$1.72B2.46$119.90M$2.1157.35

In the previous week, Integer had 1 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Integer and 3 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Integer's score of 0.07 indicating that Acadia Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Acadia Healthcare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Integer
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integer has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $47.94, indicating a potential upside of 100.60%. Integer has a consensus target price of $145.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.83%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Integer.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acadia Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Integer
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 5.94% compared to Integer's net margin of 4.38%. Integer's return on equity of 11.95% beat Acadia Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acadia Healthcare5.94% 8.72% 4.46%
Integer 4.38%11.95%6.04%

99.3% of Integer shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Acadia Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Integer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Integer beats Acadia Healthcare on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ACHC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ACHC vs. The Competition

MetricAcadia HealthcareMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.20B$20.77B$5.49B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A0.46%5.38%4.09%
P/E Ratio11.7726.4027.4720.28
Price / Sales0.701.37408.30121.41
Price / Cash4.719.7536.6357.47
Price / Book0.7236.028.095.67
Net Income$255.61M$1.65B$3.17B$248.96M
7 Day Performance9.13%2.18%2.82%3.30%
1 Month Performance5.75%-0.56%3.69%5.20%
1 Year Performance-64.19%-6.34%35.42%21.37%

Acadia Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.8651 of 5 stars
$23.90
+3.1%
$47.94
+100.6%
-64.2%$2.20B$3.15B11.7723,000
ITGR
Integer
3.615 of 5 stars
$122.92
+0.3%
$145.00
+18.0%
+5.2%$4.29B$1.75B58.2611,000
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$15.19
-0.5%
$26.00
+71.2%
-57.8%$1.95B$5.19B11.3444,100
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
3.7073 of 5 stars
$6.95
+0.7%
$7.70
+10.8%
-7.1%$1.63B$3.13B-6.6836,000
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.6668 of 5 stars
$78.31
-0.9%
$109.00
+39.2%
-11.6%$1.19B$699.46M35.927,028Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
2.2549 of 5 stars
$2.83
flat
$3.75
+32.4%
-4.1%$891.82M$6.12B-11.7929,000
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.6198 of 5 stars
$3.41
+0.6%
$4.17
+22.2%
-1.6%$478.46M$12.63B-0.9360,000
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.8238 of 5 stars
$383.21
+1.0%
$395.71
+3.3%
+14.3%$92.19B$70.60B17.04294,000
ALC
Alcon
1.8709 of 5 stars
$88.30
+0.6%
$106.13
+20.2%
-0.5%$43.55B$9.91B39.2425,200
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.6298 of 5 stars
$176.12
+1.4%
$183.94
+4.4%
+26.1%$16.36B$20.67B11.6598,000
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8456 of 5 stars
$122.60
+0.3%
$127.00
+3.6%
+38.3%$12.36B$5.37B25.3340,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend

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This page (NASDAQ:ACHC) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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