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ACHC vs. ITGR, BKD, SEM, 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), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Select Medical (SEM), 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

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

99.3% of Integer shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Integer shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Acadia Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
Integer$1.72B2.22$119.90M$2.2748.01
Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.65$255.61M$1.5114.68

Integer currently has a consensus price target of $140.25, suggesting a potential upside of 28.69%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus price target of $40.77, suggesting a potential upside of 83.91%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Integer.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Integer
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Acadia Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

Integer has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 6 more articles in the media than Integer. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 11 mentions for Integer. Integer's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.27 indicating that Integer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Integer has a net margin of 4.61% compared to Acadia Healthcare's net margin of 4.31%. Integer's return on equity of 12.27% beat Acadia Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Integer4.61% 12.27% 6.23%
Acadia Healthcare 4.31%8.34%4.20%

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

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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$2.07B$21.44B$5.82B$9.75B
Dividend YieldN/A0.44%4.40%4.08%
P/E Ratio14.6827.2521.8824.48
Price / Sales0.651.38469.71120.82
Price / Cash4.559.9925.7828.79
Price / Book0.6738.809.425.99
Net Income$255.61M$1.65B$3.27B$265.29M
7 Day Performance4.92%4.47%2.05%2.53%
1 Month Performance-0.36%9.62%3.58%0.92%
1 Year Performance-72.26%-26.03%30.09%18.70%

Acadia Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.7315 of 5 stars
$22.17
-1.2%
$40.77
+83.9%
-71.9%$2.07B$3.15B14.6825,500
ITGR
Integer
3.9217 of 5 stars
$105.61
-1.1%
$140.25
+32.8%
-12.7%$3.70B$1.72B46.5211,000Positive News
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
3.1975 of 5 stars
$7.34
+0.3%
$7.80
+6.3%
+7.9%$1.72B$3.13B-6.9936,000Positive News
SEM
Select Medical
4.9962 of 5 stars
$12.92
+1.6%
$24.60
+90.4%
-62.3%$1.60B$5.19B12.1944,100
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.5032 of 5 stars
$84.53
-1.5%
$110.25
+30.4%
+3.2%$1.28B$671.34M36.917,028News Coverage
Positive News
Ex-Dividend
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
2.8693 of 5 stars
$3.47
+3.9%
$3.75
+8.0%
+15.7%$1.09B$6.08B-14.4629,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.3068 of 5 stars
$2.66
-2.6%
$3.58
+34.4%
-45.6%$372.72M$12.63B-1.7960,000Gap Down
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.682 of 5 stars
$393.86
-0.5%
$398.58
+1.2%
+4.1%$92.16B$72.70B16.56316,000Positive News
ALC
Alcon
2.7832 of 5 stars
$88.32
+0.7%
$104.25
+18.0%
-14.6%$43.56B$9.91B39.2525,599Earnings Report
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.7384 of 5 stars
$171.35
-0.4%
$191.88
+12.0%
+9.1%$15.14B$20.67B10.9798,000Positive News
Insider Trade
EHC
Encompass Health
4.4599 of 5 stars
$120.26
-0.1%
$134.00
+11.4%
+34.2%$12.11B$5.37B23.5340,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ACHC) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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