ACHC vs. ENSG, SEM, BKD, USPH, WOOF, CYH, HCA, ALC, THC, and UHS
Should you be buying Acadia Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acadia Healthcare include The Ensign Group (ENSG), 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 Universal Health Services (UHS). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.
Acadia Healthcare vs.
The Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
The Ensign Group has higher revenue and earnings than Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Ensign Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Ensign Group currently has a consensus price target of $163.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.94%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus price target of $47.94, indicating a potential upside of 103.93%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than The Ensign Group.
In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 4 more articles in the media than The Ensign Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 23 mentions for The Ensign Group. The Ensign Group's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.59 indicating that The Ensign Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 8.99% compared to The Ensign Group's net margin of 6.99%. The Ensign Group's return on equity of 17.07% beat Acadia Healthcare's return on equity.
96.1% of The Ensign Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of The Ensign Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Acadia Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Ensign Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Acadia Healthcare received 210 more outperform votes than The Ensign Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.24% of users gave The Ensign Group an outperform vote while only 65.94% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote.
Summary
The Ensign Group beats Acadia Healthcare on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ACHC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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