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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 medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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$3.15B0.62$255.61M$2.0310.53
Integer$1.72B2.18$119.90M$2.2747.13

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

Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $47.94, indicating a potential upside of 124.35%. Integer has a consensus target price of $140.25, indicating a potential upside of 31.10%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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 4.61%. Integer's return on equity of 12.27% beat Acadia Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acadia Healthcare5.94% 8.72% 4.46%
Integer 4.61%12.27%6.23%

99.3% of Integer shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Acadia Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Integer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 5 more articles in the media than Integer. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 5 mentions for Integer. Integer's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.66 indicating that Integer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$1.94B$19.39B$5.51B$9.35B
Dividend YieldN/A0.50%4.74%4.15%
P/E Ratio10.5325.0629.1424.41
Price / Sales0.621.31435.00101.03
Price / Cash4.289.2324.4827.20
Price / Book0.6535.018.525.77
Net Income$255.61M$1.65B$3.24B$264.99M
7 Day Performance-4.00%1.22%0.65%-0.68%
1 Month Performance-10.59%-10.12%7.97%7.08%
1 Year Performance-69.91%-24.83%30.98%23.80%

Acadia Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.2728 of 5 stars
$21.37
+1.3%
$47.94
+124.4%
-70.5%$1.94B$3.15B10.5325,500News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
ITGR
Integer
3.4239 of 5 stars
$108.02
-0.5%
$140.25
+29.8%
-4.3%$3.77B$1.79B47.5911,000Positive News
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$14.15
-0.8%
$26.00
+83.7%
-65.0%$1.82B$5.19B10.5644,100News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.6998 of 5 stars
$7.48
-0.4%
$7.70
+2.9%
+3.5%$1.75B$3.13B-7.1936,000Upcoming Earnings
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.5466 of 5 stars
$75.30
+1.4%
$109.00
+44.8%
-25.7%$1.14B$699.46M34.547,028Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.0617 of 5 stars
$3.41
+1.5%
$3.75
+9.9%
+1.4%$1.07B$6.12B-14.2129,000
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.3312 of 5 stars
$2.59
-6.5%
$3.74
+44.5%
-50.0%$363.39M$12.65B-1.7460,000
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.7306 of 5 stars
$340.31
+1.8%
$396.46
+16.5%
+1.9%$81.87B$70.60B14.30316,000Analyst Forecast
ALC
Alcon
2.6872 of 5 stars
$90.11
-1.9%
$106.13
+17.8%
-5.0%$44.45B$9.91B40.0525,599
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.9645 of 5 stars
$156.51
+2.3%
$190.00
+21.4%
+13.6%$14.54B$20.67B10.0298,000Analyst Forecast
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8778 of 5 stars
$107.10
-0.5%
$131.50
+22.8%
+18.1%$10.80B$5.37B22.1340,000News Coverage
Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:ACHC) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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