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