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$118.31 +1.18 (+1.01%)
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ADUS vs. GH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, OPCH, WGS, HTFL, PRVA, VCYT, and SGRY

Should you be buying Addus HomeCare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Addus HomeCare include Guardant Health (GH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Option Care Health (OPCH), GeneDx (WGS), Heartflow (HTFL), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Veracyte (VCYT), and Surgery Partners (SGRY). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

Addus HomeCare vs. Its Competitors

Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ:ADUS) and Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Addus HomeCare presently has a consensus target price of $137.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.22%. Guardant Health has a consensus target price of $65.86, suggesting a potential upside of 0.61%. Given Addus HomeCare's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Addus HomeCare is more favorable than Guardant Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Addus HomeCare
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Guardant Health
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

Addus HomeCare has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -49.93%. Addus HomeCare's return on equity of 9.39% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Addus HomeCare6.51% 9.39% 6.86%
Guardant Health -49.93%N/A -28.95%

Addus HomeCare has higher revenue and earnings than Guardant Health. Guardant Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Addus HomeCare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Addus HomeCare$1.27B1.71$73.60M$4.5326.12
Guardant Health$828.85M9.85-$436.37M-$3.35-19.54

Addus HomeCare has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardant Health has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

95.3% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Guardant Health had 5 more articles in the media than Addus HomeCare. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Guardant Health and 2 mentions for Addus HomeCare. Addus HomeCare's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Guardant Health's score of 0.65 indicating that Addus HomeCare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Addus HomeCare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Guardant Health
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Addus HomeCare beats Guardant Health on 11 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

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ADUS vs. The Competition

MetricAddus HomeCareMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.18B$5.66B$6.20B$10.53B
Dividend YieldN/A1.25%5.70%4.82%
P/E Ratio26.1230.1685.7027.13
Price / Sales1.71258.41580.78177.79
Price / Cash21.9528.2637.1060.81
Price / Book2.214.7712.236.52
Net Income$73.60M$197.51M$3.33B$276.93M
7 Day Performance4.78%4.86%1.17%1.93%
1 Month Performance5.73%5.94%6.85%2.19%
1 Year Performance-10.24%28.02%58.93%34.62%

Addus HomeCare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADUS
Addus HomeCare
4.7653 of 5 stars
$118.31
+1.0%
$137.50
+16.2%
-10.2%$2.18B$1.27B26.1249,703Positive News
GH
Guardant Health
3.9132 of 5 stars
$63.38
+0.9%
$65.75
+3.7%
+206.2%$7.84B$739.02M-18.922,021
RDNT
RadNet
3.2667 of 5 stars
$78.29
+0.8%
$76.80
-1.9%
+12.9%$5.97B$1.83B-391.4311,021News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.8997 of 5 stars
$28.87
+1.8%
$29.13
+0.9%
+82.8%$5.02B$11.27B93.1335,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SHC
Sotera Health
2.5512 of 5 stars
$16.22
+1.7%
$17.20
+6.0%
+1.0%$4.53B$1.10B202.783,000
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.7795 of 5 stars
$27.33
-0.6%
$35.11
+28.5%
-12.2%$4.46B$5.00B21.868,088Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WGS
GeneDx
2.7489 of 5 stars
$120.19
+1.6%
$104.13
-13.4%
+101.4%$3.40B$305.45M2,403.801,200
HTFL
Heartflow
N/A$37.28
-1.0%
$36.60
-1.8%
N/A$3.14BN/A0.00699
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.1344 of 5 stars
$24.13
+0.2%
$28.58
+18.5%
+43.2%$2.96B$1.74B219.381,140
VCYT
Veracyte
3.9629 of 5 stars
$36.04
+0.1%
$40.90
+13.5%
+4.0%$2.83B$445.76M109.22790News Coverage
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.6563 of 5 stars
$20.39
-3.6%
$31.43
+54.1%
-37.6%$2.71B$3.24B-14.2615,000

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