ADUS vs. OPCH, GH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, PRVA, SGRY, CON, VCYT, and LFST
Should you be buying Addus HomeCare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Addus HomeCare include Option Care Health (OPCH), Guardant Health (GH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Veracyte (VCYT), and LifeStance Health Group (LFST). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.
Addus HomeCare vs.
Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ:ADUS) and Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
95.3% of Addus HomeCare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Option Care Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Addus HomeCare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Option Care Health has higher revenue and earnings than Addus HomeCare. Addus HomeCare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Option Care Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Addus HomeCare had 2 more articles in the media than Option Care Health. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Addus HomeCare and 12 mentions for Option Care Health. Option Care Health's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Addus HomeCare's score of 0.91 indicating that Option Care Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Addus HomeCare has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Option Care Health has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Addus HomeCare received 268 more outperform votes than Option Care Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.02% of users gave Addus HomeCare an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave Option Care Health an outperform vote.
Addus HomeCare has a net margin of 6.50% compared to Option Care Health's net margin of 4.37%. Option Care Health's return on equity of 15.30% beat Addus HomeCare's return on equity.
Addus HomeCare presently has a consensus price target of $142.57, indicating a potential upside of 29.43%. Option Care Health has a consensus price target of $35.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.53%. Given Addus HomeCare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Addus HomeCare is more favorable than Option Care Health.
Summary
Addus HomeCare beats Option Care Health on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ADUS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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