Addus HomeCare - ADUS Competitors

Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ:ADUS) and AdaptHealth (NASDAQ:AHCO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ADUS or AHCO?

97.4% of Addus HomeCare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of AdaptHealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Addus HomeCare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of AdaptHealth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ADUS or AHCO?

Addus HomeCare presently has a consensus price target of $113.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.24%. AdaptHealth has a consensus price target of $25.33, suggesting a potential upside of 91.19%. Given AdaptHealth's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AdaptHealth is more favorable than Addus HomeCare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Addus HomeCare	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
AdaptHealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADUS or AHCO?

Addus HomeCare received 206 more outperform votes than AdaptHealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.51% of users gave Addus HomeCare an outperform vote while only 63.06% of users gave AdaptHealth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Addus HomeCare	Outperform Votes 276 66.51%	Underperform Votes 139 33.49%
AdaptHealth	Outperform Votes 70 63.06%	Underperform Votes 41 36.94%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ADUS or AHCO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Addus HomeCare	$951.12 million	1.77	$46.03 million	$2.85	36.63
AdaptHealth	$2.97 billion	0.60	$69.32 million	$0.26	50.96

Does the media favor ADUS or AHCO?

In the previous week, Addus HomeCare had 2 more articles in the media than AdaptHealth. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Addus HomeCare and 6 mentions for AdaptHealth. Addus HomeCare's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat AdaptHealth's score of 0.49 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AdaptHealth	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ADUS or AHCO more profitable?

Addus HomeCare has a net margin of 4.84% compared to AdaptHealth's net margin of 2.33%. Addus HomeCare's return on equity of 8.58% beat AdaptHealth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Addus HomeCare	4.84%	8.58%	5.44%
AdaptHealth	2.33%	3.34%	1.37%

Which has more volatility & risk, ADUS or AHCO?

Addus HomeCare has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdaptHealth has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Addus HomeCare beats AdaptHealth on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.