AdaptHealth (AHCO) Competitors

Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) and AdaptHealth (NASDAQ:AHCO) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend OPCH or AHCO?

Option Care Health presently has a consensus price target of $35.75, suggesting a potential upside of 24.39%. AdaptHealth has a consensus price target of $13.40, suggesting a potential upside of 39.44%. Given AdaptHealth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AdaptHealth is more favorable than Option Care Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Option Care Health	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
AdaptHealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, OPCH or AHCO?

Option Care Health has higher revenue and earnings than AdaptHealth. AdaptHealth 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Option Care Health	$5.37B	0.87	$211.82M	$1.25	22.99
AdaptHealth	$3.26B	0.40	$90.42M	$0.54	17.80

Does the media prefer OPCH or AHCO?

In the previous week, Option Care Health had 16 more articles in the media than AdaptHealth. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Option Care Health and 3 mentions for AdaptHealth. AdaptHealth's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Option Care Health's score of 1.70 indicating that AdaptHealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Option Care Health	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
AdaptHealth	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, OPCH or AHCO?

Option Care Health has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdaptHealth has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OPCH or AHCO?

98.1% of Option Care Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of AdaptHealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of AdaptHealth shares are owned by 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.

Is OPCH or AHCO more profitable?

Option Care Health has a net margin of 3.93% compared to AdaptHealth's net margin of 2.49%. Option Care Health's return on equity of 17.53% beat AdaptHealth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Option Care Health	3.93%	17.53%	7.17%
AdaptHealth	2.49%	5.01%	1.77%

Summary

Option Care Health beats AdaptHealth on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.