AMED vs. DVA, CHE, CRVL, MD, AMN, CCRN, LH, DGX, EHC, and ELAN
Should you be buying Amedisys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amedisys include DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), CorVel (CRVL), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Labcorp (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), Encompass Health (EHC), and Elanco Animal Health (ELAN).
Amedisys vs. Its Competitors
DaVita (NYSE:DVA) and Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
DaVita currently has a consensus price target of $164.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.74%. Amedisys has a consensus price target of $100.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.15%. Given DaVita's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe DaVita is more favorable than Amedisys.
DaVita has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amedisys has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DaVita has higher revenue and earnings than Amedisys. DaVita is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amedisys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DaVita has a net margin of 6.63% compared to Amedisys' net margin of 3.79%. DaVita's return on equity of 176.11% beat Amedisys' return on equity.
In the previous week, DaVita had 1 more articles in the media than Amedisys. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DaVita and 2 mentions for Amedisys. DaVita's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Amedisys' score of -0.64 indicating that DaVita is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.1% of DaVita shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Amedisys shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of DaVita shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Amedisys shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
DaVita beats Amedisys on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AMED) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
