Aveanna Healthcare (AVAH) Competitors $5.08 -0.17 (-3.24%) As of 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock AVAH vs. BTSG, SHC, SGRY, PRVA, CON, LFST, VCYT, ADUS, WGS, and ARDTShould you be buying Aveanna Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aveanna Healthcare include BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), Veracyte (VCYT), Addus HomeCare (ADUS), GeneDx (WGS), and Ardent Health Partners (ARDT). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry. Aveanna Healthcare vs. Its Competitors BrightSpring Health Services Sotera Health Surgery Partners Privia Health Group Concentra Group Holdings Parent LifeStance Health Group Veracyte Addus HomeCare GeneDx Ardent Health Partners BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) and Aveanna Healthcare (NASDAQ:AVAH) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends. Is BTSG or AVAH more profitable? BrightSpring Health Services has a net margin of -0.38% compared to Aveanna Healthcare's net margin of -3.32%. BrightSpring Health Services' return on equity of 4.16% beat Aveanna Healthcare's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BrightSpring Health Services-0.38% 4.16% 0.99% Aveanna Healthcare -3.32%N/A -0.89% Does the media prefer BTSG or AVAH? In the previous week, Aveanna Healthcare had 9 more articles in the media than BrightSpring Health Services. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Aveanna Healthcare and 9 mentions for BrightSpring Health Services. Aveanna Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat BrightSpring Health Services' score of 0.67 indicating that Aveanna Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment BrightSpring Health Services 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Aveanna Healthcare 11 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts prefer BTSG or AVAH? BrightSpring Health Services presently has a consensus target price of $23.56, indicating a potential upside of 9.05%. Aveanna Healthcare has a consensus target price of $5.13, indicating a potential upside of 0.89%. Given BrightSpring Health Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BrightSpring Health Services is more favorable than Aveanna Healthcare.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score BrightSpring Health Services 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.90Aveanna Healthcare 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has more risk & volatility, BTSG or AVAH? BrightSpring Health Services has a beta of 2.58, suggesting that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aveanna Healthcare has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BTSG or AVAH? BrightSpring Health Services received 3 more outperform votes than Aveanna Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.50% of users gave BrightSpring Health Services an outperform vote while only 36.23% of users gave Aveanna Healthcare an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBrightSpring Health ServicesOutperform Votes2887.50% Underperform Votes412.50%Aveanna HealthcareOutperform Votes2536.23% Underperform Votes4463.77% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BTSG or AVAH? Aveanna Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BrightSpring Health Services. BrightSpring Health Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aveanna Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBrightSpring Health Services$11.86B0.32-$154.60M$0.2877.14Aveanna Healthcare$2.09B0.47-$134.52M$0.02254.00 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BTSG or AVAH? 88.0% of Aveanna Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of BrightSpring Health Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Aveanna Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryBrightSpring Health Services beats Aveanna Healthcare on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Aveanna Healthcare News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AVAH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AVAH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AVAH vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAveanna HealthcareHome health care services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$991.08M$3.14B$5.61B$8.62BDividend YieldN/A0.36%5.28%4.17%P/E Ratio-14.9423.9327.1419.96Price / Sales0.471.13411.83157.63Price / Cash7.3417.2938.2534.64Price / Book-7.473.557.064.69Net Income-$134.52M-$57.02M$3.23B$248.14M7 Day Performance-7.80%-2.69%2.67%2.39%1 Month Performance-12.11%-2.53%8.82%6.05%1 Year Performance100.00%25.02%31.44%13.60% Aveanna Healthcare Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AVAHAveanna Healthcare0.9927 of 5 stars$5.08-3.2%$5.13+0.9%+109.2%$991.08M$2.09B-14.9433,000Trending NewsInsider TradeBTSGBrightSpring Health Services0.7695 of 5 stars$23.86-1.0%$23.56-1.3%+101.9%$4.20B$11.86B-91.7735,000SHCSotera Health3.591 of 5 stars$12.36+0.5%$15.80+27.8%-0.6%$3.51B$1.11B49.443,000High Trading VolumeSGRYSurgery Partners2.806 of 5 stars$23.36+0.7%$33.56+43.6%-6.9%$2.99B$3.17B-48.6712,200Positive NewsPRVAPrivia Health Group3.6895 of 5 stars$23.24+0.2%$27.77+19.5%+37.5%$2.83B$1.80B232.42810CONConcentra Group Holdings ParentN/A$22.09+0.3%$28.50+29.0%N/A$2.81B$1.93B16.4911,000Positive NewsLFSTLifeStance Health Group2.6202 of 5 stars$5.88+0.7%$8.50+44.6%+6.1%$2.27B$1.28B-22.626,640VCYTVeracyte4.0093 of 5 stars$27.85+1.4%$40.90+46.9%+31.2%$2.18B$463.39M-185.67790ADUSAddus HomeCare4.7802 of 5 stars$116.56+3.0%$142.57+22.3%-4.5%$2.14B$1.21B26.6733,200Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionWGSGeneDx3.7804 of 5 stars$72.42+0.5%$86.75+19.8%+160.1%$2.07B$330.14M-36.951,200Positive NewsARDTArdent Health Partners3.3123 of 5 stars$13.63-8.3%$20.67+51.6%N/A$1.95B$6.02B8.3624,200Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies BrightSpring Health Services Competitors Sotera Health Competitors Surgery Partners Competitors Privia Health Group Competitors Concentra Group Holdings Parent Competitors LifeStance Health Group Competitors Veracyte Competitors Addus HomeCare Competitors GeneDx Competitors Ardent Health Partners Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:AVAH) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[No Brainer Gold Play]: “Show me a better investment.”A Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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