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AVAH vs. SHC, SGRY, PRVA, CON, WGS, VCYT, ADUS, PACS, ARDT, and LFST

Should you be buying Aveanna Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aveanna Healthcare include Sotera Health (SHC), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), GeneDx (WGS), Veracyte (VCYT), Addus HomeCare (ADUS), PACS Group (PACS), Ardent Health (ARDT), and LifeStance Health Group (LFST). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

Aveanna Healthcare vs. Its Competitors

Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) and Aveanna Healthcare (NASDAQ:AVAH) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Sotera Health has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aveanna Healthcare has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sotera Health presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.59%. Aveanna Healthcare has a consensus price target of $5.20, indicating a potential upside of 28.08%. Given Sotera Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sotera Health is more favorable than Aveanna Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sotera Health
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Aveanna Healthcare
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Sotera Health has a net margin of 2.24% compared to Aveanna Healthcare's net margin of 0.26%. Sotera Health's return on equity of 41.08% beat Aveanna Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sotera Health2.24% 41.08% 5.68%
Aveanna Healthcare 0.26%-15.16%1.14%

91.0% of Sotera Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Aveanna Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of Sotera Health 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Sotera Health has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aveanna Healthcare. Sotera Health 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 Ratio
Sotera Health$1.10B3.04$44.34M$0.08147.50
Aveanna Healthcare$2.02B0.39-$10.93M$0.02203.00

In the previous week, Aveanna Healthcare had 2 more articles in the media than Sotera Health. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Aveanna Healthcare and 2 mentions for Sotera Health. Sotera Health's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Aveanna Healthcare's score of 0.70 indicating that Sotera Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sotera Health
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aveanna Healthcare
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Sotera Health beats Aveanna Healthcare on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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AVAH vs. The Competition

MetricAveanna HealthcareMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$792.08M$4.95B$5.56B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A1.33%5.06%4.01%
P/E Ratio203.0035.5828.2620.26
Price / Sales0.3990.49437.10166.10
Price / Cash24.7622.9337.1257.67
Price / Book-6.344.328.045.49
Net Income-$10.93M$189.47M$3.19B$250.45M
7 Day Performance-12.22%-3.28%3.62%4.79%
1 Month Performance-17.31%-5.38%5.98%9.59%
1 Year Performance27.27%-1.25%29.39%16.41%

Aveanna Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVAH
Aveanna Healthcare
2.1763 of 5 stars
$4.06
-4.0%
$5.20
+28.1%
+27.3%$792.08M$2.02B203.0033,500
SHC
Sotera Health
3.1603 of 5 stars
$11.40
-2.9%
$16.00
+40.4%
-4.5%$3.33B$1.10B142.523,000
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.4768 of 5 stars
$22.03
-0.5%
$33.56
+52.3%
-18.0%$2.84B$3.11B-14.4015,000
PRVA
Privia Health Group
4.5032 of 5 stars
$21.35
-3.4%
$27.77
+30.1%
+14.2%$2.70B$1.74B177.931,140News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
2.9071 of 5 stars
$20.33
-1.1%
$28.50
+40.2%
N/A$2.64B$1.90B15.1711,250News Coverage
WGS
GeneDx
3.8452 of 5 stars
$85.74
-6.4%
$90.13
+5.1%
+151.7%$2.61B$330.14M-60.811,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VCYT
Veracyte
3.5949 of 5 stars
$26.34
-4.3%
$40.90
+55.3%
+19.0%$2.15B$445.76M64.25790
ADUS
Addus HomeCare
4.9782 of 5 stars
$110.62
-1.1%
$142.57
+28.9%
-8.3%$2.06B$1.15B24.9749,703Positive News
PACS
PACS Group
2.8073 of 5 stars
$12.51
-4.8%
$34.29
+174.1%
-59.2%$2.00B$3.11B0.0032,433
ARDT
Ardent Health
3.3506 of 5 stars
$13.34
-0.4%
$20.67
+54.9%
N/A$1.92B$5.97B8.1824,900News Coverage
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LFST
LifeStance Health Group
3.0932 of 5 stars
$4.68
-2.3%
$8.50
+81.6%
-15.4%$1.86B$1.25B-46.8010,218News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:AVAH) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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