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$20.42 +0.07 (+0.34%)
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CSTL vs. ADUS, VCYT, PACS, WGS, LFST, ARDT, PGNY, NHC, GRAL, and TDOC

Should you be buying Castle Biosciences stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Castle Biosciences include Addus HomeCare (ADUS), Veracyte (VCYT), PACS Group (PACS), GeneDx (WGS), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), Ardent Health (ARDT), Progyny (PGNY), National HealthCare (NHC), GRAIL (GRAL), and Teladoc Health (TDOC). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

Castle Biosciences vs. Its Competitors

Castle Biosciences (NASDAQ:CSTL) and Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ:ADUS) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

92.6% of Castle Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Addus HomeCare shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Castle Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Addus HomeCare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Castle Biosciences$332.07M1.78$18.25M-$0.19-107.47
Addus HomeCare$1.15B1.84$73.60M$4.4326.00

Castle Biosciences currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 81.19%. Addus HomeCare has a consensus target price of $142.57, suggesting a potential upside of 23.77%. Given Castle Biosciences' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Castle Biosciences is more favorable than Addus HomeCare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Castle Biosciences
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Addus HomeCare
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Addus HomeCare has a net margin of 6.52% compared to Castle Biosciences' net margin of -1.46%. Addus HomeCare's return on equity of 9.23% beat Castle Biosciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Castle Biosciences-1.46% 3.41% 2.95%
Addus HomeCare 6.52%9.23%6.96%

Castle Biosciences has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Addus HomeCare has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Addus HomeCare had 7 more articles in the media than Castle Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Addus HomeCare and 2 mentions for Castle Biosciences. Castle Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Addus HomeCare's score of 0.42 indicating that Castle Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Castle Biosciences
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Addus HomeCare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Addus HomeCare beats Castle Biosciences on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CSTL vs. The Competition

MetricCastle BiosciencesMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$587.55M$2.84B$5.45B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A2.70%5.36%4.14%
P/E Ratio-107.4721.0226.3419.65
Price / Sales1.78260.80406.69110.21
Price / Cash20.6841.2925.8827.49
Price / Book1.257.247.925.42
Net Income$18.25M-$55.05M$3.15B$248.34M
7 Day Performance8.33%1.83%2.20%2.41%
1 Month Performance27.86%6.06%4.39%4.80%
1 Year Performance-6.20%0.66%32.26%17.50%

Castle Biosciences Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSTL
Castle Biosciences
2.6728 of 5 stars
$20.42
+0.3%
$37.00
+81.2%
-6.5%$587.55M$332.07M-107.47540
ADUS
Addus HomeCare
4.7402 of 5 stars
$113.01
-0.7%
$142.57
+26.2%
-0.9%$2.09B$1.15B25.5149,703Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
VCYT
Veracyte
3.4626 of 5 stars
$26.71
+1.2%
$40.90
+53.1%
+26.3%$2.07B$445.76M65.15790Analyst Downgrade
PACS
PACS Group
2.7325 of 5 stars
$12.77
-3.1%
$34.29
+168.5%
-55.9%$2.01B$3.11B0.0032,433
WGS
GeneDx
1.9027 of 5 stars
$79.71
+19.0%
$86.75
+8.8%
+248.5%$1.91B$305.45M73.631,200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
2.4056 of 5 stars
$4.96
+2.7%
$8.50
+71.4%
+4.9%$1.88B$1.25B0.0010,218
ARDT
Ardent Health
3.4051 of 5 stars
$12.94
-0.8%
$20.67
+59.7%
N/A$1.87B$5.97B7.9524,900
PGNY
Progyny
1.0604 of 5 stars
$20.79
-0.9%
$23.45
+12.8%
-23.4%$1.80B$1.17B39.58310
NHC
National HealthCare
N/A$106.43
+1.5%
N/A-0.2%$1.65B$1.37B13.3412,400
GRAL
GRAIL
0.6711 of 5 stars
$43.07
-5.6%
$31.50
-26.9%
N/A$1.64B$125.60M0.001,360Gap Down
TDOC
Teladoc Health
2.0875 of 5 stars
$7.90
+14.5%
$9.60
+21.5%
-13.8%$1.21B$2.57B-1.335,500Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:CSTL) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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