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LifeStance Health Group (LFST) Competitors

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$5.83 -0.01 (-0.17%)
As of 05/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

LFST vs. OPCH, GH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, PRVA, SGRY, CON, VCYT, and ARDT

Should you be buying LifeStance Health Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LifeStance Health Group include Option Care Health (OPCH), Guardant Health (GH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Veracyte (VCYT), and Ardent Health Partners (ARDT). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

LifeStance Health Group vs.

LifeStance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) and Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Option Care Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Option Care Health 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.

Option Care Health has a net margin of 4.37% compared to LifeStance Health Group's net margin of -7.90%. Option Care Health's return on equity of 15.30% beat LifeStance Health Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LifeStance Health Group-7.90% -6.66% -4.51%
Option Care Health 4.37%15.30%6.57%

Option Care Health has higher revenue and earnings than LifeStance Health Group. LifeStance Health Group 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LifeStance Health Group$1.28B1.77-$186.26M-$0.10-58.30
Option Care Health$5.19B1.04$267.09M$1.2426.67

In the previous week, Option Care Health had 3 more articles in the media than LifeStance Health Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Option Care Health and 4 mentions for LifeStance Health Group. Option Care Health's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat LifeStance Health Group's score of 0.88 indicating that Option Care Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LifeStance Health Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Option Care Health
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

LifeStance Health Group presently has a consensus target price of $8.30, indicating a potential upside of 42.37%. Option Care Health has a consensus target price of $35.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.35%. Given LifeStance Health Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LifeStance Health Group is more favorable than Option Care Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LifeStance Health Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Option Care Health
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Option Care Health received 49 more outperform votes than LifeStance Health Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.00% of users gave Option Care Health an outperform vote while only 32.61% of users gave LifeStance Health Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LifeStance Health GroupOutperform Votes
15
32.61%
Underperform Votes
31
67.39%
Option Care HealthOutperform Votes
64
64.00%
Underperform Votes
36
36.00%

LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Option Care Health has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Option Care Health beats LifeStance Health Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LFST vs. The Competition

MetricLifeStance Health GroupHealth services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.27B$851.11M$5.43B$8.48B
Dividend YieldN/A2.30%5.22%4.11%
P/E Ratio-22.4254.4226.8320.05
Price / Sales1.7710.17393.98117.08
Price / CashN/A26.1438.2534.62
Price / Book1.554.036.874.61
Net Income-$186.26M-$5.50M$3.22B$248.19M
7 Day Performance1.57%6.51%6.76%2.97%
1 Month Performance-5.36%57.81%13.66%16.58%
1 Year Performance-22.06%21.12%18.27%8.16%

LifeStance Health Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
2.5846 of 5 stars
$5.83
-0.2%
$8.30
+42.4%
-22.4%$2.27B$1.28B-22.426,640
OPCH
Option Care Health
3.521 of 5 stars
$31.86
+0.1%
$35.50
+11.4%
+13.8%$5.22B$5.19B26.775,600Positive News
GH
Guardant Health
4.6986 of 5 stars
$41.66
-0.1%
$52.32
+25.6%
+61.4%$5.16B$774.00M-11.701,790Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
3.4167 of 5 stars
$57.03
+2.3%
$69.75
+22.3%
+2.9%$4.28B$1.83B-814.608,970
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.6609 of 5 stars
$22.35
-2.1%
$22.89
+2.4%
+108.0%$3.89B$11.86B-85.9635,000Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SHC
Sotera Health
2.1925 of 5 stars
$13.50
+2.8%
$15.80
+17.0%
+15.6%$3.83B$1.11B54.003,000Gap Up
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.6782 of 5 stars
$25.06
+0.2%
$27.38
+9.3%
+52.4%$3.04B$1.80B250.63810
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.8131 of 5 stars
$23.26
+5.0%
$34.75
+49.4%
-8.9%$2.98B$3.11B-48.4612,200
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.66
+1.2%
$28.50
+31.6%
N/A$2.76B$1.90B16.1611,000Gap Up
VCYT
Veracyte
4.0275 of 5 stars
$30.76
+3.5%
$40.90
+33.0%
+29.2%$2.41B$445.76M-205.07790News Coverage
Positive News
ARDT
Ardent Health Partners
3.2578 of 5 stars
$14.85
+2.3%
$20.75
+39.7%
N/A$2.12B$6.02B9.1124,200News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:LFST) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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