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LifeStance Health Group (LFST) Competitors

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

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

LifeStance Health Group vs. Its Competitors

LifeStance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) and Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

LifeStance Health Group has higher revenue and earnings than Guardant Health. LifeStance Health Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guardant 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$1.25B1.45-$57.44M-$0.05-93.20
Guardant Health$739.02M9.30-$436.37M-$3.35-16.45

LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardant Health has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

LifeStance Health Group has a net margin of -1.23% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -49.93%. Guardant Health's return on equity of 0.00% beat LifeStance Health Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LifeStance Health Group-1.23% -1.11% -0.76%
Guardant Health -49.93%N/A -28.95%

LifeStance Health Group presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 82.40%. Guardant Health has a consensus price target of $57.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.36%. Given LifeStance Health Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe LifeStance Health Group is more favorable than Guardant Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LifeStance Health Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Guardant Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.06

In the previous week, LifeStance Health Group had 15 more articles in the media than Guardant Health. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for LifeStance Health Group and 7 mentions for Guardant Health. Guardant Health's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat LifeStance Health Group's score of 0.76 indicating that Guardant Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LifeStance Health Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Guardant Health
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

LifeStance Health Group and Guardant Health tied by winning 8 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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LFST vs. The Competition

MetricLifeStance Health GroupMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.78B$3.91B$5.49B$9.69B
Dividend YieldN/A1.27%4.64%4.14%
P/E Ratio-93.2026.3330.4025.31
Price / Sales1.45149.72444.45101.55
Price / Cash115.2524.7437.7258.50
Price / Book1.232.798.306.01
Net Income-$57.44M$189.47M$3.26B$265.10M
7 Day Performance19.49%13.24%1.53%1.39%
1 Month Performance3.33%11.50%3.73%2.43%
1 Year Performance-20.21%10.95%41.02%24.74%

LifeStance Health Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
3.0635 of 5 stars
$4.66
+2.0%
$8.50
+82.4%
-15.3%$1.78B$1.25B-93.2010,218Earnings Report
GH
Guardant Health
2.7137 of 5 stars
$54.80
+1.1%
$57.50
+4.9%
+80.8%$6.76B$739.02M-16.362,021
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.6626 of 5 stars
$27.85
-1.2%
$35.75
+28.4%
-6.5%$4.58B$5.00B22.288,088
RDNT
RadNet
3.1451 of 5 stars
$62.00
+16.2%
$69.60
+12.3%
+3.2%$4.00B$1.83B-144.1811,021Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
SHC
Sotera Health
1.1221 of 5 stars
$14.06
+0.6%
$16.00
+13.8%
+4.0%$3.97B$1.10B175.773,000Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.0625 of 5 stars
$20.66
-0.6%
$25.67
+24.2%
+86.9%$3.68B$11.27B66.6535,000
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.8356 of 5 stars
$22.74
-3.8%
$33.00
+45.1%
-21.0%$3.03B$3.11B-15.9015,000
WGS
GeneDx
2.6695 of 5 stars
$110.54
+5.1%
$101.63
-8.1%
+247.7%$3.02B$305.45M2,210.801,200
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
2.8989 of 5 stars
$21.47
-0.7%
$28.50
+32.7%
-1.1%$2.77B$1.90B18.0411,250Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.6099 of 5 stars
$20.31
-1.3%
$28.00
+37.9%
+7.3%$2.53B$1.74B184.651,140News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
VCYT
Veracyte
2.6537 of 5 stars
$27.99
+2.3%
$40.90
+46.1%
-3.8%$2.15B$445.76M84.82790

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This page (NASDAQ:LFST) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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