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

Should you be buying Veracyte stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veracyte 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), LifeStance Health Group (LFST), and Ardent Health Partners (ARDT). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

Veracyte vs.

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

98.1% of Option Care Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Veracyte shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Option Care Health has a net margin of 4.37% compared to Veracyte's net margin of -2.18%. Option Care Health's return on equity of 15.30% beat Veracyte's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Veracyte-2.18% 3.02% 2.80%
Option Care Health 4.37%15.30%6.57%

Veracyte has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its stock price is 114% 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.

Veracyte received 388 more outperform votes than Option Care Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.14% of users gave Veracyte an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave Option Care Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VeracyteOutperform Votes
452
73.14%
Underperform Votes
166
26.86%
Option Care HealthOutperform Votes
64
64.00%
Underperform Votes
36
36.00%

Veracyte presently has a consensus price target of $40.90, indicating a potential upside of 47.97%. Option Care Health has a consensus price target of $35.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.46%. Given Veracyte's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Veracyte is more favorable than Option Care Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Veracyte
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
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 has higher revenue and earnings than Veracyte. Option Care Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veracyte, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Veracyte$463.39M4.67-$74.40M$0.4167.41
Option Care Health$5.19B1.03$267.09M$1.2426.40

In the previous week, Veracyte had 3 more articles in the media than Option Care Health. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Veracyte and 12 mentions for Option Care Health. Option Care Health's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Veracyte's score of 1.30 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
Veracyte
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Option Care Health
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Option Care Health beats Veracyte on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VCYT vs. The Competition

MetricVeracyteMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.16B$2.91B$5.36B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A31.24%5.22%4.10%
P/E Ratio-184.2712.9026.5919.72
Price / Sales4.67160.47391.61116.20
Price / Cash442.2957.5638.2534.62
Price / Book1.934.266.794.51
Net Income-$74.40M-$22.21M$3.23B$248.18M
7 Day Performance-2.98%3.15%4.03%1.14%
1 Month Performance-9.67%5.72%12.22%15.07%
1 Year Performance26.91%1.43%16.76%6.59%

Veracyte Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VCYT
Veracyte
3.9942 of 5 stars
$27.64
-4.1%
$40.90
+48.0%
+29.2%$2.16B$463.39M-184.27790News Coverage
Gap Up
OPCH
Option Care Health
3.5937 of 5 stars
$33.09
-0.4%
$35.50
+7.3%
+13.8%$5.42B$5.19B27.815,600Positive News
GH
Guardant Health
4.6875 of 5 stars
$40.24
-1.1%
$52.32
+30.0%
+61.4%$4.99B$774.00M-11.301,790Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
3.4035 of 5 stars
$60.66
-0.8%
$69.75
+15.0%
+2.9%$4.55B$1.87B-866.458,970
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.6561 of 5 stars
$24.11
-1.3%
$23.56
-2.3%
+108.0%$4.20B$11.86B-92.7335,000Positive News
Gap Up
SHC
Sotera Health
2.1906 of 5 stars
$12.74
-0.5%
$15.80
+24.0%
+15.6%$3.62B$1.11B50.963,000Gap Up
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.6569 of 5 stars
$25.00
-0.1%
$27.38
+9.5%
+52.4%$3.05B$1.80B250.03810
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.8012 of 5 stars
$23.60
-1.4%
$34.75
+47.2%
-8.9%$3.02B$3.17B-49.1712,200Positive News
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$22.54
-0.8%
$28.50
+26.4%
N/A$2.87B$1.93B16.8211,000Gap Up
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
2.3872 of 5 stars
$5.84
flat
$8.30
+42.1%
-22.4%$2.27B$1.28B-22.466,640
ARDT
Ardent Health Partners
3.2244 of 5 stars
$15.09
-2.1%
$20.75
+37.5%
N/A$2.16B$6.02B9.2624,200Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:VCYT) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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