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WOOF vs. ACHC, BKD, SEM, USPH, CYH, HCA, ALC, THC, EHC, and UHS

Should you be buying Petco Health and Wellness stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petco Health and Wellness include Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Select Medical (SEM), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Community Health Systems (CYH), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Encompass Health (EHC), and Universal Health Services (UHS). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.

Petco Health and Wellness vs. Its Competitors

Petco Health and Wellness (NASDAQ:WOOF) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) are both health care facilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

In the previous week, Petco Health and Wellness had 16 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Petco Health and Wellness and 17 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Petco Health and Wellness' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.20 indicating that Petco Health and Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Petco Health and Wellness
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Acadia Healthcare
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Petco Health and Wellness has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Petco Health and Wellness currently has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.20%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $40.77, indicating a potential upside of 83.91%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Petco Health and Wellness.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Petco Health and Wellness
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Acadia Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 4.31% compared to Petco Health and Wellness' net margin of -1.10%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 8.34% beat Petco Health and Wellness' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Petco Health and Wellness-1.10% -4.29% -0.92%
Acadia Healthcare 4.31%8.34%4.20%

Acadia Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Petco Health and Wellness. Petco Health and Wellness is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadia Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Petco Health and Wellness$6.12B0.17-$101.82M-$0.24-13.92
Acadia Healthcare$3.23B0.63$255.61M$1.5114.68

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats Petco Health and Wellness on 10 of the 14 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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WOOF vs. The Competition

MetricPetco Health and WellnessRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.05B$12.39B$27.17B$9.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.12%172.57%4.10%
P/E Ratio-13.9217.3126.8225.84
Price / Sales0.171.9412.44122.81
Price / Cash7.6012.1717.6528.79
Price / Book0.944.355.145.99
Net Income-$101.82M$608.12M$869.87M$265.29M
7 Day Performance-3.75%0.63%1.20%2.53%
1 Month Performance-0.60%6.71%-0.96%0.92%
1 Year Performance11.71%11.12%15.61%18.70%

Petco Health and Wellness Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
2.8818 of 5 stars
$3.34
-3.5%
$3.75
+12.2%
+15.7%$1.05B$6.12B-13.9229,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.7315 of 5 stars
$20.81
+0.7%
$40.77
+95.9%
-71.9%$1.92B$3.15B13.7825,500
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
3.2036 of 5 stars
$7.24
-1.3%
$7.80
+7.8%
+7.9%$1.70B$3.13B-6.9036,000Positive News
SEM
Select Medical
4.9962 of 5 stars
$12.62
+0.2%
$24.60
+94.9%
-62.3%$1.56B$5.19B11.9044,100
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.5097 of 5 stars
$85.14
-1.0%
$110.25
+29.5%
+3.2%$1.30B$671.34M37.237,028News Coverage
Positive News
Ex-Dividend
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.3813 of 5 stars
$2.76
+0.9%
$3.58
+29.8%
-45.6%$386.03M$12.63B-1.8560,000Positive News
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.6854 of 5 stars
$388.72
-1.3%
$398.58
+2.5%
+4.1%$90.98B$72.70B16.34316,000Positive News
ALC
Alcon
2.8018 of 5 stars
$87.70
+1.0%
$104.25
+18.9%
-14.6%$43.25B$9.91B38.9725,599Earnings Report
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.7421 of 5 stars
$170.55
-1.1%
$191.88
+12.5%
+9.1%$15.07B$20.67B10.9298,000Positive News
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EHC
Encompass Health
4.6106 of 5 stars
$119.25
-0.3%
$134.00
+12.4%
+34.2%$12.01B$5.37B23.3440,000Positive News
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9767 of 5 stars
$176.31
-1.4%
$213.77
+21.2%
-20.5%$11.44B$15.83B9.2799,000Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:WOOF) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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