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Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF) Competitors

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

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), Universal Health Services (UHS), and Encompass Health (EHC). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.

Petco Health and Wellness vs. Its Competitors

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

Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petco Health and Wellness has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Acadia Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.72$255.61M$1.5116.38
Petco Health and Wellness$6.12B0.19-$101.82M-$0.10-35.90

In the previous week, Petco Health and Wellness had 2 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Petco Health and Wellness and 3 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Petco Health and Wellness' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.59 indicating that Petco Health and Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $35.09, indicating a potential upside of 41.84%. Petco Health and Wellness has a consensus target price of $3.95, indicating a potential upside of 10.12%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Petco Health and Wellness.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Acadia Healthcare
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Petco Health and Wellness
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 4.31% compared to Petco Health and Wellness' net margin of -0.47%. 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
Acadia Healthcare4.31% 8.34% 4.20%
Petco Health and Wellness -0.47%-1.71%-0.37%

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats Petco Health and Wellness on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WOOF vs. The Competition

MetricPetco Health and WellnessRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.17B$12.03B$27.18B$10.55B
Dividend YieldN/A1.82%172.45%4.78%
P/E Ratio-35.9016.8319.4327.19
Price / Sales0.191.878.78132.96
Price / Cash8.0610.8261.8462.13
Price / Book1.014.185.096.65
Net Income-$101.82M$608.12M$911.72M$276.79M
7 Day Performance2.28%3.69%2.28%1.75%
1 Month Performance3.46%0.27%-4.02%5.15%
1 Year Performance-21.62%3.18%14.23%36.96%

Petco Health and Wellness Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
2.5039 of 5 stars
$3.59
-2.2%
$3.95
+10.1%
-23.6%$1.17B$6.12B-35.9029,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.2613 of 5 stars
$24.44
-2.9%
$35.09
+43.6%
-56.9%$2.25B$3.15B16.1525,500
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
1.8873 of 5 stars
$8.64
-2.8%
$8.25
-4.5%
+30.0%$2.02B$3.13B-8.2236,000
SEM
Select Medical
4.9986 of 5 stars
$13.37
-2.0%
$19.40
+45.1%
-61.1%$1.66B$5.19B12.6044,100
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
4.0949 of 5 stars
$87.70
-1.3%
$110.25
+25.7%
+6.4%$1.33B$729.61M38.297,028Positive News
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.0891 of 5 stars
$2.97
-4.4%
$3.66
+23.4%
-48.1%$415.45M$12.65B-1.9960,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.8335 of 5 stars
$416.71
-0.5%
$422.31
+1.3%
+2.5%$97.50B$70.60B17.52316,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ALC
Alcon
4.1629 of 5 stars
$72.20
-3.1%
$95.50
+32.3%
-20.9%$35.58B$9.91B33.5625,599Analyst Forecast
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.6886 of 5 stars
$191.08
-1.9%
$201.69
+5.6%
+21.4%$16.88B$20.67B12.2398,000Analyst Forecast
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.8798 of 5 stars
$198.96
-1.3%
$217.08
+9.1%
-13.9%$12.65B$16.46B10.4799,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8313 of 5 stars
$122.95
-0.2%
$139.86
+13.8%
+26.3%$12.38B$5.67B24.0540,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WOOF) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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