Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF) Competitors

Petco Health and Wellness (NASDAQ:WOOF) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Does the media refer more to WOOF or ACHC?

In the previous week, Petco Health and Wellness had 27 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Petco Health and Wellness and 3 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Petco Health and Wellness' score of 0.39 indicating that Acadia Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Petco Health and Wellness	8 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Acadia Healthcare	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, WOOF or ACHC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Petco Health and Wellness	$6.12B	0.14	-$1.28B	-$0.24	-11.19
Acadia Healthcare	$3.16B	0.64	-$21.67M	$2.03	10.82

Do analysts prefer WOOF or ACHC?

Petco Health and Wellness presently has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 39.57%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $47.94, indicating a potential upside of 118.23%. 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk and volatility, WOOF or ACHC?

Petco Health and Wellness has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WOOF or ACHC?

Acadia Healthcare received 214 more outperform votes than Petco Health and Wellness when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.78% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote while only 59.50% of users gave Petco Health and Wellness an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Petco Health and Wellness	Outperform Votes 357 59.50%	Underperform Votes 243 40.50%
Acadia Healthcare	Outperform Votes 571 65.78%	Underperform Votes 297 34.22%

Is WOOF or ACHC more profitable?

Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 8.99% compared to Petco Health and Wellness' net margin of -1.77%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 11.12% beat Petco Health and Wellness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petco Health and Wellness	-1.77%	-5.40%	-1.18%
Acadia Healthcare	8.99%	11.12%	5.77%

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats Petco Health and Wellness on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.