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Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF) Competitors

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WOOF vs. ACHC, SEM, BKD, 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), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Petco Health and Wellness currently has a consensus price target of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 32.19%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus price target of $47.94, indicating a potential upside of 105.79%. 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

In the previous week, Petco Health and Wellness had 23 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Petco Health and Wellness and 5 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Petco Health and Wellness' score of 0.42 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
6 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Acadia Healthcare
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Petco Health and Wellness has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$6.08B0.15-$101.82M-$0.24-11.81
Acadia Healthcare$3.16B0.68$255.61M$2.0311.48

Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 5.94% compared to Petco Health and Wellness' net margin of -1.10%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 8.72% 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 5.94%8.72%4.46%

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats Petco Health and Wellness on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WOOF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$893.38M$11.64B$26.49B$9.34B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%177.05%4.02%
P/E Ratio-11.8115.1029.6619.69
Price / Sales0.151.652.6475.14
Price / Cash6.5310.8917.1527.56
Price / Book0.803.855.725.60
Net Income-$101.82M$608.19M$876.41M$257.73M
7 Day Performance-7.65%-1.99%-0.82%1.54%
1 Month Performance14.78%3.81%13.36%11.38%
1 Year Performance-11.41%1.86%22.17%16.17%

Petco Health and Wellness Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.8326 of 5 stars
$2.84
-4.9%
$3.75
+32.2%
-13.1%$893.38M$6.08B-11.8129,000
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.457 of 5 stars
$24.02
-2.7%
$47.94
+99.6%
-64.2%$2.21B$3.15B11.8325,500
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$14.47
-1.0%
$26.00
+79.7%
-60.2%$1.86B$5.22B10.7944,100
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.3869 of 5 stars
$7.81
+0.8%
$7.70
-1.3%
+7.5%$1.83B$3.16B-7.5036,000Analyst Upgrade
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.911 of 5 stars
$74.73
-2.0%
$109.00
+45.9%
-22.4%$1.14B$671.34M34.287,028
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.0693 of 5 stars
$3.53
-1.5%
$4.17
+18.2%
-2.2%$494.59M$12.63B-0.9660,000
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.8874 of 5 stars
$375.38
-0.8%
$395.71
+5.4%
+17.3%$90.20B$71.59B16.67316,000
ALC
Alcon
2.6387 of 5 stars
$87.87
-0.9%
$106.13
+20.8%
-4.8%$43.25B$9.93B38.9725,599Analyst Forecast
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.7236 of 5 stars
$173.49
-0.1%
$183.94
+6.0%
+32.2%$16.12B$20.67B11.4798,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EHC
Encompass Health
4.9166 of 5 stars
$118.05
+0.5%
$131.50
+11.4%
+38.3%$11.90B$5.37B24.3940,000Positive News
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9692 of 5 stars
$182.06
-1.1%
$224.77
+23.5%
-0.5%$11.83B$15.83B10.2299,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WOOF) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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