Ardent Health (ARDT) Competitors $12.48 -0.19 (-1.46%) Closing price 08/14/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$12.50 +0.02 (+0.12%) As of 08/14/2025 05:21 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock ARDT vs. GH, OPCH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, WGS, SGRY, CON, PRVA, and ADUSShould you be buying Ardent Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ardent Health include Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), GeneDx (WGS), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Privia Health Group (PRVA), and Addus HomeCare (ADUS). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry. Ardent Health vs. Its Competitors Guardant Health Option Care Health RadNet BrightSpring Health Services Sotera Health GeneDx Surgery Partners Concentra Group Holdings Parent Privia Health Group Addus HomeCare Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT) and Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability. Do analysts recommend ARDT or GH? Ardent Health presently has a consensus target price of $19.56, indicating a potential upside of 56.67%. Guardant Health has a consensus target price of $57.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.74%. Given Ardent Health's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ardent Health is more favorable than Guardant Health.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Ardent Health 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70Guardant Health 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.06 Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ARDT or GH? Ardent Health has higher revenue and earnings than Guardant Health. Guardant Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ardent Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioArdent Health$5.97B0.30$210.34M$1.816.90Guardant Health$739.02M10.19-$436.37M-$3.35-18.02 Does the media refer more to ARDT or GH? In the previous week, Ardent Health had 4 more articles in the media than Guardant Health. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ardent Health and 13 mentions for Guardant Health. Guardant Health's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ardent Health's score of 0.15 indicating that Guardant Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Ardent Health 6 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Guardant Health 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is ARDT or GH more profitable? Ardent Health has a net margin of 4.11% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -49.93%. Ardent Health's return on equity of 16.66% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ardent Health4.11% 16.66% 5.18% Guardant Health -49.93%N/A -28.95% Do insiders and institutionals believe in ARDT or GH? 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Ardent Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryArdent Health beats Guardant Health on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Ardent Health News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ARDT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ARDT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.Skip Chart ARDT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricArdent HealthMedical Services IndustryMedical SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.81B$7.54B$5.61B$21.04BDividend YieldN/A2.71%4.61%3.56%P/E Ratio6.9072.1630.2928.02Price / Sales0.3029.89470.6157.05Price / Cash4.9926.7338.2123.95Price / Book1.0818.428.865.26Net Income$210.34M$243.10M$3.25B$994.11M7 Day Performance5.18%2.82%3.72%2.09%1 Month Performance-10.37%2.66%5.86%2.35%1 Year Performance-26.43%20.03%30.49%13.36% Ardent Health Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ARDTArdent Health3.2436 of 5 stars$12.49-1.5%$19.56+56.7%-22.2%$1.81B$5.97B6.9024,900GHGuardant Health3.3193 of 5 stars$44.19+6.7%$54.95+24.3%+107.8%$5.17B$739.02M-13.192,021News CoverageOPCHOption Care Health4.7113 of 5 stars$28.26flat$35.75+26.5%-7.3%$4.59B$5.00B22.618,088News CoveragePositive NewsRDNTRadNet3.3364 of 5 stars$55.77+2.0%$69.60+24.8%+9.8%$4.10B$1.83B-129.6911,021News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionBTSGBrightSpring Health Services2.7047 of 5 stars$19.36-1.4%$24.90+28.6%+93.2%$3.45B$11.27B62.4535,000SHCSotera Health1.2134 of 5 stars$11.28+1.2%$16.00+41.8%+7.1%$3.16B$1.10B141.023,000Earnings ReportWGSGeneDx1.9735 of 5 stars$108.35+6.6%$101.63-6.2%+263.2%$2.90B$305.45M2,167.001,200Gap DownSGRYSurgery Partners2.942 of 5 stars$22.22+4.4%$33.33+50.0%-22.8%$2.73B$3.11B-14.5215,000CONConcentra Group Holdings Parent2.2041 of 5 stars$19.79+1.6%$28.50+44.0%+1.6%$2.50B$1.90B14.7711,250News CoverageDividend AnnouncementPRVAPrivia Health Group3.4438 of 5 stars$19.47+3.2%$28.38+45.8%+7.4%$2.30B$1.74B162.261,140ADUSAddus HomeCare4.9437 of 5 stars$106.96+1.9%$142.57+33.3%-11.1%$1.93B$1.15B24.1449,703 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GH Competitors OPCH Competitors RDNT Competitors BTSG Competitors SHC Competitors WGS Competitors SGRY Competitors CON Competitors PRVA Competitors ADUS Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ARDT) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s national nightmare is herePorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredAlex’s “Next Magnificent Seven” stocksThe original “Magnificent Seven” turned $7K into $1.18 million. 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