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ARDT vs. GH, OPCH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, SGRY, CON, PRVA, WGS, and ADUS

Should 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), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Privia Health Group (PRVA), GeneDx (WGS), and Addus HomeCare (ADUS). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

Ardent Health vs. Its Competitors

Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT) and Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Ardent Health currently has a consensus price target of $20.30, suggesting a potential upside of 83.71%. Guardant Health has a consensus price target of $54.45, suggesting a potential upside of 22.58%. Given Ardent Health's higher probable upside, research 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Guardant Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05

In the previous week, Guardant Health had 11 more articles in the media than Ardent Health. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Guardant Health and 5 mentions for Ardent Health. Ardent Health's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Guardant Health's score of 0.48 indicating that Ardent Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ardent Health
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Guardant Health
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ardent Health has a net margin of 3.73% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -53.82%. Ardent Health's return on equity of 16.07% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ardent Health3.73% 16.07% 4.69%
Guardant Health -53.82%N/A -26.77%

92.6% of Guardant Health shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Ardent Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are held by company 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.

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 Ratio
Ardent Health$5.97B0.26$210.34M$1.636.78
Guardant Health$774.00M7.11-$436.37M-$3.39-13.10

Summary

Ardent Health beats Guardant Health on 10 of the 16 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 ARDT 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 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.
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ARDT vs. The Competition

MetricArdent HealthMedical Services IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.54B$7.30B$5.70B$21.12B
Dividend YieldN/A2.84%4.69%3.60%
P/E Ratio6.7825.2828.0728.44
Price / Sales0.2642.17448.5760.38
Price / Cash4.2526.7436.2222.92
Price / Book1.049.718.664.69
Net Income$210.34M$239.96M$3.25B$995.51M
7 Day Performance-0.90%2.92%4.20%1.64%
1 Month Performance-15.91%6.14%10.82%5.92%
1 Year Performance-34.73%17.27%34.70%11.50%

Ardent Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARDT
Ardent Health
3.5423 of 5 stars
$11.05
+2.4%
$20.30
+83.7%
-35.5%$1.54B$5.97B6.7824,900
GH
Guardant Health
4.4583 of 5 stars
$45.64
-1.8%
$54.45
+19.3%
+43.1%$5.76B$739.02M-13.462,021News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.5309 of 5 stars
$29.17
-1.1%
$35.50
+21.7%
-4.9%$4.83B$5.00B23.528,088Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RDNT
RadNet
3.7592 of 5 stars
$57.94
+0.8%
$69.60
+20.1%
-12.0%$4.31B$1.83B273.7611,021News Coverage
Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.7071 of 5 stars
$19.71
-1.2%
$24.90
+26.3%
+71.6%$3.51B$11.27B70.3935,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
SHC
Sotera Health
3.108 of 5 stars
$11.01
-0.5%
$16.00
+45.3%
-9.5%$3.14B$1.10B137.643,000News Coverage
Positive News
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.6773 of 5 stars
$22.36
+0.2%
$33.56
+50.1%
-29.2%$2.86B$3.11B-14.6115,000
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
3.2274 of 5 stars
$19.93
+1.9%
$28.50
+43.0%
N/A$2.51B$1.90B14.8711,250News Coverage
PRVA
Privia Health Group
4.0943 of 5 stars
$20.16
+2.8%
$28.38
+40.8%
+0.3%$2.39B$1.74B168.011,140Positive News
WGS
GeneDx
3.9509 of 5 stars
$78.35
+0.6%
$92.33
+17.8%
+140.7%$2.22B$305.45M-55.571,200Upcoming Earnings
ADUS
Addus HomeCare
4.9759 of 5 stars
$107.40
+0.3%
$142.57
+32.7%
-12.5%$1.97B$1.15B24.2449,703Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ARDT) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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