Ardent Health (ARDT) Competitors $13.37 -0.05 (-0.40%) As of 07/3/2025 03:48 PM Eastern This is a fair market value 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, SGRY, CON, PRVA, WGS, and VCYTShould 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 Veracyte (VCYT). 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 Surgery Partners Concentra Group Holdings Parent Privia Health Group GeneDx Veracyte Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) and Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends. Do analysts recommend GH or ARDT? Guardant Health currently has a consensus price target of $53.76, indicating a potential upside of 6.99%. Ardent Health has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 54.62%. Given Ardent Health's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ardent Health is more favorable than Guardant Health.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Guardant Health 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 21 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Ardent Health 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has better earnings and valuation, GH or ARDT? 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 RatioGuardant Health$739.02M8.42-$436.37M-$3.39-14.82Ardent Health$5.97B0.32$210.34M$1.638.20 Is GH or ARDT more profitable? 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 Guardant Health-53.82% N/A -26.77% Ardent Health 3.73%16.07%4.69% Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GH or ARDT? 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Ardent Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer GH or ARDT? In the previous week, Guardant Health had 8 more articles in the media than Ardent Health. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Guardant Health and 3 mentions for Ardent Health. Guardant Health's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Ardent Health's score of 0.46 indicating that Guardant Health is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Guardant Health 5 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Ardent Health 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryArdent Health beats Guardant Health on 9 of the 15 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$1.92B$7.31B$5.53B$20.70BDividend YieldN/A2.78%5.24%3.71%P/E Ratio8.2027.9427.5828.11Price / Sales0.3232.39417.2338.32Price / Cash5.2822.0136.8922.53Price / Book1.256.698.034.58Net Income$210.34M$233.06M$3.18B$986.06M7 Day Performance-2.37%3.33%2.91%2.79%1 Month Performance-9.14%3.72%3.72%5.46%1 Year PerformanceN/A37.40%36.04%15.06% Ardent Health Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ARDTArdent Health3.3536 of 5 stars$13.37-0.4%$20.67+54.6%N/A$1.92B$5.97B8.2024,900News CoverageGHGuardant Health3.7494 of 5 stars$52.04+2.3%$53.76+3.3%+76.9%$6.30B$739.02M-15.352,021Insider TradeOPCHOption Care Health4.3696 of 5 stars$32.48+0.7%$35.50+9.3%+11.5%$5.28B$5.00B26.198,088Positive NewsRDNTRadNet3.6842 of 5 stars$56.91-0.4%$69.60+22.3%-5.2%$4.29B$1.83B-132.3511,021BTSGBrightSpring Health Services1.6309 of 5 stars$23.59+0.2%$24.90+5.6%+95.5%$4.14B$11.27B37.9735,000Analyst UpgradeSHCSotera Health2.9933 of 5 stars$11.12-1.8%$16.00+43.9%+0.8%$3.21B$1.10B139.023,000SGRYSurgery Partners2.6049 of 5 stars$22.23+1.3%$33.56+50.9%-6.1%$2.81B$3.11B-14.5315,000CONConcentra Group Holdings Parent2.5361 of 5 stars$20.59-2.6%$28.50+38.4%N/A$2.71B$1.90B15.6711,250PRVAPrivia Health Group4.2414 of 5 stars$23.00+4.5%$27.77+20.7%+30.4%$2.68B$1.74B183.331,140News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeWGSGeneDx2.2051 of 5 stars$92.31+1.3%$90.13-2.4%+227.2%$2.60B$305.45M100.111,200Analyst UpgradeInsider TradeGap DownVCYTVeracyte3.6122 of 5 stars$27.03-1.3%$40.90+51.3%+28.1%$2.14B$445.76M65.93790 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GH Competitors OPCH Competitors RDNT Competitors BTSG Competitors SHC Competitors SGRY Competitors CON Competitors PRVA Competitors WGS Competitors VCYT 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 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersPresidential Bombshell: $150T Resource to Be Released as soon as this Summer?Something extraordinary is happening in Washington. 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