Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) Competitors $6.56 -0.17 (-2.45%) Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.56 -0.01 (-0.08%) As of 05/21/2025 04:31 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock BKD vs. ACHC, SEM, USPH, WOOF, CYH, HCA, ALC, THC, UHS, and EHCShould you be buying Brookdale Senior Living stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookdale Senior Living include Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Select Medical (SEM), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Community Health Systems (CYH), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Universal Health Services (UHS), and Encompass Health (EHC). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry. Brookdale Senior Living vs. Acadia Healthcare Select Medical U.S. Physical Therapy Petco Health and Wellness Community Health Systems HCA Healthcare Alcon Tenet Healthcare Universal Health Services Encompass Health Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings. Does the media refer more to BKD or ACHC? In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 20 more articles in the media than Brookdale Senior Living. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 8 mentions for Brookdale Senior Living. Brookdale Senior Living's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.59 indicating that Brookdale Senior Living is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Brookdale Senior Living 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Acadia Healthcare 16 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate BKD or ACHC? Brookdale Senior Living presently has a consensus target price of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 17.29%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 103.93%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Brookdale Senior Living.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Brookdale Senior Living 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40Acadia Healthcare 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Is BKD or ACHC more profitable? Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 8.99% compared to Brookdale Senior Living's net margin of -6.46%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 11.12% beat Brookdale Senior Living's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Brookdale Senior Living-6.46% -65.92% -3.47% Acadia Healthcare 8.99%11.12%5.77% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BKD or ACHC? Acadia Healthcare received 95 more outperform votes than Brookdale Senior Living when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.95% of users gave Brookdale Senior Living an outperform vote while only 65.94% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBrookdale Senior LivingOutperform Votes47666.95% Underperform Votes23533.05% Acadia HealthcareOutperform Votes57165.94% Underperform Votes29534.06% Which has more risk and volatility, BKD or ACHC? Brookdale Senior Living has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BKD or ACHC? Acadia Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookdale Senior Living. Brookdale Senior Living 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 RatioBrookdale Senior Living$3.16B0.49-$201.93M-$1.04-6.31Acadia Healthcare$3.16B0.69-$21.67M$2.0311.58 SummaryAcadia Healthcare beats Brookdale Senior Living on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Brookdale Senior Living News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BKD 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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 BKD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBrookdale Senior LivingNursing & personal care facilities IndustryMedical SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.54B$866.60M$5.37B$19.41BDividend YieldN/AN/A5.22%3.83%P/E Ratio-7.3826.8526.8434.23Price / Sales0.490.37392.3434.85Price / Cash6.505.8638.2517.51Price / Book6.144.136.794.69Net Income-$201.93M-$77.42M$3.23B$1.02B7 Day Performance-4.02%-1.25%1.53%-1.74%1 Month Performance11.37%23.17%10.05%7.46%1 Year Performance-3.17%-18.89%16.71%3.96% Brookdale Senior Living Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BKDBrookdale Senior Living3.2571 of 5 stars$6.57-2.5%$7.70+17.3%-4.8%$1.54B$3.16B-7.3836,000ACHCAcadia Healthcare4.6393 of 5 stars$25.08-4.1%$47.94+91.2%-64.0%$2.31B$3.16B8.2223,000Analyst RevisionSEMSelect Medical5 of 5 stars$15.20-1.0%$26.00+71.1%-56.9%$1.95B$5.22B9.2153,800Positive NewsUSPHU.S. Physical Therapy3.5302 of 5 stars$79.810.0%$109.00+36.6%-26.8%$1.21B$699.46M84.906,140WOOFPetco Health and Wellness3.5816 of 5 stars$3.59+7.8%$4.11+14.5%+49.0%$1.13B$6.12B-8.9828,500News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownCYHCommunity Health Systems2.3454 of 5 stars$4.17-4.1%$3.92-6.1%+9.1%$585.08M$12.65B-1.0766,000Positive NewsGap DownHCAHCA Healthcare4.5794 of 5 stars$386.74-0.2%$381.13-1.4%+19.1%$93.04B$71.59B17.60294,000Positive NewsALCAlcon3.2758 of 5 stars$89.33-0.6%$106.13+18.8%-1.3%$44.06B$9.93B38.1825,200Analyst DowngradeTHCTenet Healthcare4.4801 of 5 stars$167.11+1.0%$174.94+4.7%+24.9%$15.37B$20.52B5.18102,400UHSUniversal Health Services4.9682 of 5 stars$196.75-0.6%$224.77+14.2%+5.6%$12.79B$16.08B13.0893,800Positive NewsEHCEncompass Health4.7249 of 5 stars$121.15+0.2%$120.86-0.2%+39.6%$12.21B$5.51B27.1635,000Positive NewsInsider Trade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Acadia Healthcare Competitors Select Medical Competitors U.S. Physical Therapy Competitors Petco Health and Wellness Competitors Community Health Systems Competitors HCA Healthcare Competitors Alcon Competitors Tenet Healthcare Competitors Universal Health Services Competitors Encompass Health 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:BKD) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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