Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) Competitors $7.34 -0.06 (-0.74%) Closing price 08/14/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$7.33 0.00 (-0.07%) As of 08/14/2025 05:38 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, EHC, and UHSShould 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), Encompass Health (EHC), and Universal Health Services (UHS). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry. Brookdale Senior Living vs. Its Competitors Acadia Healthcare Select Medical U.S. Physical Therapy Petco Health and Wellness Community Health Systems HCA Healthcare Alcon Tenet Healthcare Encompass Health Universal Health Services Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership. Do analysts prefer BKD or ACHC? Brookdale Senior Living presently has a consensus price target of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus price target of $40.77, suggesting a potential upside of 97.35%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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) 4 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.69 Does the media favor BKD or ACHC? In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 11 more articles in the media than Brookdale Senior Living. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 10 mentions for Brookdale Senior Living. Brookdale Senior Living's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.26 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) 2 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Acadia Healthcare 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 6 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more risk and volatility, BKD or ACHC? Brookdale Senior Living has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is BKD or ACHC more profitable? Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 4.31% compared to Brookdale Senior Living's net margin of -7.60%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 8.34% beat Brookdale Senior Living's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Brookdale Senior Living-7.60% -107.19% -3.32% Acadia Healthcare 4.31%8.34%4.20% Which has higher earnings & valuation, BKD or ACHC? Acadia Healthcare has higher revenue and 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$3.13B0.55-$201.93M-$1.05-6.99Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.60$255.61M$1.5113.68 SummaryAcadia Healthcare beats Brookdale Senior Living on 13 of the 14 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 BKD 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 LivingMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.73B$3.26B$5.61B$21.04BDividend YieldN/A1.25%4.61%3.57%P/E Ratio-6.9911.4930.2728.08Price / Sales0.551.12469.9557.05Price / Cash8.8915.6138.2123.95Price / Book15.955.608.845.26Net Income-$201.93M$38.94M$3.25B$994.11M7 Day Performance1.66%3.11%3.71%2.09%1 Month Performance-5.99%4.63%5.85%2.35%1 Year Performance5.24%-3.00%30.25%13.36% Brookdale Senior Living Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BKDBrookdale Senior Living3.0229 of 5 stars$7.34-0.7%$7.80+6.3%+5.3%$1.73B$3.13B-6.9936,000ACHCAcadia Healthcare4.7213 of 5 stars$21.37+1.3%$47.94+124.4%-71.6%$1.94B$3.15B10.5325,500Analyst ForecastGap DownSEMSelect Medical4.9944 of 5 stars$11.97-4.8%$24.60+105.5%-60.6%$1.62B$5.19B11.2944,100High Trading VolumeUSPHU.S. Physical Therapy3.5369 of 5 stars$70.35+0.5%$109.00+54.9%+5.5%$1.06B$671.34M32.277,028Insider TradeShort Interest ↑Analyst RevisionWOOFPetco Health and Wellness2.0643 of 5 stars$2.94+0.7%$3.75+27.5%+48.1%$920.17M$6.12B-12.2529,000CYHCommunity Health Systems4.1504 of 5 stars$2.50+2.3%$3.74+50.0%-44.8%$341.89M$12.63B-1.6760,000Analyst ForecastHCAHCA Healthcare4.7199 of 5 stars$363.11+1.7%$395.69+9.0%+6.0%$85.88B$70.60B15.26316,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastALCAlcon2.5553 of 5 stars$87.75-0.1%$106.13+20.9%-7.2%$43.34B$9.93B39.0025,599Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastTHCTenet Healthcare4.9275 of 5 stars$161.01+1.8%$191.56+19.0%+12.0%$13.97B$20.67B10.3198,000Analyst ForecastEHCEncompass Health4.886 of 5 stars$109.46+0.9%$131.50+20.1%+37.6%$10.94B$5.37B22.6240,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastUHSUniversal Health Services4.9824 of 5 stars$164.91+1.2%$216.54+31.3%-19.4%$10.59B$15.83B8.6899,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst Revision 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 Encompass Health Competitors Universal Health Services 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 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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