Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) Competitors

Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) and Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Is ACHC or BKD 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
Acadia Healthcare	8.99%	11.12%	5.77%
Brookdale Senior Living	-6.46%	-65.92%	-3.47%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACHC or BKD?

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 65.78% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Acadia Healthcare	Outperform Votes 571 65.78%	Underperform Votes 297 34.22%
Brookdale Senior Living	Outperform Votes 476 66.95%	Underperform Votes 235 33.05%

Does the media favor ACHC or BKD?

In the previous week, Brookdale Senior Living had 3 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Brookdale Senior Living and 6 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Brookdale Senior Living's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.60 indicating that Brookdale Senior Living is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Acadia Healthcare	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookdale Senior Living	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, ACHC or BKD?

Acadia Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Healthcare	$3.16B	0.66	-$21.67M	$2.03	11.22
Brookdale Senior Living	$3.16B	0.52	-$201.93M	-$1.04	-6.68

Which has more risk and volatility, ACHC or BKD?

Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookdale Senior Living has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ACHC or BKD?

Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 110.56%. Brookdale Senior Living has a consensus price target of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 10.87%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than Brookdale Senior Living.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acadia Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Brookdale Senior Living	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats Brookdale Senior Living on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.