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HCA vs. ACHC, ENSG, CNC, EHC, ELV, SEM, UHS, ALC, THC, and BKD

Should you be buying HCA Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HCA Healthcare include Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Centene (CNC), Encompass Health (EHC), Elevance Health (ELV), Select Medical (SEM), Universal Health Services (UHS), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), and Brookdale Senior Living (BKD). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

HCA Healthcare vs. Its Competitors

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

62.7% of HCA Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Acadia Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of HCA Healthcare shares are held by 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.

In the previous week, HCA Healthcare had 7 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for HCA Healthcare and 15 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. HCA Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.13 indicating that HCA Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Acadia Healthcare
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
HCA Healthcare
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 108.73%. HCA Healthcare has a consensus price target of $399.46, suggesting a potential upside of 13.20%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than HCA Healthcare.

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
HCA Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HCA Healthcare has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

HCA Healthcare has a net margin of 8.07% compared to Acadia Healthcare's net margin of 5.94%. HCA Healthcare's return on equity of 1,063.91% beat Acadia Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acadia Healthcare5.94% 8.72% 4.46%
HCA Healthcare 8.07%1,063.91%10.10%

HCA Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HCA Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.67$255.61M$2.0311.32
HCA Healthcare$71.59B1.19$5.76B$22.4915.69

Summary

HCA Healthcare beats Acadia Healthcare on 15 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 HCA 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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HCA vs. The Competition

MetricHCA HealthcareMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$84.43B$19.28B$5.58B$20.89B
Dividend Yield0.79%0.49%4.05%3.62%
P/E Ratio15.6925.4928.1527.93
Price / Sales1.191.32398.5572.88
Price / Cash9.779.3436.1922.61
Price / Book161.1334.108.594.70
Net Income$5.76B$1.65B$3.24B$993.85M
7 Day Performance-2.76%-1.55%3.51%1.99%
1 Month Performance-6.91%0.71%10.96%5.85%
1 Year Performance2.60%-16.53%35.08%13.36%

HCA Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.9638 of 5 stars
$352.88
+0.5%
$399.46
+13.2%
+3.9%$84.43B$71.59B15.69316,000Upcoming Earnings
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.2786 of 5 stars
$21.66
-1.2%
$47.94
+121.4%
-65.0%$2.00B$3.15B10.6925,500Analyst Revision
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.8908 of 5 stars
$137.04
+0.2%
$163.50
+19.3%
+2.4%$7.87B$4.26B25.8939,300
CNC
Centene
4.9669 of 5 stars
$27.40
-2.0%
$55.13
+101.2%
-54.7%$13.71B$163.07B4.1160,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
EHC
Encompass Health
4.93 of 5 stars
$110.04
+0.0%
$131.50
+19.5%
+25.4%$11.08B$5.37B22.7140,000
ELV
Elevance Health
4.95 of 5 stars
$276.32
-0.3%
$435.93
+57.8%
-41.0%$62.38B$177.01B11.79104,200Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$14.52
+1.0%
$26.00
+79.1%
-61.8%$1.86B$5.19B10.8144,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9908 of 5 stars
$168.74
-0.1%
$221.85
+31.5%
-11.2%$10.95B$15.83B9.4599,000Upcoming Earnings
ALC
Alcon
2.8994 of 5 stars
$87.21
-0.2%
$106.13
+21.7%
+1.4%$43.07B$9.91B38.8125,599
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.96 of 5 stars
$175.04
0.0%
$185.41
+5.9%
+13.7%$16.26B$20.67B11.5898,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.4354 of 5 stars
$7.75
+0.5%
$7.70
-0.6%
-1.2%$1.81B$3.13B-7.4336,000

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This page (NYSE:HCA) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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