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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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HCA Healthcare has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, HCA Healthcare had 31 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for HCA Healthcare and 3 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat HCA Healthcare's score of 0.99 indicating that Acadia Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

62.7% of HCA Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.11%. HCA Healthcare has a consensus target price of $407.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.34%. Given Acadia Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
HCA Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

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$3.15B0.64$255.61M$1.5114.58
HCA Healthcare$70.60B1.36$5.76B$23.7917.20

HCA Healthcare has a net margin of 8.21% compared to Acadia Healthcare's net margin of 4.31%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 8.34% beat HCA Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Acadia Healthcare4.31% 8.34% 4.20%
HCA Healthcare 8.21%-7,363.11%10.35%

Summary

HCA Healthcare beats Acadia Healthcare on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HCA vs. The Competition

MetricHCA HealthcareMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$95.29B$21.83B$5.77B$21.71B
Dividend Yield0.71%0.44%5.53%3.52%
P/E Ratio17.2027.0476.4329.86
Price / Sales1.361.37535.4162.19
Price / Cash11.3410.0737.4624.72
Price / Book186.8239.3913.614.59
Net Income$5.76B$1.65B$3.29B$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.33%3.34%1.67%0.99%
1 Month Performance1.05%3.83%4.05%2.77%
1 Year Performance0.84%-23.52%80.70%15.20%

HCA Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.6198 of 5 stars
$409.13
+0.5%
$407.75
-0.3%
+0.8%$95.29B$70.60B17.20316,000Trending News
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.5145 of 5 stars
$21.42
-1.4%
$39.00
+82.1%
-69.9%$1.98B$3.23B14.1925,500Positive News
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.6479 of 5 stars
$166.22
-1.1%
$172.67
+3.9%
+10.6%$9.59B$4.61B30.1739,300Positive News
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CNC
Centene
4.9044 of 5 stars
$32.66
-1.8%
$38.33
+17.4%
-56.7%$16.04B$178.19B8.0860,500Positive News
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8023 of 5 stars
$124.62
-1.1%
$137.71
+10.5%
+36.1%$12.55B$5.37B24.3940,000
ELV
Elevance Health
4.9214 of 5 stars
$306.87
-1.6%
$411.06
+34.0%
-41.0%$69.10B$177.01B13.06104,200Positive News
SEM
Select Medical
4.9985 of 5 stars
$12.25
-2.1%
$19.20
+56.7%
-63.6%$1.52B$5.19B11.5644,100Positive News
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.8651 of 5 stars
$189.65
-1.1%
$214.77
+13.2%
-18.4%$12.07B$15.83B9.9999,000Positive News
ALC
Alcon
3.7278 of 5 stars
$77.39
-1.1%
$96.06
+24.1%
-20.4%$38.17B$9.91B36.0025,599
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.7665 of 5 stars
$186.54
-3.3%
$195.50
+4.8%
+17.5%$16.48B$20.67B11.9498,000
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.5523 of 5 stars
$7.49
-0.3%
$7.80
+4.2%
+22.4%$1.75B$3.13B-7.1336,000

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This page (NYSE:HCA) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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