National HealthCare (NHC) Competitors $94.57 -1.46 (-1.52%) As of 08/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock NHC vs. GH, OPCH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, SGRY, CON, PRVA, WGS, and ADUSShould you be buying National HealthCare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National HealthCare include Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Privia Health Group (PRVA), GeneDx (WGS), and Addus HomeCare (ADUS). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry. National HealthCare vs. Its Competitors Guardant Health Option Care Health RadNet BrightSpring Health Services Sotera Health Surgery Partners Concentra Group Holdings Parent Privia Health Group GeneDx Addus HomeCare National HealthCare (NYSE:NHC) and Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership. Which has higher earnings and valuation, NHC or GH? National HealthCare has higher revenue and earnings than Guardant Health. Guardant Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National HealthCare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNational HealthCare$1.37B1.06$66.80M$6.9213.67Guardant Health$739.02M6.99-$436.37M-$3.35-12.36 Do analysts recommend NHC or GH? Guardant Health has a consensus price target of $54.95, indicating a potential upside of 32.66%. Given Guardant Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Guardant Health is more favorable than National HealthCare.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score National HealthCare 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Guardant Health 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 19 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.05 Does the media prefer NHC or GH? In the previous week, Guardant Health had 26 more articles in the media than National HealthCare. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Guardant Health and 0 mentions for National HealthCare. Guardant Health's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat National HealthCare's score of 0.00 indicating that Guardant Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment National HealthCare Neutral Guardant Health Positive Which has more risk and volatility, NHC or GH? National HealthCare has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardant Health has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NHC or GH? 56.4% of National HealthCare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of National HealthCare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Guardant Health 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. Is NHC or GH more profitable? National HealthCare has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -49.93%. National HealthCare's return on equity of 6.87% beat Guardant Health's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets National HealthCare10.03% 6.87% 4.68% Guardant Health -49.93%N/A -28.95% SummaryGuardant Health beats National HealthCare on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get National HealthCare News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NHC 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 NHC 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 NHC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNational HealthCareSkilled nursing care facilities IndustryMedical SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.48B$777.47M$5.49B$20.63BDividend Yield2.68%2.68%4.73%3.67%P/E Ratio11.8519.9428.8629.01Price / Sales1.060.61371.4866.10Price / Cash15.688.7035.4522.82Price / Book1.591.598.274.43Net Income$66.80M$35.98M$3.25B$993.74M7 Day Performance-1.90%-0.95%-3.73%-3.39%1 Month Performance-13.05%-6.52%4.29%-2.10%1 Year Performance-24.60%-12.30%25.87%10.09% National HealthCare Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NHCNational HealthCareN/A$94.57-1.5%N/A-29.0%$1.48B$1.37B11.8512,400GHGuardant Health4.5812 of 5 stars$44.27-0.3%$54.45+23.0%+24.2%$5.50B$774.00M-13.062,021Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastOPCHOption Care Health4.6336 of 5 stars$29.77+0.3%$35.50+19.2%-8.2%$4.86B$5.19B24.018,088News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionRDNTRadNet4.0802 of 5 stars$57.83+0.7%$69.60+20.4%-5.7%$4.31B$1.83B-134.4911,021Positive NewsBTSGBrightSpring Health Services2.9288 of 5 stars$20.48-0.2%$24.90+21.6%+60.6%$3.61B$11.27B73.1435,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportGap DownSHCSotera Health2.444 of 5 stars$12.29-0.1%$16.00+30.2%-18.2%$3.49B$1.10B153.643,000Upcoming EarningsSGRYSurgery Partners2.9422 of 5 stars$22.44+5.6%$33.33+48.5%-29.6%$2.72B$3.11B-14.6715,000Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap UpCONConcentra Group Holdings Parent2.9017 of 5 stars$20.05+2.0%$28.50+42.1%-14.0%$2.52B$1.90B14.9611,250Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsPRVAPrivia Health Group3.9004 of 5 stars$19.70-0.1%$28.38+44.1%-8.0%$2.40B$1.74B164.181,140Upcoming EarningsWGSGeneDx3.0164 of 5 stars$84.91+6.4%$92.33+8.7%+215.0%$2.28B$305.45M-60.221,200News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeOptions VolumeGap DownHigh Trading VolumeADUSAddus HomeCare4.9425 of 5 stars$109.11-0.3%$142.57+30.7%-13.9%$2.01B$1.15B24.6349,703Positive NewsUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GH Competitors OPCH Competitors RDNT Competitors BTSG Competitors SHC Competitors SGRY Competitors CON Competitors PRVA Competitors WGS Competitors ADUS 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:NHC) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy Elon put $51 million into thisA single U.S. company has started producing a “miracle metal” once locked in research labs. 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