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National HealthCare (NHC) Competitors

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$101.59 -1.69 (-1.64%)
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NHC vs. OPCH, GH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, PRVA, SGRY, CON, VCYT, and LFST

Should you be buying National HealthCare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National HealthCare include Option Care Health (OPCH), Guardant Health (GH), RadNet (RDNT), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), Veracyte (VCYT), and LifeStance Health Group (LFST). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry.

National HealthCare vs.

National HealthCare (NYSE:NHC) and Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Option Care Health received 60 more outperform votes than National HealthCare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave National HealthCare an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave Option Care Health an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
National HealthCareOutperform Votes
4
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Option Care HealthOutperform Votes
64
64.00%
Underperform Votes
36
36.00%

Option Care Health has a consensus price target of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.83%. Given Option Care Health's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Option Care 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)
0.00
Option Care Health
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

56.4% of National HealthCare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Option Care Health shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of National HealthCare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Option Care Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Option Care Health has higher revenue and earnings than National HealthCare. National HealthCare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Option Care Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National HealthCare$1.37B1.14$66.80M$6.9214.68
Option Care Health$5.19B1.01$267.09M$1.2425.83

National HealthCare has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Option Care Health's net margin of 4.37%. Option Care Health's return on equity of 15.30% beat National HealthCare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National HealthCare10.03% 6.87% 4.68%
Option Care Health 4.37%15.30%6.57%

In the previous week, Option Care Health had 8 more articles in the media than National HealthCare. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Option Care Health and 4 mentions for National HealthCare. Option Care Health's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat National HealthCare's score of 1.60 indicating that Option Care Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
National HealthCare
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Option Care Health
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

National HealthCare has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Option Care Health has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Option Care Health beats National HealthCare on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NHC vs. The Competition

MetricNational HealthCareSkilled nursing care facilities IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.57B$2.29B$5.33B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.25%1.21%5.21%3.84%
P/E Ratio12.7313.8126.7134.53
Price / Sales1.140.90386.1234.83
Price / Cash15.6812.2638.2517.51
Price / Book1.713.116.774.69
Net Income$66.80M$120.70M$3.23B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.68%-3.55%1.80%-1.74%
1 Month Performance9.73%10.21%11.10%7.50%
1 Year Performance1.98%-10.30%17.11%4.15%

National HealthCare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NHC
National HealthCare
N/A$101.59
-1.6%
N/A+5.0%$1.57B$1.37B12.7312,400Positive News
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.2165 of 5 stars
$31.86
+0.1%
$35.50
+11.4%
+12.3%$5.22B$5.19B26.775,600Positive News
GH
Guardant Health
4.6469 of 5 stars
$41.66
-0.1%
$52.32
+25.6%
+57.4%$5.16B$774.00M-11.701,790Positive News
RDNT
RadNet
3.3835 of 5 stars
$57.03
+2.3%
$69.75
+22.3%
-0.3%$4.28B$1.83B-814.608,970News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.6495 of 5 stars
$22.35
-2.1%
$22.89
+2.4%
+112.9%$3.89B$11.86B-85.9635,000Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SHC
Sotera Health
2.9439 of 5 stars
$13.50
+2.8%
$15.80
+17.0%
+13.3%$3.83B$1.11B54.003,000Gap Up
PRVA
Privia Health Group
3.3437 of 5 stars
$25.06
+0.2%
$27.38
+9.3%
+47.4%$3.04B$1.80B250.63810Positive News
SGRY
Surgery Partners
2.7953 of 5 stars
$23.26
+5.0%
$34.75
+49.4%
-10.7%$2.98B$3.11B-48.4612,200
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
N/A$21.66
+1.2%
$28.50
+31.6%
N/A$2.76B$1.90B16.1611,000Gap Up
VCYT
Veracyte
3.9546 of 5 stars
$30.76
+3.5%
$40.90
+33.0%
+26.8%$2.41B$445.76M-205.07790Positive News
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
2.5068 of 5 stars
$5.85
+2.1%
$8.30
+41.9%
-24.2%$2.27B$1.28B-22.506,640Positive News

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This page (NYSE:NHC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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