National HealthCare (NHC) Competitors $96.14 +1.77 (+1.88%) As of 01:50 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock NHC vs. GH, OPCH, RDNT, SHC, PRVA, BTSG, SGRY, WGS, CON, and VCYTShould 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), Sotera Health (SHC), Privia Health Group (PRVA), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Surgery Partners (SGRY), GeneDx (WGS), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), and Veracyte (VCYT). These companies are all part of the "healthcare" industry. National HealthCare vs. Guardant Health Option Care Health RadNet Sotera Health Privia Health Group BrightSpring Health Services Surgery Partners GeneDx Concentra Group Holdings Parent Veracyte Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH) and National HealthCare (NYSE:NHC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends. Do insiders and institutionals believe in GH or NHC? 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of National HealthCare shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Guardant Health shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of National HealthCare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer GH or NHC? Guardant Health presently has a consensus target price of $51.64, suggesting a potential upside of 8.59%. Given Guardant Health's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Guardant Health is more favorable than National HealthCare.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Guardant Health 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 21 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.05National HealthCare 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GH or NHC? Guardant Health received 299 more outperform votes than National HealthCare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave National HealthCare an outperform vote while only 71.56% of users gave Guardant Health an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGuardant HealthOutperform Votes30271.56% Underperform Votes12028.44% National HealthCareOutperform Votes3100.00% Underperform VotesNo Votes Which has better earnings & valuation, GH or NHC? 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 RatioGuardant Health$739.02M7.94-$479.45M-$3.56-13.36National HealthCare$1.30B1.13$66.80M$6.5414.51 Is GH or NHC more profitable? National HealthCare has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -59.05%. 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 Guardant Health-59.05% -19,157.20% -25.96% National HealthCare 10.03%6.87%4.68% Does the media refer more to GH or NHC? In the previous week, Guardant Health had 31 more articles in the media than National HealthCare. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Guardant Health and 2 mentions for National HealthCare. National HealthCare's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Guardant Health's score of 1.02 indicating that National HealthCare is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Guardant Health 15 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 7 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive National HealthCare 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has more risk and volatility, GH or NHC? Guardant Health has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National HealthCare has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryNational HealthCare beats Guardant Health on 10 of the 19 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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$1.47B$2.12B$5.54B$19.18BDividend Yield2.55%1.38%5.09%4.00%P/E Ratio11.8913.1122.7133.34Price / Sales1.130.87407.3529.24Price / Cash15.6812.2638.1817.52Price / Book1.602.846.804.54Net Income$66.80M$120.70M$3.22B$1.02B7 Day Performance0.33%1.73%2.16%1.85%1 Month Performance1.22%-0.83%3.54%-2.36%1 Year PerformanceN/A-15.96%16.80%5.18% National HealthCare Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NHCNational HealthCareN/A$96.14+1.9%N/AN/A$1.49B$1.30B12.0512,400Positive NewsGHGuardant Health4.5186 of 5 stars$42.61-5.2%$49.00+15.0%+167.6%$5.26B$739.02M-11.971,790Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsGap UpOPCHOption Care Health3.1527 of 5 stars$31.25-2.4%$33.00+5.6%+7.3%$5.13B$5.00B26.265,600Earnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsRDNTRadNet4.0506 of 5 stars$47.36-4.9%$69.75+47.3%+3.5%$3.51B$1.83B-676.478,970Positive NewsSHCSotera Health1.6003 of 5 stars$10.32-1.5%$15.20+47.3%+7.4%$2.93B$1.10B41.283,000Earnings ReportNews CoveragePRVAPrivia Health Group4.0208 of 5 stars$22.71-4.1%$27.00+18.9%+27.0%$2.76B$1.74B227.12810Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓Positive NewsBTSGBrightSpring Health Services1.6207 of 5 stars$15.62-5.9%$21.67+38.7%+67.9%$2.73B$11.27B-60.0835,000News CoveragePositive NewsSGRYSurgery Partners3.2733 of 5 stars$20.20-4.8%$34.75+72.0%-8.9%$2.58B$3.11B-42.0812,200News CoverageWGSGeneDx2.8602 of 5 stars$91.04-4.6%$72.33-20.5%+197.9%$2.56B$305.45M-46.451,200Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastInsider TradePositive NewsCONConcentra Group Holdings ParentN/A$19.88-2.5%$28.50+43.4%N/A$2.53B$1.90B13.1711,000Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsVCYTVeracyte3.9844 of 5 stars$30.60-1.7%$42.60+39.2%+47.6%$2.39B$445.76M-204.00790Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GH Competitors OPCH Competitors RDNT Competitors SHC Competitors PRVA Competitors BTSG Competitors SGRY Competitors WGS Competitors CON Competitors VCYT 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 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHere’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAII predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new milliona...Brownstone Research | SponsoredDOGE officially begins retirement transformationElon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE") just announced the first-ever "fully digital retireme...Altimetry | SponsoredGold Alert: The Truth About Fort Knox Is ComingOwning physical gold isn’t the best way to profit. 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