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National HealthCare (NHC) Competitors

$124.45
-0.06 (-0.05%)
(As of 09/17/2024 ET)

NHC vs. PACS, OPCH, SHC, SGRY, HIMS, GH, CON, VCYT, LFST, and BTSG

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

National HealthCare vs.

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

In the previous week, PACS Group had 25 more articles in the media than National HealthCare. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for PACS Group and 2 mentions for National HealthCare. PACS Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat National HealthCare's score of 0.23 indicating that PACS Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
National HealthCare
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PACS Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

PACS Group has a consensus target price of $37.57, suggesting a potential downside of 7.80%. Given PACS Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PACS Group 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)
N/A
PACS Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

PACS Group received 17 more outperform votes than National HealthCare when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
National HealthCareN/AN/A
PACS GroupOutperform Votes
17
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

PACS Group has higher revenue and earnings than National HealthCare.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National HealthCare$1.18B1.63$66.80M$5.2623.66
PACS Group$3.11B2.00$112.87MN/AN/A

National HealthCare has a net margin of 7.74% compared to PACS Group's net margin of 0.00%. National HealthCare's return on equity of 6.39% beat PACS Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National HealthCare7.74% 6.39% 4.47%
PACS Group N/A N/A N/A

56.4% of National HealthCare shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of National HealthCare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

PACS Group beats National HealthCare on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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.
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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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NHC vs. The Competition

MetricNational HealthCareSkilled nursing care facilities IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.92B$4.21B$5.59B$18.98B
Dividend Yield1.98%1.07%4.31%3.55%
P/E Ratio23.6618.43135.8226.47
Price / Sales1.631.491,548.0715.64
Price / Cash19.8815.9338.0219.84
Price / Book2.093.924.835.09
Net Income$66.80M$98.56M$112.98M$981.59M
7 Day Performance0.47%1.75%5.65%4.07%
1 Month Performance-2.15%2.63%9.52%3.77%
1 Year PerformanceN/A31.75%17.75%18.11%

National HealthCare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PACS
PACS Group
2.5071 of 5 stars
2.51 / 5 stars
$40.75
-0.5%
$37.57
-7.8%
N/A$6.21B$3.11B0.0032,433
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.9233 of 5 stars
4.92 / 5 stars
$31.26
-1.5%
$39.50
+26.4%
-10.3%$5.43B$4.59B20.577,802Positive News
SHC
Sotera Health
2.5844 of 5 stars
2.58 / 5 stars
$16.66
-1.5%
$15.70
-5.8%
+7.1%$4.72B$1.05B87.693,000
SGRY
Surgery Partners
4.1142 of 5 stars
4.11 / 5 stars
$31.38
-1.5%
$39.86
+27.0%
+0.5%$3.99B$2.89B42.2013,500Positive News
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.3392 of 5 stars
3.34 / 5 stars
$16.10
-1.1%
$19.86
+23.3%
+155.2%$3.46B$1.07B-1,610.001,046
GH
Guardant Health
4.4258 of 5 stars
4.43 / 5 stars
$25.09
-1.1%
$39.31
+56.7%
-15.0%$3.07B$643.81M-6.401,779Short Interest ↑
CON
Concentra Group Holdings Parent
0 of 5 stars
0.00 / 5 stars
$23.21
-0.6%
$29.69
+27.9%
N/A$2.94B$1.86B0.00N/APositive News
VCYT
Veracyte
3.8748 of 5 stars
3.87 / 5 stars
$34.32
+2.1%
$31.25
-8.9%
+37.0%$2.62B$399.58M-36.51790Gap Up
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
1.638 of 5 stars
1.64 / 5 stars
$6.83
-0.3%
$8.25
+20.8%
-2.6%$2.61B$1.16B-14.239,325Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
1.6247 of 5 stars
1.62 / 5 stars
$14.64
+5.2%
$15.32
+4.6%
N/A$2.51B$9.94B0.0035,000Short Interest ↓
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This page (NYSE:NHC) was last updated on 9/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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