National HealthCare (NHC) Competitors $103.26 -0.77 (-0.74%) As of 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock NHC vs. GH, OPCH, RDNT, BTSG, SHC, SGRY, PRVA, CON, WGS, 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), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Sotera Health (SHC), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Concentra Group Holdings Parent (CON), GeneDx (WGS), and Veracyte (VCYT). 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 Privia Health Group Concentra Group Holdings Parent GeneDx 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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment. Do institutionals & insiders believe in GH or NHC? 92.6% of Guardant Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of National HealthCare shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Guardant Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of National HealthCare 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. Do analysts prefer GH or NHC? Guardant Health currently has a consensus target price of $53.76, indicating a potential upside of 6.99%. Given Guardant Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00National HealthCare 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is GH or NHC more profitable? National HealthCare has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Guardant Health's net margin of -53.82%. 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-53.82% N/A -26.77% National HealthCare 10.03%6.87%4.68% Which has higher 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$739.02M8.42-$436.37M-$3.39-14.82National HealthCare$1.37B1.16$66.80M$6.9214.92 Which has more volatility & risk, GH or NHC? Guardant Health has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National HealthCare has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor GH or NHC? In the previous week, Guardant Health had 5 more articles in the media than National HealthCare. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Guardant Health and 3 mentions for National HealthCare. Guardant Health's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat National HealthCare's score of 1.11 indicating that Guardant Health is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Guardant Health 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive National HealthCare 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryGuardant Health and National HealthCare tied by winning 8 of the 16 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$1.60B$833.36M$5.62B$20.74BDividend Yield2.47%2.47%5.24%3.71%P/E Ratio12.9420.4828.1027.84Price / Sales1.160.65429.7042.35Price / Cash15.688.7037.4622.63Price / Book1.741.748.044.57Net Income$66.80M$35.98M$3.18B$989.30M7 Day Performance-4.78%-2.39%3.61%0.20%1 Month Performance-1.24%-0.62%4.04%3.95%1 Year Performance-14.63%-7.31%29.99%10.27% National HealthCare Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NHCNational HealthCareN/A$103.26-0.7%N/A-13.9%$1.60B$1.37B12.9412,400News CoveragePositive NewsGHGuardant Health4.091 of 5 stars$49.54-1.9%$53.76+8.5%+67.7%$6.26B$739.02M-14.612,021Positive NewsOPCHOption Care Health4.5498 of 5 stars$30.91-0.8%$35.50+14.8%+3.2%$5.10B$5.00B24.938,088News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastRDNTRadNet4.1906 of 5 stars$55.26-1.7%$69.60+26.0%-7.3%$4.22B$1.83B-128.5111,021Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastBTSGBrightSpring Health Services1.6854 of 5 stars$22.00-0.5%$24.90+13.2%+83.0%$3.89B$11.27B78.5735,000SHCSotera Health3.1704 of 5 stars$11.40-2.9%$16.00+40.4%-3.2%$3.33B$1.10B142.523,000SGRYSurgery Partners2.4592 of 5 stars$22.03-0.5%$33.56+52.3%-13.7%$2.84B$3.11B-14.4015,000PRVAPrivia Health Group4.5068 of 5 stars$21.35-3.4%$27.77+30.1%+14.2%$2.70B$1.74B177.931,140News CoverageAnalyst ForecastCONConcentra Group Holdings Parent2.9469 of 5 stars$20.33-1.1%$28.50+40.2%N/A$2.64B$1.90B15.1711,250News CoverageWGSGeneDx3.8542 of 5 stars$85.74-6.4%$90.13+5.1%+141.3%$2.61B$330.14M-60.811,200Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeVCYTVeracyte3.5915 of 5 stars$26.34-4.3%$40.90+55.3%+20.0%$2.15B$445.76M64.25790 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GH Competitors OPCH Competitors RDNT Competitors BTSG Competitors SHC Competitors SGRY Competitors PRVA Competitors CON Competitors WGS 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 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. 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