U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH) Competitors

Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) and U.S. Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Do analysts rate ACHC or USPH?

Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 103.93%. U.S. Physical Therapy has a consensus price target of $109.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.90%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than U.S. Physical Therapy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acadia Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
U.S. Physical Therapy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ACHC or USPH?

Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACHC or USPH?

Acadia Healthcare received 311 more outperform votes than U.S. Physical Therapy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.94% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote while only 56.40% of users gave U.S. Physical Therapy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Acadia Healthcare	Outperform Votes 571 65.94%	Underperform Votes 295 34.06%
U.S. Physical Therapy	Outperform Votes 260 56.40%	Underperform Votes 201 43.60%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ACHC or USPH?

U.S. Physical Therapy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Physical Therapy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Healthcare	$3.16B	0.69	-$21.67M	$2.03	11.58
U.S. Physical Therapy	$699.46M	1.68	$28.24M	$2.18	35.49

Is ACHC or USPH more profitable?

Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 8.99% compared to U.S. Physical Therapy's net margin of 3.54%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 11.12% beat U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acadia Healthcare	8.99%	11.12%	5.77%
U.S. Physical Therapy	3.54%	8.11%	3.85%

Does the media prefer ACHC or USPH?

In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 16 more articles in the media than U.S. Physical Therapy. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 14 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.59 indicating that U.S. Physical Therapy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Acadia Healthcare	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
U.S. Physical Therapy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats U.S. Physical Therapy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.