U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH) Competitors $74.33 0.00 (0.00%) Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$74.26 -0.08 (-0.10%) As of 07/25/2025 04:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock USPH vs. ACHC, SEM, BKD, WOOF, CYH, HCA, ALC, THC, EHC, and UHSShould you be buying U.S. Physical Therapy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Physical Therapy include Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Community Health Systems (CYH), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Encompass Health (EHC), and Universal Health Services (UHS). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry. U.S. Physical Therapy vs. Its Competitors Acadia Healthcare Select Medical Brookdale Senior Living Petco Health and Wellness Community Health Systems HCA Healthcare Alcon Tenet Healthcare Encompass Health Universal Health Services U.S. Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings. Does the media refer more to USPH or ACHC? In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 4 more articles in the media than U.S. Physical Therapy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 8 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of -0.14 indicating that U.S. Physical Therapy is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment U.S. Physical Therapy 2 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Acadia Healthcare 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has better valuation & earnings, USPH or ACHC? Acadia Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Physical Therapy. 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioU.S. Physical Therapy$671.34M1.68$31.42M$2.1834.10Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.65$255.61M$2.0310.96 Which has more risk and volatility, USPH or ACHC? U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer USPH or ACHC? U.S. Physical Therapy currently has a consensus target price of $109.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.64%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $47.94, indicating a potential upside of 115.48%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than U.S. Physical Therapy.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score U.S. Physical Therapy 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Acadia Healthcare 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.60 Is USPH or ACHC more profitable? Acadia Healthcare has a net margin of 5.94% compared to U.S. Physical Therapy's net margin of 4.57%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 8.72% beat U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets U.S. Physical Therapy4.57% 7.89% 3.51% Acadia Healthcare 5.94%8.72%4.46% SummaryAcadia Healthcare beats U.S. Physical Therapy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Get U.S. Physical Therapy News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for USPH 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 USPH 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 USPH vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricU.S. Physical TherapyMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.13B$3.78B$5.70B$21.03BDividend Yield2.42%1.34%4.58%3.59%P/E Ratio34.1034.7928.3928.45Price / Sales1.68123.93430.0871.66Price / Cash21.4321.9036.2222.92Price / Book2.294.408.674.68Net Income$31.42M$189.47M$3.25B$995.51M7 Day Performance0.39%2.10%4.30%1.65%1 Month Performance-5.55%-4.24%10.57%4.54%1 Year Performance-24.40%-2.92%35.68%10.00% U.S. Physical Therapy Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)USPHU.S. Physical Therapy4.0242 of 5 stars$74.33flat$109.00+46.6%-23.4%$1.13B$671.34M34.107,028News CoverageACHCAcadia Healthcare4.0488 of 5 stars$21.64-1.3%$47.94+121.6%-65.8%$2.02B$3.16B10.6625,500News CoverageAnalyst DowngradeSEMSelect Medical5 of 5 stars$14.51+0.9%$26.00+79.2%-63.1%$1.86B$5.19B10.8244,100News CoverageUpcoming EarningsBKDBrookdale Senior Living2.4195 of 5 stars$7.75+0.5%$7.70-0.6%-4.0%$1.82B$3.13B-7.4536,000WOOFPetco Health and Wellness3.2986 of 5 stars$3.24-1.8%$3.75+15.7%-2.3%$1.02B$6.08B-13.5029,000Trending NewsCYHCommunity Health Systems4.2606 of 5 stars$3.76+4.6%$4.38+16.5%-41.9%$526.86M$12.63B-1.0260,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastHCAHCA Healthcare4.9766 of 5 stars$364.47+0.9%$399.21+9.5%-5.3%$87.68B$71.59B16.21316,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementALCAlcon2.7598 of 5 stars$87.21-0.2%$106.13+21.7%-0.1%$43.01B$9.91B38.7625,599THCTenet Healthcare4.969 of 5 stars$174.72-0.2%$185.41+6.1%+2.1%$16.23B$20.67B11.5698,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionEHCEncompass Health4.9388 of 5 stars$110.04+0.0%$131.50+19.5%+18.6%$11.09B$5.37B22.7440,000News CoveragePositive NewsDividend IncreaseUHSUniversal Health Services4.9887 of 5 stars$168.74-0.1%$221.85+31.5%-24.2%$10.97B$15.83B9.4799,000Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Acadia Healthcare Competitors Select Medical Competitors Brookdale Senior Living Competitors Petco Health and Wellness Competitors Community Health Systems Competitors HCA Healthcare Competitors Alcon Competitors Tenet Healthcare Competitors Encompass Health Competitors Universal Health Services 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:USPH) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhy AMZN, GOOG, MSFT might destroy NVDAInvesting Legend Hints the End May be Near for These 3 Iconic Stocks Futurist Eric Fry say Amazon, Tesla an...InvestorPlace | SponsoredCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0 I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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