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USPH vs. ACHC, SEM, BKD, WOOF, CYH, HCA, ALC, THC, EHC, and UHS

Should 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

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.

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

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 Ratio
U.S. Physical Therapy$671.34M1.68$31.42M$2.1834.10
Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.65$255.61M$2.0310.96

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.

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)
3.00
Acadia Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

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%

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats U.S. Physical Therapy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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.
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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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USPH vs. The Competition

MetricU.S. Physical TherapyMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.13B$3.78B$5.70B$21.03B
Dividend Yield2.42%1.34%4.58%3.59%
P/E Ratio34.1034.7928.3928.45
Price / Sales1.68123.93430.0871.66
Price / Cash21.4321.9036.2222.92
Price / Book2.294.408.674.68
Net Income$31.42M$189.47M$3.25B$995.51M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
4.0242 of 5 stars
$74.33
flat
$109.00
+46.6%
-23.4%$1.13B$671.34M34.107,028News Coverage
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.0488 of 5 stars
$21.64
-1.3%
$47.94
+121.6%
-65.8%$2.02B$3.16B10.6625,500News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$14.51
+0.9%
$26.00
+79.2%
-63.1%$1.86B$5.19B10.8244,100News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.4195 of 5 stars
$7.75
+0.5%
$7.70
-0.6%
-4.0%$1.82B$3.13B-7.4536,000
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.2986 of 5 stars
$3.24
-1.8%
$3.75
+15.7%
-2.3%$1.02B$6.08B-13.5029,000Trending News
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.2606 of 5 stars
$3.76
+4.6%
$4.38
+16.5%
-41.9%$526.86M$12.63B-1.0260,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.9766 of 5 stars
$364.47
+0.9%
$399.21
+9.5%
-5.3%$87.68B$71.59B16.21316,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
ALC
Alcon
2.7598 of 5 stars
$87.21
-0.2%
$106.13
+21.7%
-0.1%$43.01B$9.91B38.7625,599
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.969 of 5 stars
$174.72
-0.2%
$185.41
+6.1%
+2.1%$16.23B$20.67B11.5698,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EHC
Encompass Health
4.9388 of 5 stars
$110.04
+0.0%
$131.50
+19.5%
+18.6%$11.09B$5.37B22.7440,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9887 of 5 stars
$168.74
-0.1%
$221.85
+31.5%
-24.2%$10.97B$15.83B9.4799,000Upcoming Earnings

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