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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do analysts recommend ACHC or USPH?

Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $35.09, indicating a potential upside of 39.36%. U.S. Physical Therapy has a consensus price target of $110.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.67%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible 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	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
U.S. Physical Therapy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ACHC or USPH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acadia Healthcare	$3.15B	0.74	$255.61M	$1.51	16.68
U.S. Physical Therapy	$729.61M	1.86	$31.42M	$2.29	38.93

Does the media favor ACHC or USPH?

In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 10 more articles in the media than U.S. Physical Therapy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 6 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.06 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
U.S. Physical Therapy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ACHC or USPH?

Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ACHC or USPH more profitable?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a net margin of 5.05% compared to Acadia Healthcare's net margin of 4.31%. U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity of 8.78% beat Acadia Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acadia Healthcare	4.31%	8.34%	4.20%
U.S. Physical Therapy	5.05%	8.78%	3.81%

Summary

U.S. Physical Therapy beats Acadia Healthcare on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.