U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer USPH or ACHC?

U.S. Physical Therapy currently has a consensus price target of $109.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.70%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus price target of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 100.60%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible upside, 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
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

Does the media prefer USPH or ACHC?

In the previous week, U.S. Physical Therapy had 5 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy and 2 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.84 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Acadia Healthcare	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 Therapy	4.57%	7.89%	3.51%
Acadia Healthcare	5.94%	8.72%	4.46%

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. Physical Therapy	$671.34M	1.86	$31.42M	$2.18	37.68
Acadia Healthcare	$3.15B	0.70	$255.61M	$2.03	11.77

Which has more volatility and risk, USPH or ACHC?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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