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USPH vs. ACHC, BKD, SEM, 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), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Select Medical (SEM), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

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$671.34M1.78$31.42M$2.2934.27
Acadia Healthcare$3.15B0.65$255.61M$1.5114.67

U.S. Physical Therapy currently has a consensus price target of $110.25, indicating a potential upside of 40.50%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.11%. 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Acadia Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

In the previous week, U.S. Physical Therapy had 5 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy and 4 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.90 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Acadia Healthcare
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
U.S. Physical Therapy5.05% 8.78% 3.81%
Acadia Healthcare 4.31%8.34%4.20%

Summary

U.S. Physical Therapy beats Acadia Healthcare on 10 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$1.19B$5.52B$5.76B$21.55B
Dividend Yield2.28%1.29%5.74%3.50%
P/E Ratio34.2727.7576.5229.98
Price / Sales1.78182.23496.6979.17
Price / Cash22.7427.1537.1724.62
Price / Book2.424.6313.714.59
Net Income$31.42M$197.60M$3.29B$999.97M
7 Day Performance-2.71%-0.73%0.92%0.89%
1 Month Performance-7.61%1.79%6.19%5.35%
1 Year Performance-7.71%15.42%81.04%14.33%

U.S. Physical Therapy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
4.4013 of 5 stars
$78.47
-2.1%
$110.25
+40.5%
-4.9%$1.19B$671.34M34.277,028News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.52 of 5 stars
$21.42
-1.4%
$39.00
+82.1%
-71.7%$2.01B$3.15B14.1925,500
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.6334 of 5 stars
$7.49
-0.3%
$7.80
+4.2%
+18.8%$1.76B$3.13B-7.1336,000
SEM
Select Medical
4.9986 of 5 stars
$12.25
-2.1%
$19.20
+56.7%
-64.1%$1.55B$5.19B11.5644,100
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.267 of 5 stars
$3.47
+0.3%
$3.95
+13.9%
-24.5%$1.10B$6.12B-34.7029,000
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.926 of 5 stars
$2.94
-0.2%
$3.58
+21.8%
-46.2%$411.95M$12.65B-1.9760,000Positive News
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.5626 of 5 stars
$403.40
-0.4%
$403.17
-0.1%
+0.3%$94.80B$70.60B16.96316,000Trending News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
ALC
Alcon
3.9869 of 5 stars
$77.39
-1.1%
$96.06
+24.1%
-19.5%$38.62B$9.91B36.0025,599
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.7539 of 5 stars
$186.54
-3.3%
$195.50
+4.8%
+18.2%$17.04B$20.67B11.9498,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EHC
Encompass Health
4.811 of 5 stars
$124.62
-1.1%
$137.71
+10.5%
+35.5%$12.70B$5.37B24.3940,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.8801 of 5 stars
$189.65
-1.1%
$214.77
+13.2%
-19.8%$12.20B$15.83B9.9999,000Analyst Forecast

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