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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	0.68	$255.61M	$2.03	11.43
U.S. Physical Therapy	$671.34M	1.84	$31.42M	$2.18	37.31

Which has more volatility and risk, ACHC or USPH?

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

Is ACHC or USPH 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
Acadia Healthcare	5.94%	8.72%	4.46%
U.S. Physical Therapy	4.57%	7.89%	3.51%

Does the media refer more to ACHC or USPH?

In the previous week, U.S. Physical Therapy had 2 more articles in the media than Acadia Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy and 3 mentions for Acadia Healthcare. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.89 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	2 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer ACHC or USPH?

Acadia Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 106.57%. U.S. Physical Therapy has a consensus target price of $109.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.03%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher probable upside, equities 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	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
U.S. Physical Therapy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

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