ACHC vs. HQY, ENSG, BPMC, EXEL, STVN, ITCI, JAZZ, RVMD, MASI, and CYTK
Should you be buying Acadia Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acadia Healthcare include HealthEquity (HQY), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), Exelixis (EXEL), Stevanato Group (STVN), Intra-Cellular Therapies (ITCI), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Masimo (MASI), and Cytokinetics (CYTK). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) and HealthEquity (NASDAQ:HQY) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
HealthEquity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HealthEquity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.6% of HealthEquity shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Acadia Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of HealthEquity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Acadia Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $87.56, suggesting a potential upside of 31.96%. HealthEquity has a consensus price target of $96.17, suggesting a potential upside of 21.41%. Given Acadia Healthcare's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Acadia Healthcare is more favorable than HealthEquity.
In the previous week, Acadia Healthcare had 6 more articles in the media than HealthEquity. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Acadia Healthcare and 11 mentions for HealthEquity. HealthEquity's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Acadia Healthcare's score of 0.11 indicating that HealthEquity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HealthEquity has a net margin of 5.57% compared to Acadia Healthcare's net margin of -0.38%. Acadia Healthcare's return on equity of 11.49% beat HealthEquity's return on equity.
Acadia Healthcare received 45 more outperform votes than HealthEquity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.24% of users gave HealthEquity an outperform vote while only 66.75% of users gave Acadia Healthcare an outperform vote.
Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HealthEquity has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
HealthEquity beats Acadia Healthcare on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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