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Best Medical Care Facility Stocks to Buy Now (2024)

Top medical care facility stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best medical care facility stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the medical care facilities industry.

According to Zen Score, the 3 best medical care facility stocks to buy right now are:

Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) is the top medical care facility stock with a Zen Score of 70, which is 43 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 27. It passed 22 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cross Country Healthcare has seen its stock lose -43.12% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -58 percentage points.

Cross Country Healthcare has an average 1 year price target of $19.50, an upside of 32.2% from Cross Country Healthcare's current stock price of $14.75.

Cross Country Healthcare stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Cross Country Healthcare, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) is the second best medical care facility stock with a Zen Score of 56, which is 29 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 27. It passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Select Medical Holdings has seen its stock return 24.08% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 9 percentage points.

Select Medical Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $36.00, an upside of 6.16% from Select Medical Holdings's current stock price of $33.91.

Select Medical Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Select Medical Holdings, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Addus Homecare (NASDAQ:ADUS) is the third best medical care facility stock with a Zen Score of 51, which is 24 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 27. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Addus Homecare has seen its stock return 26.43% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 11 percentage points.

Addus Homecare has an average 1 year price target of $109.17, a downside of -2.29% from Addus Homecare's current stock price of $111.73.

Addus Homecare stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Addus Homecare, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 16.67% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 9 medical care facility stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 medical care facility stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) has an annual dividend yield of 3.01%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.18%. Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend payout ratio of 69.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC) has an annual dividend yield of 2.24%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.18%. National Healthcare's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. National Healthcare's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

National Healthcare's dividend payout ratio of 44.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 1.73%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.18%. U S Physical Therapy's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. U S Physical Therapy's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

U S Physical Therapy's dividend payout ratio of 147.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Medical care facility stocks were up 1.68% in the last day, and up 2.43% over the last week. Hca Healthcare was the among the top gainers in the medical care facilities industry, gaining 3.07% yesterday.

HCA Healthcare shares are trading higher after Baird initiated coverage on the stock with an Outperform rating and $396 price target.

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued medical care facility stocks right now are:

Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) is the most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Cross Country Healthcare has a valuation score of 100, which is 75 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 25. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cross Country Healthcare's stock has dropped -43.12% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -58 percentage points.

Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) is the second most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Healthcare Services Group has a valuation score of 71, which is 46 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Healthcare Services Group's stock has dropped -23.95% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -39 percentage points.

Amn Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) is the third most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Amn Healthcare Services has a valuation score of 71, which is 46 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Amn Healthcare Services's stock has dropped -43.68% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -59 percentage points.