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Best Medical Care Facility Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top medical care facility stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best medical care facility stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best medical care facility stocks to buy right now are:

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) is the #1 top medical care facility stock out of 48 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) has a Due Diligence Score of 11, which is -19 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MD as a "A".

MD passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Pediatrix Medical Group has seen its stock return 37.64% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 43 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group has an average 1 year price target of $16.75, an upside of 36.73% from Pediatrix Medical Group's current stock price of $12.25.

Pediatrix Medical Group stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Pediatrix Medical Group, 16.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) is the #2 top medical care facility stock out of 48 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 22 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

ARDT passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals.

Ardent Health Partners has an average 1 year price target of $20.60, an upside of 64.54% from Ardent Health Partners's current stock price of $12.52.

Ardent Health Partners stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Ardent Health Partners, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 30% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) is the #3 top medical care facility stock out of 48 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 4 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

HCSG passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Healthcare Services Group has seen its stock return 24.27% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 30 percentage points.

Healthcare Services Group has an average 1 year price target of $14.50, an upside of 6.07% from Healthcare Services Group's current stock price of $13.67.

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

Out of 11 medical care facility stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 medical care facility stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) has an annual dividend yield of 11.32%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 2.37%. Select Medical Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Select Medical Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Select Medical Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 30.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Cryo Cell International (NYSEMKT:CCEL) has an annual dividend yield of 4.45%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 2.37%.

Cryo Cell International's dividend payout ratio of 5,000% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.59%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 2.37%. Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three 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 65.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Medical care facility stocks were up 0.33% in the last day, and up 4.46% over the last week. Encompass Health was the among the top gainers in the medical care facilities industry, gaining 11.79% yesterday.

Encompass Health shares are trading higher after Barclays raised its price target on the stock from $118 to $129.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued medical care facility stocks right now are:

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) is the most undervalued medical care facility stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ardent Health Partners 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.

Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA) is the second most undervalued medical care facility stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Auna Sa has a valuation score of 57, which is 32 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Auna Sa's stock has dropped -2.92% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 3 percentage points.

Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) is the third most undervalued medical care facility stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Universal Health Services has a valuation score of 43, which is 18 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 25. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Universal Health Services's stock has gained 3.99% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 10 percentage points.

40.48% of medical care facility stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect medical care facility stocks to rise by 27.89% over the next year.

11.9% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.43% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 50% are rated C (Hold), 14.29% are rated D (Sell), and 2.38% are rated F (Strong Sell).