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Best Medical Care Facility Stocks to Buy Now (2023)

Top medical care facility stocks in 2023 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 50, which is 23 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 27. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cross Country Healthcare has seen its stock lose -43.35% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -33 percentage points.

Cross Country Healthcare has an average 1 year price target of $23.40, an upside of 15.44% from Cross Country Healthcare's current stock price of $20.27.

Cross Country Healthcare stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Cross Country Healthcare, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 80% 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 49, which is 22 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 27. It passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Select Medical Holdings has seen its stock lose -8.06% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 2 percentage points.

Select Medical Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $33.75, an upside of 49.34% from Select Medical Holdings's current stock price of $22.60.

Select Medical Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Select Medical Holdings, 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.

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) is the third best medical care facility stock with a Zen Score of 47, which is 20 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 27. It passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Pediatrix Medical Group has seen its stock lose -47.56% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -37 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group has an average 1 year price target of $12.25, an upside of 46.18% from Pediatrix Medical Group's current stock price of $8.38.

Pediatrix Medical Group stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Pediatrix Medical Group, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 10 medical care facility stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 medical care facility stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 1.47%. Healthcare Services Group's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Healthcare Services Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Healthcare Services Group's dividend payout ratio of 48.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.03%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.47%. 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 79.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

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 1.47%. 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 76.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Medical care facility stocks were up 0.31% in the last day, and down -1.4% over the last week.

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

Amn Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) is the most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Amn Healthcare Services has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Amn Healthcare Services's stock has dropped -45.19% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -35 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) is the second most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Pediatrix Medical Group has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pediatrix Medical Group's stock has dropped -47.56% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -37 percentage points.

Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) is the third most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Healthcare Services Group has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Healthcare Services Group's stock has dropped -30.39% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -20 percentage points.