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Best Medical Care Facility Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top medical care facility stocks in 2026 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.

Industry: Medical Care Facilities

Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast Dividends Due Diligence

Medical Care Facilities is Zen Rated A and is the 20th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
AVAH	AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.47B	$7.03	-2.50%	$268.44M	18.50x	196.05	United States
INNV	INNOVAGE HOLDING CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.17B	$8.59	-1.72%	$31.54M	143.17x	0.93	United States
AUNA	AUNA SA	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$384.65M	$5.20	8.33%	$308.95M	13.51x	N/A	Luxembourg
MD	PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$1.64B	$19.79	0.25%	$274.22M	10.05x	1.60	United States
GRDN	GUARDIAN PHARMACY SERVICES INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$2.43B	$33.51	-0.42%	$81.92M	48.57x	1.06	United States
FMS	FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$12.71B	$22.75	-0.91%	$3.75B	11.51x	1.26	Germany
ADUS	ADDUS HOMECARE CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.91B	$103.05	0.88%	$157.47M	19.41x	0.32	United States
NHC	NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP	NYSEMKT	Medical Care Facilities	$2.43B	$156.34	-0.81%	$211.13M	20.15x	0.42	United States
THC	TENET HEALTHCARE CORP	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$20.40B	$234.58	-1.20%	$3.52B	15.03x	4.91	United States
AMN	AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$787.89M	$20.39	-0.34%	$100.42M	-8.22x	2.26	United States
LFST	LIFESTANCE HEALTH GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$2.59B	$6.64	-1.34%	$120.69M	221.33x	0.45	United States
CON	CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$2.89B	$22.44	0.00%	$402.50M	17.26x	6.20	United States
PACS	PACS GROUP INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$5.41B	$34.44	0.79%	$417.01M	28.00x	4.89	United States
UHS	UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$11.38B	$186.24	-0.16%	$2.72B	7.95x	1.13	United States
EHC	ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORP	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$10.00B	$100.63	-5.86%	$1.21B	17.91x	1.56	United States
HCSG	HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.41B	$20.04	-0.50%	$86.22M	24.44x	0.56	United States
ENSG	ENSIGN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$12.23B	$210.43	0.37%	$567.64M	35.07x	1.45	United States
DVA	DAVITA INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$10.34B	$154.81	2.15%	$2.34B	15.39x	-25.07	United States
HCA	HCA HEALTHCARE INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$120.15B	$537.28	-0.07%	$14.61B	18.72x	-10.53	United States
BTMD	BIOTE CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$78.54M	$1.72	1.18%	$43.20M	1.89x	-2.43	United States
PNTG	PENNANT GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.18B	$34.03	-0.06%	$56.66M	39.57x	1.79	United States
PARK	PARK DENTAL PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	N/A	$18.02	-0.55%	N/A	N/A	406.32	United States
JYNT	JOINT CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$126.51M	$8.51	-0.58%	$3.38M	65.46x	2.06	United States
OPCH	OPTION CARE HEALTH INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$4.66B	$29.78	0.57%	$433.16M	23.27x	1.61	United States
ARDT	ARDENT HEALTH INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$1.29B	$9.02	-0.22%	$478.40M	6.01x	2.85	United States
ASTH	ASTRANA HEALTH INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.36B	$24.19	3.20%	$113.64M	120.95x	2.17	United States
ACHC	ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$2.20B	$23.89	-4.97%	-$748.68M	-1.96x	1.74	United States
BKD	BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$3.45B	$14.49	1.19%	$344.00M	-12.94x	-133.97	United States
CYH	COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$446.37M	$3.22	-4.73%	$1.85B	0.85x	-10.07	United States
CHE	CHEMED CORP	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$5.54B	$402.72	0.49%	$422.37M	21.86x	0.57	United States
USPH	U S PHYSICAL THERAPY INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$1.21B	$79.84	-0.19%	$91.24M	56.23x	0.91	United States
AIRS	AIRSCULPT TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$141.11M	$2.26	17.71%	-$1.78M	-7.79x	1.26	United States
TOI	ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$271.53M	$2.76	5.75%	-$43.11M	-0.00x	-14.33	United States
SGRY	SURGERY PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.74B	$13.48	4.09%	$426.50M	-22.10x	2.91	United States
CCRN	CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$316.08M	$9.78	-0.71%	-$63.48M	-3.34x	0.39	United States
SNDA	SONIDA SENIOR LIVING INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$632.55M	$33.70	-9.31%	$47.30M	-11.31x	25.81	United States
AGL	AGILON HEALTH INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$264.27M	$0.64	9.45%	-$354.86M	-0.67x	9.03	United States
DCGO	DOCGO INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$63.48M	$0.65	0.62%	-$55.71M	-1.27x	0.34	United States
CMPS	COMPASS PATHWAYS PLC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$661.56M	$6.89	-7.39%	-$229.53M	-2.57x	5.80	United Kingdom
SRXH	SRX HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC	NYSEMKT	Medical Care Facilities	$42.94M	$0.14	9.92%	-$41.42M	-0.07x	6.68	United States
SEM	SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$2.01B	$16.20	-0.37%	$462.68M	13.97x	2.24	United States
CCM	CONCORD MEDICAL SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$17.08M	$3.95	2.44%	N/A	-0.75x	-2.24	China
NIVF	NEWGENIVF GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$73.91k	$0.52	-7.21%	N/A	N/A	0.23	Thailand
MCTA	CHARMING MEDICAL LTD	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	N/A	$29.36	0.00%	$1.72M	366.94x	107.76	Hong Kong
EHAB	ENHABIT INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$690.85M	$13.62	0.15%	$55.90M	-151.33x	1.13	United States
AMS	AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES	NYSEMKT	Medical Care Facilities	$13.86M	$2.11	-0.94%	$5.49M	-6.21x	1.26	United States
NAKA	NAKAMOTO INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$121.84M	$0.28	6.95%	-$89.61M	-0.25x	0.45	United States
CCEL	CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC	NYSEMKT	Medical Care Facilities	$25.37M	$3.15	-0.94%	$1.10M	-10.50x	-4.32	United States
BMGL	BASEL MEDICAL GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$11.48M	$0.61	2.00%	-$8.74M	-1.21x	2.47	Singapore
PIII	P3 HEALTH PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$22.34M	$3.10	-14.84%	$7.52M	-0.07x	-35.57	United States

Medical Care Facility Stocks FAQ

What are the best medical care facility stocks to buy right now in Mar 2026?

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:

1. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH)

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) is the #1 top medical care facility stock out of 50 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 Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 8 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

AVAH passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has seen its stock return 84.03% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 99 percentage points.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $10.79, an upside of 53.43% from Aveanna Healthcare Holdings's current stock price of $7.03.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 57.14% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV)

Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV) is the #2 top medical care facility stock out of 50 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 Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 17 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

INNV passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Innovage Holding has seen its stock return 160.3% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 175 percentage points.

Innovage Holding has an average 1 year price target of $7.00, a downside of -18.51% from Innovage Holding's current stock price of $8.59.

Innovage Holding stock has a consensus Strong Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Innovage Holding, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 100% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA)

Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA) is the #3 top medical care facility stock out of 50 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 Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA) has a Due Diligence Score of 10, which is -19 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AUNA as a "A".

AUNA passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Auna Sa has seen its stock lose -29.63% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -15 percentage points.

Auna Sa has an average 1 year price target of $7.50, an upside of 44.23% from Auna Sa's current stock price of $5.20.

Auna Sa stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Auna Sa, 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.

What are the medical care facility stocks with highest dividends?

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:

1. U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH)

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 2.25%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.35%. 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 126.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC)

National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.62%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.35%. National Healthcare's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% 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 32.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM)

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.56%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.35%. 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 21.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are medical care facility stocks down?

Medical care facility stocks were down -0.32% in the last day, and down -3.37% over the last week. Newgenivf Group was the among the top losers in the medical care facilities industry, dropping -7.21% yesterday.

NewGenIvf Group shares are trading lower after the company approved a 1-for-4 reverse stock split.

What are the most undervalued medical care facility stocks?

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:

1. Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA)

Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA) 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.

Auna Sa has a valuation score of 29, which is 4 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Auna Sa's stock has dropped -29.63% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -15 percentage points.

2. Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS)

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) 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.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag 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.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag's stock has dropped -6.61% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 8 percentage points.

3. Biote (NASDAQ:BTMD)

Biote (NASDAQ:BTMD) 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.

Biote 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.

Biote's stock has dropped -58.35% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -44 percentage points.

Are medical care facility stocks a good buy now?

48.65% 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 14.05% over the next year.

23.08% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 30.77% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 33.33% are rated C (Hold), 10.26% are rated D (Sell), and 2.56% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the medical care facilities industry?

The average P/E ratio of the medical care facilities industry is 20.5x.

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