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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:

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) is the #1 top medical care facility stock out of 47 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: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is 1 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

AVAH passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has seen its stock return 52.74% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 83 percentage points.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $7.50, a downside of -7.18% from Aveanna Healthcare Holdings's current stock price of $8.08.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) is the #2 top medical care facility stock out of 47 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 Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) has a Due Diligence Score of 7, which is -22 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates EHAB as a "A".

EHAB passed 2 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Enhabit has seen its stock lose -3.5% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 27 percentage points.

Enhabit has an average 1 year price target of $8.50, an upside of 10.1% from Enhabit's current stock price of $7.72.

Enhabit stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Enhabit, 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.

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) is the #3 top medical care facility stock out of 47 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: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 19 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

ARDT passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ardent Health Partners has seen its stock lose -25.55% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 5 percentage points.

Ardent Health Partners has an average 1 year price target of $18.08, an upside of 40.99% from Ardent Health Partners's current stock price of $12.82.

Ardent Health Partners stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Ardent Health Partners, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 12.5% have issued a hold, while 12.5% 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:

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) has an annual dividend yield of 14.99%, which is 12 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 3.13%. Select Medical Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one 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 35.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Cryo Cell International (NYSEMKT:CCEL) has an annual dividend yield of 9.07%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 3.13%.

Cryo Cell International's dividend payout ratio of -2,166.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 2.27%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 3.13%. 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 81.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Medical care facility stocks were up 0.52% in the last day, and down -0.27% over the last week.

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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 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.

Ardent Health Partners's stock has dropped -25.55% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 5 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) 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.

Pediatrix Medical Group 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.

Pediatrix Medical Group's stock has gained 53.36% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 84 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 dropped -19.33% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 11 percentage points.

36.84% 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 18.16% over the next year.

12.5% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 30% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 47.5% are rated C (Hold), 7.5% are rated D (Sell), and 2.5% are rated F (Strong Sell).