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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 41 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29. It passed 22 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cross Country Healthcare has seen its stock lose -22.25% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -30 percentage points.

Cross Country Healthcare has an average 1 year price target of $20.25, an upside of 21.48% from Cross Country Healthcare's current stock price of $16.67.

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 27 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29. It passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Select Medical Holdings has seen its stock return 7.12% over the past year.

Select Medical Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $32.50, an upside of 3.4% from Select Medical Holdings's current stock price of $31.43.

Select Medical Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Select Medical Holdings, 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.

Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) is the third best medical care facility stock with a Zen Score of 54, which is 25 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29. It passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Astrana Health has seen its stock return 6.91% over the past year.

Astrana Health has an average 1 year price target of $48.00, an upside of 28.14% from Astrana Health's current stock price of $37.46.

Astrana Health stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Astrana Health, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% 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 2.95%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.25%. 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 67.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC) has an annual dividend yield of 2.58%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.25%. 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 53.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 1.64%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.25%. 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 134.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Medical care facility stocks were up 0.1% in the last day, and up 2.08% over the last week. Joint was the among the top gainers in the medical care facilities industry, gaining 25.35% yesterday.

Joint shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results and reiterated FY23 system-wide sales guidance. Also, Roth MKM reiterated a Buy rating on the stock and raised its price target from $13 to $16.

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 72 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 28. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cross Country Healthcare's stock has dropped -22.25% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -30 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 43 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Healthcare Services Group's stock has dropped -28.44% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -36 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 43 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Amn Healthcare Services's stock has dropped -29.44% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -37 percentage points.