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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 +28.50% per year, and are the best medical care facility stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Medical Care Facilities

Overview Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast

Medical Care Facilities is Zen Rated A and is the 17th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Price	Price Target	Upside/Downside	Consensus	Analysts	Fore. Revenue Growth	Fore. Earnings Growth	Forecast ROE	Forecast ROA
MD	PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP INC	$2.11B	$25.71	$26.50	3.07%	Hold	2	3.29%	4.70%	19.74%	8.38%
AVAH	AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC	$2.11B	$9.69	$10.30	6.30%	Buy	5	6.01%	-21.57%	75.41%	8.95%
AMN	AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC	$1.31B	$33.76	$29.20	-13.51%	Buy	5	-9.26%	N/A	7.03%	1.93%
PACS	PACS GROUP INC	$7.08B	$44.73	$52.25	16.81%	Strong Buy	4	8.00%	26.04%	41.82%	7.66%
LFST	LIFESTANCE HEALTH GROUP INC	$4.40B	$11.34	$10.88	-4.10%	Strong Buy	8	14.17%	88.76%	9.10%	6.27%
JYNT	JOINT CORP	$124.16M	$8.71	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.60%	22.70%	28.67%	7.66%
ADUS	ADDUS HOMECARE CORP	$2.08B	$111.50	$124.33	11.51%	Hold	3	5.83%	17.58%	13.42%	10.43%
AUNA	AUNA SA	$378.95M	$5.12	$5.00	-2.34%	Hold	1	59.59%	167.06%	N/A	N/A
DVA	DAVITA INC	$15.03B	$234.10	$231.80	-0.98%	Buy	5	3.36%	23.51%	-232.93%	10.06%
GRDN	GUARDIAN PHARMACY SERVICES INC	$2.52B	$39.78	$45.25	13.75%	Strong Buy	4	3.75%	24.51%	41.13%	21.28%
HCSG	HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC	$1.71B	$24.95	$27.00	8.22%	Buy	4	5.76%	12.54%	18.94%	11.94%
CON	CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT INC	$4.01B	$31.31	$31.50	0.61%	Strong Buy	4	5.82%	10.84%	56.87%	8.36%
EHC	ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORP	$11.16B	$112.50	$132.50	17.78%	Strong Buy	2	7.70%	6.27%	33.26%	11.47%
AIRS	AIRSCULPT TECHNOLOGIES INC	$337.21M	$4.78	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.87%	N/A	0.00%	0.00%
PNTG	PENNANT GROUP INC	$1.43B	$41.15	$45.00	9.36%	Strong Buy	3	11.44%	35.47%	18.98%	6.87%
ENSG	ENSIGN GROUP INC	$10.05B	$172.04	$212.00	23.23%	Buy	2	11.58%	15.92%	23.00%	9.70%
THC	TENET HEALTHCARE CORP	$16.74B	$194.38	$251.58	29.43%	Strong Buy	12	2.47%	-0.37%	37.92%	5.85%
PARK	PARK DENTAL PARTNERS INC	$85.20M	$18.87	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	28.52%	4.03%
BTMD	BIOTE CORP	$93.58M	$2.49	$2.83	13.78%	Strong Buy	3	5.42%	4.13%	-44.42%	27.99%
TOI	ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE INC	$549.91M	$5.50	$8.50	54.55%	Strong Buy	4	25.42%	N/A	-18.60%	1.80%
CHE	CHEMED CORP	$6.82B	$513.68	$480.25	-6.51%	Hold	4	6.53%	21.26%	45.61%	25.18%
ACHC	ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY INC	$3.17B	$34.43	$32.33	-6.09%	Strong Buy	9	4.98%	N/A	10.35%	3.65%
NHC	NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP	$3.43B	$219.88	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
INNV	INNOVAGE HOLDING CORP	$1.50B	$11.08	$7.00	-36.82%	Strong Sell	1	9.01%	N/A	29.32%	12.27%
ARDT	ARDENT HEALTH INC	$1.50B	$10.44	$13.13	25.72%	Strong Buy	4	3.58%	10.88%	13.03%	3.32%
ASTH	ASTRANA HEALTH INC	$2.48B	$44.55	$49.00	9.99%	Strong Buy	7	11.23%	58.93%	N/A	N/A
UHS	UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC	$9.12B	$150.64	$204.38	35.67%	Buy	8	4.98%	4.52%	24.24%	11.54%
OPCH	OPTION CARE HEALTH INC	$3.42B	$21.75	$28.71	32.02%	Buy	7	5.96%	22.16%	29.52%	11.80%
HCA	HCA HEALTHCARE INC	$82.17B	$370.42	$501.47	35.38%	Strong Buy	15	4.52%	7.54%	-147.51%	15.13%
SGRY	SURGERY PARTNERS INC	$2.10B	$16.03	$18.40	14.78%	Buy	5	5.19%	N/A	9.33%	1.96%
FMS	FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG	$13.00B	$24.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PIII	P3 HEALTH PARTNERS INC	$76.87M	$10.61	$14.00	31.95%	Buy	2	5.62%	N/A	N/A	-3.28%
NIVF	NEWGENIVF GROUP LTD	$993.01k	$1.31	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	509.31%	-78.65%	128.04%	104.20%
GMRS	GMR SOLUTIONS INC	$699.99M	$12.96	$19.86	53.22%	Strong Buy	7	N/A	N/A	55.81%	1.62%
BKD	BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC	$3.57B	$14.93	$18.75	25.59%	Strong Buy	4	-0.11%	N/A	-176.78%	1.68%
AGL	AGILON HEALTH INC	$2.04B	$122.10	$55.50	-54.55%	Buy	10	4.78%	N/A	-39.29%	-4.74%
USPH	U S PHYSICAL THERAPY INC	$1.13B	$74.42	$96.67	29.89%	Strong Buy	3	7.60%	158.41%	11.92%	4.50%
CMPS	COMPASS PATHWAYS PLC	$1.57B	$11.67	$23.92	104.94%	Strong Buy	12	N/A	N/A	-38.55%	-23.69%
DCGO	DOCGO INC	$66.18M	$0.67	$2.38	254.48%	Strong Buy	4	3.55%	N/A	-8.38%	-5.30%
CYH	COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC	$439.66M	$3.12	$3.48	11.63%	Sell	3	-1.43%	N/A	-2.88%	0.32%
SRXH	SRX GLOBAL INC	$21.35M	$2.17	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SNDA	SONIDA SENIOR LIVING INC	$1.92B	$40.55	$41.25	1.73%	Buy	4	42.47%	N/A	-2.95%	-0.99%
NAKA	NAKAMOTO INC	$80.57M	$4.63	$30.00	547.95%	Strong Buy	3	635.04%	N/A	-6.96%	-4.12%
CCEL	CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC	$27.80M	$3.45	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-2.44%	N/A	-0.46%	0.14%
CCRN	CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE INC	$428.41M	$13.25	$13.44	1.42%	Buy	4	2.97%	N/A	6.33%	4.39%
CCM	CONCORD MEDICAL SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD	$17.37M	$4.04	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BMGL	BASEL MEDICAL GROUP LTD	$8.44M	$5.39	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MCTA	CHARMING MEDICAL LTD	$497.21M	$29.36	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AMS	AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES	$9.74M	$1.47	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1.42%	-0.61%

Medical Care Facility Stocks FAQ

What are the best medical care facility stocks to buy right now in Jul 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. Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD)

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) is the #1 top medical care facility stock out of 49 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 6 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

MD passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Pediatrix Medical Group has seen its stock return 103.4% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 115 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group has an average 1 year price target of $26.50, an upside of 3.07% from Pediatrix Medical Group's current stock price of $25.71.

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.

2. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH)

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) is the #2 top medical care facility stock out of 49 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 11 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

AVAH passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has seen its stock return 140.45% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 152 percentage points.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $10.30, an upside of 6.3% from Aveanna Healthcare Holdings's current stock price of $9.69.

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, 40% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Amn Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN)

Amn Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) is the #3 top medical care facility stock out of 49 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Amn Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -9 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AMN as a "A".

AMN passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Amn Healthcare Services has seen its stock return 81.8% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 94 percentage points.

Amn Healthcare Services has an average 1 year price target of $29.20, a downside of -13.51% from Amn Healthcare Services's current stock price of $33.76.

Amn Healthcare Services stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Amn Healthcare Services, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 40% 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. Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS)

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.54%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.08%. Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two 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 42.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH)

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 2.45%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.08%. 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 354.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC)

National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.18%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.08%. 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 32.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are medical care facility stocks down?

Medical care facility stocks were down -0.89% in the last day, and up 0.86% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why medical care facility stocks are down.

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 10 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 19. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Auna Sa's stock has dropped -19.37% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -7 percentage points.

2. Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS)

Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) 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.

Universal Health Services has a valuation score of 57, which is 38 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 19. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Universal Health Services's stock has dropped -10.73% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 1 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 71, which is 52 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 19. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Biote's stock has dropped -37.91% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -26 percentage points.

Are medical care facility stocks a good buy now?

51.35% 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 12.33% over the next year.

11.63% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 32.56% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 51.16% are rated C (Hold), 4.65% are rated D (Sell), and 0% 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 17.02x.

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