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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 15th 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	$7.06	-1.94%	$268.44M	18.58x	196.05	United States
EHAB	ENHABIT INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$686.23M	$13.56	-0.29%	$51.00M	-56.50x	1.11	United States
INNV	INNOVAGE HOLDING CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.21B	$8.92	0.00%	$31.54M	148.67x	0.93	United States
MD	PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$1.67B	$20.06	1.62%	$274.22M	10.18x	1.60	United States
FMS	FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$12.66B	$22.66	-7.85%	$3.75B	11.47x	1.26	Germany
UHS	UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$14.37B	$229.98	-1.13%	$2.56B	10.78x	1.13	United States
GRDN	GUARDIAN PHARMACY SERVICES INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$2.36B	$32.43	-1.76%	$81.92M	47.00x	1.06	United States
ADUS	ADDUS HOMECARE CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.94B	$105.20	-10.57%	$144.97M	22.15x	0.36	United States
THC	TENET HEALTHCARE CORP	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$20.66B	$237.58	1.63%	$3.52B	15.22x	4.91	United States
CON	CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$3.00B	$23.41	0.09%	$387.47M	20.01x	6.31	United States
AUNA	AUNA SA	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$380.21M	$5.14	0.59%	$290.64M	6.89x	N/A	Luxembourg
AMN	AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$788.28M	$20.40	-1.97%	$100.42M	-8.23x	2.26	United States
HCA	HCA HEALTHCARE INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$117.74B	$526.52	-1.76%	$14.61B	18.35x	-10.53	United States
EHC	ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORP	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$10.55B	$104.84	-1.23%	$1.25B	19.52x	1.55	United States
HCSG	HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.50B	$21.40	2.84%	$86.22M	26.10x	0.56	United States
LFST	LIFESTANCE HEALTH GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$2.78B	$7.14	0.71%	$103.79M	-238.00x	0.44	United States
ENSG	ENSIGN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$12.34B	$212.39	-0.83%	$567.64M	35.40x	1.45	United States
PNTG	PENNANT GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.11B	$31.98	-1.78%	$48.82M	41.00x	1.28	United States
PACS	PACS GROUP INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$6.21B	$39.66	-2.79%	$391.04M	36.39x	5.45	United States
SEM	SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$1.84B	$14.82	0.27%	$462.68M	12.78x	2.24	United States
DVA	DAVITA INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$10.08B	$150.91	-0.24%	$2.34B	15.00x	-25.07	United States
BTMD	BIOTE CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$94.07M	$2.06	0.49%	$43.20M	2.26x	-2.43	United States
NHC	NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP	NYSEMKT	Medical Care Facilities	$2.44B	$157.45	0.20%	$186.66M	24.07x	0.49	United States
OPCH	OPTION CARE HEALTH INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$5.37B	$33.82	-6.30%	$427.42M	26.84x	1.56	United States
PARK	PARK DENTAL PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	N/A	$19.47	4.23%	N/A	N/A	406.32	United States
JYNT	JOINT CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$135.43M	$9.11	-0.22%	$3.38M	70.08x	2.06	United States
CHE	CHEMED CORP	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$6.63B	$468.32	-2.14%	$436.53M	24.61x	0.51	United States
ARDT	ARDENT HEALTH INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$1.38B	$9.62	-0.93%	$478.40M	6.41x	2.85	United States
USPH	U S PHYSICAL THERAPY INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$1.26B	$82.88	-0.80%	$97.13M	34.82x	0.82	United States
CYH	COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$483.80M	$3.49	4.80%	$1.85B	0.92x	-10.07	United States
SGRY	SURGERY PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.99B	$15.38	-0.71%	$400.50M	-11.31x	2.78	United States
BKD	BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$3.65B	$15.36	-0.52%	$344.00M	-13.71x	-133.97	United States
CCRN	CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$286.32M	$8.74	1.98%	$4.39M	-17.84x	0.32	United States
ASTH	ASTRANA HEALTH INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.08B	$19.22	-3.03%	$113.64M	96.10x	2.17	United States
NIVF	NEWGENIVF GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$116.53k	$0.81	1.50%	N/A	N/A	0.23	Thailand
AIRS	AIRSCULPT TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$107.70M	$1.73	4.55%	-$1.78M	-5.95x	1.26	United States
ACHC	ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$1.58B	$17.17	-1.21%	$444.03M	14.68x	1.00	United States
TOI	ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$253.82M	$2.58	1.18%	-$43.11M	-0.00x	-14.33	United States
SNDA	SONIDA SENIOR LIVING INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$657.51M	$35.03	1.42%	$47.30M	-11.76x	25.81	United States
DCGO	DOCGO INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$72.58M	$0.74	0.13%	-$55.71M	-1.45x	0.34	United States
CMPS	COMPASS PATHWAYS PLC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$767.18M	$7.99	1.78%	-$229.53M	-2.98x	5.80	United Kingdom
CCEL	CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC	NYSEMKT	Medical Care Facilities	$27.47M	$3.41	0.29%	$5.16M	-48.71x	-5.26	United States
PIII	P3 HEALTH PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$15.06M	$2.09	-1.88%	$7.52M	-0.05x	-35.57	United States
CCM	CONCORD MEDICAL SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$15.35M	$3.55	3.50%	N/A	-0.67x	-2.24	China
SRXH	SRX HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC	NYSEMKT	Medical Care Facilities	$37.87M	$0.13	7.63%	-$41.42M	-0.06x	6.68	United States
AGL	AGILON HEALTH INC	NYSE	Medical Care Facilities	$163.35M	$0.39	-9.22%	-$271.95M	-0.53x	4.22	United States
AMS	AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES	NYSEMKT	Medical Care Facilities	$14.25M	$2.17	3.33%	$5.49M	-6.38x	1.26	United States
MCTA	CHARMING MEDICAL LTD	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	N/A	$29.36	0.00%	$1.72M	366.94x	107.76	Hong Kong
NAKA	NAKAMOTO INC	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$100.73M	$0.23	-5.37%	-$89.61M	-0.21x	0.45	United States
BMGL	BASEL MEDICAL GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Medical Care Facilities	$11.53M	$0.61	-0.16%	-$8.74M	-1.21x	2.47	Singapore

Medical Care Facility Stocks FAQ

What are the best medical care facility stocks to buy right now in Feb 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: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 3 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

AVAH passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has seen its stock return 70.74% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 106 percentage points.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $10.79, an upside of 52.78% from Aveanna Healthcare Holdings's current stock price of $7.06.

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. Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB)

Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) 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 Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -14 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates EHAB as a "A".

EHAB passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Enhabit has seen its stock return 68.03% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 103 percentage points.

Enhabit has an average 1 year price target of $13.48, a downside of -0.59% from Enhabit's current stock price of $13.56.

Enhabit stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Enhabit, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV)

Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV) 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 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 16 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

INNV passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Innovage Holding has seen its stock return 168.67% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 204 percentage points.

Innovage Holding has an average 1 year price target of $7.00, a downside of -21.52% from Innovage Holding's current stock price of $8.92.

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.

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 2.17%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.28%. 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 75.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM)

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.7%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.28%. 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 21.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC)

National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.61%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.28%. 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 38.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are medical care facility stocks down?

Medical care facility stocks were down -1.41% in the last day, and down -1.39% over the last week. Addus Homecare was the among the top losers in the medical care facilities industry, dropping -10.57% yesterday.

Addus HomeCare shares are trading lower after Barclays lowered its price target on the stock from $117 to $112.

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 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.

Auna Sa's stock has dropped -36.46% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -1 percentage points.

2. Biote (NASDAQ:BTMD)

Biote (NASDAQ:BTMD) 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.

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 -55.6% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -20 percentage points.

3. Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT)

Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT) 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.

Ardent Health 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.

Ardent Health's stock has dropped -31.82% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 4 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 11.78% over the next year.

19.51% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 29.27% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 43.9% are rated C (Hold), 4.88% are rated D (Sell), and 2.44% 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 16.16x.

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