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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.

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 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 37, which is 7 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

AVAH passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has seen its stock return 69.65% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 103 percentage points.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $10.79, an upside of 49.6% from Aveanna Healthcare Holdings's current stock price of $7.21.

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.

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: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 18 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

INNV passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Innovage Holding has seen its stock return 169.7% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 203 percentage points.

Innovage Holding has an average 1 year price target of $7.00, a downside of -21.35% from Innovage Holding's current stock price of $8.90.

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.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) 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 Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 11 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

FMS passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Fresenius Medical Care Ag has seen its stock lose -3.41% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 30 percentage points.

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:

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 2.2%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.29%. 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.

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.69%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.29%. 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.

National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.58%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.29%. 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.

Medical care facility stocks were up 0.92% in the last day, and up 0.1% over the last week. Acadia Healthcare Company was the among the top gainers in the medical care facilities industry, gaining 21.37% yesterday.

Acadia Healthcare shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 financial results.

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:

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 -37.87% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -5 percentage points.

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 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.

Biote's stock has dropped -51.82% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -19 percentage points.

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 -31.76% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 1 percentage points.

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% over the next year.

21.95% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 29.27% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 39.02% are rated C (Hold), 4.88% are rated D (Sell), and 4.88% are rated F (Strong Sell).