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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.

Industry: Medical Care Facilities

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Medical Care Facilities is Zen Rated A and is the 23rd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
MD	PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP INC	$12.88	2.55%	4.97%	-11.11%	-10.62%	1.74%	45.21%	-32.28%	-11.29%	-81.80%	$17.67	$6.62	27.11%	94.56%	0.97	1,091,817	126.11%
ARDT	ARDENT HEALTH PARTNERS INC	$12.73	0.63%	3.50%	-7.42%	-15.42%	-31.08%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$20.72	$11.31	38.56%	12.56%	0.59	138,484	-3.61%
HCSG	HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC	$14.21	1.28%	16.57%	40.97%	26.99%	28.60%	33.80%	-15.62%	-44.25%	-53.06%	$14.30	$9.13	0.59%	55.73%	0.87	933,673	26.12%
BTMD	BIOTE CORP	$3.33	-5.93%	-2.92%	0.00%	-39.78%	-34.96%	-39.56%	-66.40%	N/A	N/A	$8.44	$3.04	60.55%	9.54%	0.42	165,172	113.61%
UHS	UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC	$177.07	3.02%	6.16%	-5.76%	-6.46%	-14.67%	3.90%	44.85%	67.54%	51.41%	$243.25	$153.99	27.21%	14.99%	0.89	1,048,511	-30.05%
AMED	AMEDISYS INC	$94.90	0.19%	1.36%	2.45%	2.69%	-0.37%	3.10%	-25.20%	-48.47%	241.24%	$98.95	$82.15	4.09%	15.52%	0.65	379,450	-13.97%
FMS	FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG	$25.38	1.60%	7.36%	1.93%	1.76%	32.81%	20.63%	-17.76%	-35.02%	-39.53%	$25.96	$17.93	2.23%	41.55%	0.51	291,595	30.75%
EHC	ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORP	$116.99	0.93%	16.15%	15.51%	18.88%	15.44%	40.31%	71.44%	76.59%	158.71%	$117.52	$82.38	0.45%	42.01%	0.66	1,095,160	-12.46%
OPCH	OPTION CARE HEALTH INC	$32.31	5.28%	0.62%	-7.55%	2.90%	37.20%	8.10%	13.61%	125.94%	71.86%	$35.53	$21.39	9.06%	51.05%	0.94	4,000,717	-35.94%
AVAH	AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC	$4.61	0.00%	2.67%	-14.94%	-3.96%	-6.11%	104.89%	57.34%	N/A	N/A	$6.19	$2.20	25.53%	109.55%	1.25	187,886	65.87%
CHE	CHEMED CORP	$581.51	1.14%	-0.67%	-5.49%	3.59%	8.53%	2.38%	18.90%	39.59%	404.56%	$623.61	$512.12	6.75%	13.55%	0.47	169,818	11.57%
GRDN	GUARDIAN PHARMACY SERVICES INC	$25.04	3.90%	6.46%	17.78%	10.36%	42.68%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$25.87	$14.16	3.21%	76.84%	0.69	157,272	170.98%
HCA	HCA HEALTHCARE INC	$345.08	1.32%	2.71%	-0.14%	3.13%	-4.39%	11.38%	63.68%	214.05%	366.26%	$417.14	$289.98	17.27%	19.00%	0.82	1,321,902	-6.68%
AUNA	AUNA SA	$6.91	-3.49%	0.00%	-2.81%	-19.46%	-2.40%	1.62%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.89	$6.44	30.13%	7.30%	0.49	64,124	82.98%
EHAB	ENHABIT INC	$7.99	0.38%	6.25%	-9.10%	-8.27%	14.47%	-20.81%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.70	$6.85	25.33%	16.64%	0.73	268,473	17.68%
THC	TENET HEALTHCARE CORP	$142.95	3.32%	18.09%	6.28%	-0.20%	-9.57%	27.30%	99.23%	608.37%	198.68%	$171.20	$109.82	16.50%	30.16%	1.38	2,327,638	-32.64%
PNTG	PENNANT GROUP INC	$25.62	-0.77%	1.47%	1.87%	-6.77%	-23.04%	22.53%	54.06%	29.46%	N/A	$37.13	$20.78	31.00%	23.29%	1.26	159,858	13.31%
LFST	LIFESTANCE HEALTH GROUP INC	$6.57	0.15%	3.14%	-1.35%	-19.09%	-3.52%	6.31%	-4.92%	N/A	N/A	$8.61	$4.64	23.69%	41.59%	1.40	752,868	-12.11%
CON	CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT INC	$21.75	-0.96%	4.12%	0.23%	-7.25%	4.62%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.81	$18.89	12.32%	15.14%	0.77	519,281	-58.56%
NHC	NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP	$94.49	-2.21%	0.52%	1.82%	-5.82%	-20.45%	3.98%	37.06%	38.20%	49.27%	$138.49	$89.14	31.77%	6.00%	0.60	38,213	12.70%
BMGL	BASEL MEDICAL GROUP LTD	$4.09	-2.15%	-7.05%	-16.19%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.50	$3.63	25.64%	12.67%	0.56	46,244	-57.50%
DVA	DAVITA INC	$141.55	0.01%	1.89%	-7.47%	-19.80%	0.23%	1.83%	32.03%	79.15%	74.54%	$179.60	$131.27	21.19%	7.83%	0.57	734,379	20.04%
PACS	PACS GROUP INC	$9.63	-1.23%	7.12%	-14.32%	-30.82%	-77.57%	-61.43%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$43.92	$8.28	78.07%	16.30%	0.77	523,083	42.26%
ADUS	ADDUS HOMECARE CORP	$104.55	1.64%	5.76%	5.72%	-17.24%	-16.82%	8.74%	24.01%	29.04%	289.53%	$136.72	$88.96	23.53%	17.52%	0.78	271,317	136.26%
ENSG	ENSIGN GROUP INC	$128.99	0.68%	3.91%	-0.32%	-9.67%	-17.32%	8.98%	63.07%	244.80%	512.63%	$158.45	$113.27	18.59%	13.87%	0.77	482,165	8.49%
AMN	AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC	$20.43	1.29%	12.44%	-16.48%	-27.30%	-48.17%	-65.94%	-77.69%	-56.51%	-10.43%	$70.07	$17.45	70.84%	17.08%	0.83	813,556	-31.05%
SGRY	SURGERY PARTNERS INC	$21.95	-1.70%	3.54%	-7.58%	-14.76%	-25.37%	-12.02%	-57.15%	86.02%	N/A	$33.97	$19.50	35.38%	12.56%	1.70	1,356,321	72.90%
SEM	SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP	$18.24	-0.92%	11.83%	9.22%	-8.02%	-44.47%	-35.71%	-17.02%	6.85%	25.36%	$40.98	$14.99	55.49%	21.72%	1.14	1,074,351	-8.67%
TOI	ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE INC	$2.48	-0.80%	-13.89%	117.54%	145.54%	687.30%	133.96%	-72.75%	-75.20%	N/A	$3.50	$0.13	29.14%	1,884.00%	0.85	2,248,563	-25.04%
INNV	INNOVAGE HOLDING CORP	$3.13	2.62%	7.56%	5.03%	-20.76%	-46.95%	-11.83%	-32.69%	N/A	N/A	$6.69	$2.60	53.21%	20.38%	1.14	55,282	50.10%
SNDA	SONIDA SENIOR LIVING INC	$23.22	-0.98%	6.61%	-0.30%	-2.72%	-11.48%	-26.38%	-22.73%	98.36%	-94.08%	$34.19	$19.34	32.09%	20.06%	0.85	46,073	82.11%
JYNT	JOINT CORP	$10.01	1.32%	1.42%	-19.86%	-11.73%	-10.63%	-16.16%	-67.73%	-17.27%	0.00%	$17.82	$9.58	43.83%	4.49%	1.33	79,595	61.36%
USPH	U S PHYSICAL THERAPY INC	$71.11	-0.68%	3.43%	-1.73%	-20.12%	-13.91%	-29.95%	-29.77%	-5.81%	50.78%	$108.14	$62.77	34.24%	13.29%	0.91	113,663	32.56%
CYH	COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC	$2.73	1.11%	12.35%	1.11%	-16.77%	-36.81%	-17.27%	-61.87%	-9.90%	-94.91%	$6.29	$2.24	56.60%	21.82%	1.45	2,623,950	0.08%
ASTH	ASTRANA HEALTH INC	$31.17	0.06%	0.87%	0.52%	-15.34%	-43.95%	-16.10%	-19.10%	100.58%	N/A	$63.20	$23.12	50.68%	34.82%	1.20	209,664	1.38%
BKD	BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC	$6.56	0.77%	5.64%	4.79%	38.11%	3.63%	-3.39%	6.32%	81.72%	-81.89%	$8.12	$4.45	19.21%	47.42%	1.18	1,962,932	-36.03%
DCGO	DOCGO INC	$2.23	-2.19%	3.24%	-15.53%	-54.02%	-35.55%	-34.02%	-68.59%	N/A	N/A	$5.68	$2.02	60.70%	10.40%	1.02	463,352	-7.25%
ACHC	ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY INC	$23.40	4.70%	10.38%	-22.82%	-48.12%	-55.07%	-68.35%	-65.01%	-2.54%	-65.84%	$82.41	$20.36	71.60%	14.93%	0.87	6,501,429	146.95%
AGL	AGILON HEALTH INC	$4.26	12.11%	8.67%	-1.62%	18.66%	73.17%	-22.55%	-76.85%	N/A	N/A	$7.73	$1.50	44.89%	184.00%	0.78	7,625,344	84.41%
MODV	MODIVCARE INC	$1.19	-5.93%	-9.85%	-9.51%	-71.53%	-92.60%	-94.93%	-98.84%	-97.95%	-97.20%	$32.82	$0.96	96.37%	23.96%	1.22	373,641	44.99%
AIRS	AIRSCULPT TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.17	-3.13%	25.43%	-7.07%	-55.26%	-63.10%	-60.62%	-79.55%	N/A	N/A	$9.20	$1.53	76.41%	41.83%	1.87	172,459	-39.68%
CMPS	COMPASS PATHWAYS PLC	$3.98	5.57%	0.00%	39.16%	-4.56%	-35.70%	-53.56%	-59.39%	N/A	N/A	$9.63	$2.49	58.67%	59.84%	1.46	1,295,913	186.05%
AMS	AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES	$2.70	-1.10%	-2.53%	-2.88%	-12.90%	-14.29%	-11.33%	21.08%	52.54%	1.50%	$4.60	$2.51	41.30%	7.57%	0.49	612	-91.11%
CCM	CONCORD MEDICAL SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD	$8.51	8.41%	79.92%	112.75%	55.29%	12.72%	0.12%	-43.27%	-50.24%	-88.11%	$26.70	$3.80	68.13%	123.95%	0.15	230,147	-14.07%
PIII	P3 HEALTH PARTNERS INC	$8.99	2.74%	1.12%	9.57%	2.74%	-52.04%	-66.53%	-97.04%	N/A	N/A	$40.50	$7.00	77.80%	28.43%	0.77	3,388	-64.56%
CCRN	CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE INC	$13.55	0.30%	-3.21%	-9.00%	-25.71%	15.81%	-23.01%	-21.45%	115.42%	22.07%	$18.50	$9.58	26.76%	41.44%	0.88	223,643	-41.14%
NIVF	NEWGENIVF GROUP LTD	$0.29	-7.69%	-20.00%	-55.00%	-94.44%	-98.28%	-99.18%	-99.85%	N/A	N/A	$65.60	$0.26	99.56%	10.34%	0.46	315,576	86.46%
CCEL	CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC	$5.25	-4.89%	-7.08%	-17.58%	-32.61%	-28.18%	-36.82%	-17.32%	-16.40%	118.75%	$9.50	$4.96	44.73%	5.85%	0.12	8,482	-9.93%

Medical Care Facility Stocks FAQ

What are the best medical care facility stocks to buy right now in May 2025?

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 48 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 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 11, which is -19 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MD as a "A".

MD passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Pediatrix Medical Group has seen its stock return 45.21% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 49 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group has an average 1 year price target of $16.75, an upside of 30.05% from Pediatrix Medical Group's current stock price of $12.88.

Pediatrix Medical Group stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Pediatrix Medical Group, 16.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT)

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) is the #2 top medical care facility stock out of 48 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: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 19 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

ARDT passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals.

Ardent Health Partners has an average 1 year price target of $20.60, an upside of 61.82% from Ardent Health Partners's current stock price of $12.73.

Ardent Health Partners stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Ardent Health Partners, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 30% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG)

Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) is the #3 top medical care facility stock out of 48 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 Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 8 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

HCSG passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Healthcare Services Group has seen its stock return 33.8% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 38 percentage points.

Healthcare Services Group has an average 1 year price target of $14.50, an upside of 2.04% from Healthcare Services Group's current stock price of $14.21.

Healthcare Services Group stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Healthcare Services Group, 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.

What are the medical care facility stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 11 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. Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM)

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) has an annual dividend yield of 10.76%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 2.33%. Select Medical Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two 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 30.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Cryo Cell International (NYSEMKT:CCEL)

Cryo Cell International (NYSEMKT:CCEL) has an annual dividend yield of 4.76%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 2.33%.

Cryo Cell International's dividend payout ratio of 5,000% indicates that its high 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 2.58%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 2.33%. 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 36.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are medical care facility stocks up?

Medical care facility stocks were up 1.1% in the last day, and up 3.97% over the last week.

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

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. Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT)

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 71, which is 47 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

2. Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA)

Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA) 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.

Auna Sa has a valuation score of 57, which is 33 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Auna Sa's stock has gained 1.62% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 5 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 29, which is 5 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Biote's stock has dropped -39.56% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -36 percentage points.

Are medical care facility stocks a good buy now?

42.86% 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 23.08% over the next year.

16.67% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 19.05% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 47.62% are rated C (Hold), 14.29% are rated D (Sell), and 2.38% 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 14.9x.

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