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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

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Medical Care Facilities is Zen Rated A and is the 16th 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	$21.07	-1.86%	1.15%	-7.02%	-7.14%	43.14%	47.86%	40.47%	-25.42%	-66.78%	$24.99	$11.84	15.69%	77.96%	0.88	477,000	18.66%
AVAH	AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC	$7.83	-1.88%	1.69%	-10.62%	-11.02%	8.15%	67.31%	526.40%	N/A	N/A	$10.32	$3.67	24.13%	113.35%	1.28	622,000	-41.04%
EHAB	ENHABIT INC	$11.22	-0.18%	1.81%	10.11%	39.38%	48.81%	36.33%	-21.65%	N/A	N/A	$11.45	$6.47	2.01%	73.42%	0.75	873,000	-8.01%
FMS	FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG	$24.46	1.70%	0.45%	2.60%	2.13%	1.07%	0.58%	22.85%	-33.91%	-41.53%	$30.46	$20.95	19.70%	16.78%	0.50	856,000	26.63%
INNV	INNOVAGE HOLDING CORP	$8.35	2.08%	11.78%	50.18%	46.75%	132.27%	147.04%	8.87%	N/A	N/A	$9.18	$2.60	9.04%	221.15%	1.19	316,000	-21.59%
UHS	UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC	$234.05	1.18%	8.12%	13.64%	2.46%	33.58%	30.58%	57.73%	81.04%	124.49%	$246.33	$152.33	4.99%	53.65%	0.81	1,302,000	21.23%
HCSG	HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC	$21.34	-4.22%	9.55%	9.83%	20.56%	43.80%	99.25%	65.43%	-30.56%	-37.47%	$22.98	$9.13	7.14%	133.86%	0.87	1,690,000	-49.76%
GRDN	GUARDIAN PHARMACY SERVICES INC	$33.15	-4.16%	0.85%	5.20%	5.07%	46.55%	70.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$37.43	$17.78	11.43%	86.45%	0.82	234,000	51.95%
ADUS	ADDUS HOMECARE CORP	$112.30	-0.32%	5.37%	0.80%	-1.23%	-0.67%	-1.72%	5.17%	-8.83%	428.47%	$124.44	$88.96	9.75%	26.24%	0.74	265,000	28.64%
THC	TENET HEALTHCARE CORP	$232.26	2.61%	18.52%	16.36%	16.14%	36.24%	84.06%	286.65%	366.10%	867.75%	$235.77	$109.82	1.49%	111.48%	1.20	2,464,000	-27.38%
AUNA	AUNA SA	$4.92	1.23%	9.09%	2.71%	-5.93%	-22.03%	-42.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.24	$4.46	46.75%	10.31%	0.47	488,000	-54.73%
HCA	HCA HEALTHCARE INC	$535.22	0.71%	4.18%	12.84%	13.01%	37.13%	71.34%	105.76%	208.47%	710.82%	$552.90	$295.00	3.20%	81.43%	0.70	1,657,000	-30.79%
CON	CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT INC	$23.89	-1.16%	1.53%	15.91%	19.69%	6.65%	6.84%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.69	$18.55	3.22%	28.82%	0.72	730,000	-33.58%
SEM	SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP	$16.29	0.37%	5.30%	7.52%	21.03%	31.37%	-10.69%	-44.72%	-40.29%	117.20%	$19.54	$11.65	16.63%	39.83%	1.01	1,446,000	27.74%
EHC	ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORP	$112.06	-1.21%	12.56%	9.05%	-2.39%	-5.54%	14.31%	81.89%	36.06%	260.90%	$127.99	$92.53	12.45%	21.11%	0.60	1,741,000	-23.00%
OPCH	OPTION CARE HEALTH INC	$34.43	-0.69%	0.76%	7.39%	18.56%	20.64%	8.07%	19.13%	78.12%	470.03%	$36.80	$24.24	6.44%	42.07%	0.84	2,286,000	-0.65%
ENSG	ENSIGN GROUP INC	$214.41	1.17%	8.75%	21.32%	19.26%	31.11%	70.00%	135.10%	147.44%	1,045.96%	$216.92	$118.73	1.16%	80.59%	0.60	648,000	17.18%
LFST	LIFESTANCE HEALTH GROUP INC	$6.92	-0.14%	5.81%	-7.24%	7.45%	48.50%	-11.96%	38.96%	N/A	N/A	$8.30	$3.74	16.58%	85.03%	1.38	2,096,000	60.12%
AMN	AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC	$16.26	-16.79%	-22.01%	3.24%	-1.99%	-7.82%	-32.11%	-83.01%	-79.03%	-29.79%	$30.49	$14.87	46.67%	9.35%	0.79	2,794,000	159.18%
PACS	PACS GROUP INC	$38.91	-0.69%	5.53%	-6.26%	239.53%	247.72%	176.74%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$43.08	$7.50	9.68%	418.80%	0.67	853,000	-24.78%
DVA	DAVITA INC	$149.97	3.95%	0.50%	36.21%	21.33%	13.54%	-12.81%	79.09%	42.84%	139.72%	$159.27	$101.00	5.84%	48.49%	0.49	1,836,000	59.51%
BTMD	BIOTE CORP	$2.09	-1.42%	-1.42%	-16.73%	-20.83%	-27.68%	-55.15%	-55.72%	N/A	N/A	$5.00	$2.02	58.20%	3.72%	0.51	142,000	-7.79%
NHC	NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP	$168.33	-0.01%	5.27%	25.70%	30.20%	56.60%	67.99%	186.42%	157.27%	174.65%	$171.64	$89.14	1.93%	88.84%	0.54	80,000	56.86%
PNTG	PENNANT GROUP INC	$31.16	-1.42%	3.94%	7.97%	23.41%	16.27%	20.17%	154.78%	-45.41%	N/A	$32.29	$21.18	3.50%	47.12%	1.06	179,000	-44.75%
PARK	PARK DENTAL PARTNERS INC	$18.38	-4.52%	16.85%	22.29%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$21.60	$9.53	14.89%	92.86%	1.13	16,300	-51.49%
JYNT	JOINT CORP	$8.59	0.23%	-10.43%	-11.72%	2.87%	-22.47%	-25.37%	-44.08%	-77.29%	132.79%	$13.47	$7.50	36.22%	14.53%	1.35	94,000	42.42%
CYH	COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC	$3.44	2.08%	13.16%	2.38%	0.58%	34.38%	5.52%	-33.59%	-62.81%	-81.58%	$4.47	$2.24	22.96%	53.50%	1.53	1,351,000	-40.69%
CHE	CHEMED CORP	$463.95	0.23%	2.33%	3.99%	3.66%	4.70%	-15.57%	-7.59%	-8.86%	248.60%	$623.61	$408.42	25.60%	13.60%	0.42	177,000	-1.12%
USPH	U S PHYSICAL THERAPY INC	$87.54	-0.68%	4.13%	3.86%	20.69%	0.06%	2.88%	-12.10%	-36.93%	75.92%	$93.50	$62.77	6.37%	39.46%	0.84	252,000	-18.18%
ARDT	ARDENT HEALTH INC	$9.48	1.39%	10.49%	7.00%	-32.53%	-23.98%	-34.67%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.59	$8.07	39.19%	17.47%	0.77	456,000	52.00%
SGRY	SURGERY PARTNERS INC	$15.49	3.27%	15.34%	-4.85%	-2.33%	-32.59%	-38.90%	-55.01%	-57.52%	6.39%	$26.16	$13.14	40.79%	17.93%	1.57	3,315,000	-36.72%
CCRN	CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE INC	$7.95	-3.87%	-9.04%	-5.47%	-37.15%	-37.70%	-56.41%	-69.75%	-17.53%	-28.70%	$18.24	$7.43	56.41%	7.00%	0.78	547,000	36.07%
ASTH	ASTRANA HEALTH INC	$18.16	-4.57%	-16.35%	-37.83%	-22.92%	-37.59%	-52.68%	-47.91%	-26.03%	N/A	$39.97	$18.08	54.57%	0.44%	1.25	542,000	9.72%
NIVF	NEWGENIVF GROUP LTD	$0.73	-16.82%	-26.80%	-57.96%	-88.61%	-97.51%	-99.95%	-100.00%	N/A	N/A	$2.16k	$0.69	99.97%	6.09%	0.58	218,000	7.92%
BKD	BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC	$16.31	-2.74%	5.50%	47.47%	55.19%	125.59%	230.83%	466.32%	213.65%	38.22%	$17.00	$4.97	4.06%	228.17%	0.96	6,275,000	-10.38%
AIRS	AIRSCULPT TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.94	-8.49%	0.52%	-22.40%	-68.20%	-71.09%	-65.91%	-71.26%	N/A	N/A	$12.00	$1.53	83.83%	26.80%	2.04	454,000	-42.46%
ACHC	ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY INC	$15.89	2.32%	18.32%	20.11%	-8.73%	-21.84%	-61.51%	-80.41%	-70.09%	-70.45%	$42.85	$11.43	62.92%	39.02%	0.81	5,296,000	-53.15%
TOI	ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE INC	$2.39	-8.97%	-2.65%	-38.05%	-30.47%	-41.97%	151.58%	56.91%	-77.81%	N/A	$4.88	$0.60	51.13%	296.18%	1.07	1,640,000	38.75%
SNDA	SONIDA SENIOR LIVING INC	$33.99	-1.99%	5.82%	5.92%	6.05%	33.29%	38.96%	159.47%	25.94%	-84.56%	$35.26	$19.34	3.60%	75.75%	0.68	31,000	4.73%
DCGO	DOCGO INC	$0.71	-2.34%	2.01%	-20.85%	-34.56%	-57.23%	-86.73%	-92.32%	-93.21%	N/A	$5.68	$0.66	87.49%	7.58%	1.19	785,000	-1.75%
CMPS	COMPASS PATHWAYS PLC	$5.85	-7.29%	2.45%	-16.43%	-0.17%	38.63%	37.65%	-38.16%	-88.00%	N/A	$8.20	$2.25	28.66%	160.00%	1.44	1,080,000	17.65%
NAKA	KINDLY MD INC	$0.28	3.36%	8.20%	-40.04%	-58.66%	-97.50%	-91.55%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$34.77	$0.25	99.20%	11.69%	2.69	4,177,000	33.54%
CCEL	CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC	$3.37	0.90%	0.00%	-1.89%	-16.79%	-28.45%	-56.35%	-13.81%	-60.35%	16.21%	$8.19	$3.10	58.86%	8.71%	0.10	15,100	23.77%
BMGL	BASEL MEDICAL GROUP LTD	$0.61	1.50%	-0.33%	-5.72%	-56.43%	-72.02%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.40	$0.49	93.51%	25.26%	0.63	17,000	431.25%
PIII	P3 HEALTH PARTNERS INC	$2.01	-2.90%	5.24%	-31.86%	-73.62%	-69.68%	-80.20%	-96.21%	-99.61%	N/A	$12.36	$1.52	83.74%	32.24%	0.72	17,000	-8.60%
CCM	CONCORD MEDICAL SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD	$3.81	-0.52%	-2.56%	-21.77%	-20.46%	-23.80%	-20.13%	-72.19%	-91.32%	-91.91%	$10.77	$3.50	64.62%	8.86%	-0.08	1,700	13.33%
SRXH	SRX HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC	$0.15	14.93%	19.38%	-23.00%	-36.36%	-53.61%	-92.60%	-99.55%	-99.96%	-99.99%	$2.25	$0.08	93.16%	85.54%	0.81	83,100,000	-35.75%
AMS	AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES	$2.27	-0.87%	3.18%	5.09%	9.13%	-11.67%	-25.08%	-30.15%	-22.79%	31.67%	$3.11	$2.01	27.01%	12.94%	0.39	8,500	-29.17%
AGL	AGILON HEALTH INC	$0.36	-4.47%	-42.47%	-63.18%	-42.20%	-59.26%	-89.83%	-98.41%	N/A	N/A	$6.08	$0.34	94.03%	7.40%	0.89	14,068,000	-13.42%
MCTA	CHARMING MEDICAL LTD	$29.36	0.00%	0.00%	0.02%	0.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$31.70	$4.30	7.40%	582.67%	1.47	0	N/A

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. Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD)

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) 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 Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 13 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

MD passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Pediatrix Medical Group has seen its stock return 47.86% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 78 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group has an average 1 year price target of $21.33, an upside of 1.25% from Pediatrix Medical Group's current stock price of $21.07.

Pediatrix Medical Group stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 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 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: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 4 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

AVAH passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has seen its stock return 67.31% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 97 percentage points.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $10.79, an upside of 37.75% from Aveanna Healthcare Holdings's current stock price of $7.83.

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.

3. Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB)

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

Enhabit (NYSE:EHAB) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -13 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 29. 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 36.33% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 66 percentage points.

Enhabit has an average 1 year price target of $12.67, an upside of 12.9% from Enhabit's current stock price of $11.22.

Enhabit stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Enhabit, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% 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. U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH)

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 2.06%, which is 1 percentage points higher than 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 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 1.54%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.25%. 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 36% 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 1.5%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.25%. 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 up?

Medical care facility stocks were up 0.33% in the last day, and up 5.4% 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. 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 -42.25% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -13 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 -55.15% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -25 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 -34.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -5 percentage points.

Are medical care facility stocks a good buy now?

54.05% 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 10.23% 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 17.05x.

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