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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 12th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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AVAH
AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC
$6.381.43%-4.92%-14.13%-23.96%-28.07%17.71%507.62%N/AN/A$10.32$3.7338.18%71.05%1.27960,00036.36%
INNV
INNOVAGE HOLDING CORP
$7.87-0.51%-1.13%-15.10%49.62%52.52%164.09%2.88%-67.24%N/A$10.69$2.6026.38%202.69%1.20297,00010.41%
AUNA
AUNA SA
$5.28-6.55%-10.51%3.13%8.20%-21.43%-25.74%N/AN/AN/A$7.50$4.4629.60%18.39%0.52292,00025.86%
MD
PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP INC
$20.801.46%0.97%6.29%-4.67%24.18%43.55%42.17%-18.21%-68.17%$24.99$11.8416.77%75.68%0.891,064,00034.51%
FMS
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG
$22.210.68%1.42%-5.37%-7.03%-15.65%-10.80%5.26%-39.86%-49.52%$30.46$20.9527.08%6.04%0.49311,0009.51%
THC
TENET HEALTHCARE CORP
$188.00-2.01%-7.58%-20.04%-6.61%-7.41%39.78%226.39%253.72%549.84%$247.21$109.8223.95%71.18%1.19955,00058.11%
GRDN
GUARDIAN PHARMACY SERVICES INC
$37.259.05%-0.03%10.67%23.10%42.01%75.21%N/AN/AN/A$38.09$19.172.19%94.31%0.83748,000-6.15%
NHC
NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP
$162.390.84%0.40%-5.12%17.33%33.64%74.99%182.71%108.62%162.89%$174.54$89.146.96%82.17%0.53104,000-22.39%
CON
CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT INC
$21.05-0.33%-5.90%-11.26%5.46%0.57%-3.00%N/AN/AN/A$24.69$18.5514.73%13.51%0.73679,000-21.59%
ADUS
ADDUS HOMECARE CORP
$94.38-0.85%-5.41%-10.34%-13.12%-20.01%-4.56%-8.23%-10.62%442.10%$124.44$93.8624.15%0.55%0.72186,000-0.53%
PACS
PACS GROUP INC
$30.38-0.69%-10.99%-19.63%-22.64%121.27%170.28%N/AN/AN/A$43.08$7.5029.48%305.07%0.691,402,00070.56%
LFST
LIFESTANCE HEALTH GROUP INC
$6.24-1.27%-4.44%-12.61%-12.48%13.45%-6.31%-13.21%N/AN/A$8.09$3.7422.87%66.84%1.381,269,000-25.92%
DVA
DAVITA INC
$152.37-1.33%0.11%-1.05%33.87%14.68%-0.39%91.95%39.18%108.64%$159.39$101.004.40%50.86%0.49491,000-14.61%
HCA
HCA HEALTHCARE INC
$467.83-0.85%-5.41%-12.21%-1.15%9.77%35.39%80.32%148.13%499.01%$556.52$314.4315.94%48.79%0.71515,000-35.79%
UHS
UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
$182.10-1.05%-3.18%-11.78%-19.09%-10.93%-3.09%45.68%33.71%45.30%$246.33$152.3326.07%19.54%0.81513,000-11.70%
AMN
AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC
$18.73-0.95%1.85%-8.19%16.84%-3.25%-23.43%-77.09%-74.52%-44.50%$24.72$14.8724.23%25.96%0.77603,0007.10%
ENSG
ENSIGN GROUP INC
$200.41-0.12%-1.00%-7.14%13.41%16.00%54.88%115.47%116.31%778.99%$218.00$118.738.07%68.79%0.60455,00031.50%
PNTG
PENNANT GROUP INC
$30.141.01%-3.92%-10.88%4.65%19.51%19.84%115.13%-31.95%N/A$35.00$21.7313.89%38.70%1.05211,000-4.52%
PARK
PARK DENTAL PARTNERS INC
$15.65-4.22%-7.34%-18.06%26.11%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A$21.60$9.5327.53%64.22%0.9223,900-15.85%
EHC
ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORP
$97.52-0.05%0.00%-9.75%-9.43%-23.22%-3.71%83.55%17.78%161.31%$127.99$92.7723.81%5.12%0.60699,000-9.92%
HCSG
HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC
$18.701.14%-4.25%-15.84%-5.51%11.11%85.52%36.10%-33.97%-49.25%$22.98$9.1318.62%104.93%0.87525,00022.09%
TOI
ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE INC
$2.83-4.39%-11.84%-4.07%-22.47%-18.91%148.25%306.03%-71.63%N/A$4.88$1.0342.01%174.76%1.112,042,000-1.45%
BTMD
BIOTE CORP
$1.30-1.52%-18.75%-38.10%-50.38%-56.67%-60.96%-77.03%-86.90%N/A$4.75$1.2772.63%2.36%0.55287,0008.30%
JYNT
JOINT CORP
$8.552.40%0.71%-0.12%-2.62%-10.38%-31.55%-47.25%-81.85%166.36%$13.47$7.5036.52%14.00%1.3697,000173.24%
OPCH
OPTION CARE HEALTH INC
$27.00-0.99%-4.96%-14.56%-16.04%-2.74%-22.75%-14.18%53.76%218.40%$36.80$24.2426.63%11.41%0.821,266,000-0.94%
ACHC
ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY INC
$22.83-0.35%-1.51%-2.60%56.26%-7.79%-24.70%-67.96%-60.93%-58.82%$30.97$11.4326.28%99.74%0.812,237,000-33.97%
ARDT
ARDENT HEALTH INC
$8.26-3.84%-4.40%-12.87%-8.63%-37.66%-39.93%N/AN/AN/A$15.48$8.0746.64%2.35%0.79156,000-44.09%
ASTH
ASTRANA HEALTH INC
$24.340.62%2.23%-7.52%-2.52%-14.14%-21.51%-31.97%-9.04%N/A$34.80$18.0830.06%34.62%1.25367,00010.21%
CHE
CHEMED CORP
$374.091.49%0.18%-11.23%-13.17%-16.45%-39.20%-29.06%-18.57%175.33%$623.61$365.2140.01%2.43%0.41342,00018.34%
CYH
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
$2.870.35%-3.69%-15.34%-9.75%-10.59%6.30%-40.46%-77.84%-84.37%$4.47$2.2435.72%28.07%1.521,509,0008.17%
USPH
U S PHYSICAL THERAPY INC
$74.790.05%-0.55%-9.92%-7.97%-11.96%3.36%-21.79%-28.26%49.34%$93.50$62.7720.01%19.15%0.81120,000-50.21%
BKD
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC
$13.40-3.04%-3.53%-11.43%24.54%58.21%114.06%346.67%116.48%-13.10%$17.09$4.9721.59%169.62%1.004,121,00062.56%
SGRY
SURGERY PARTNERS INC
$11.600.96%-3.17%-26.95%-25.88%-46.40%-51.16%-64.98%-73.41%-17.26%$24.18$11.4152.03%1.67%1.58792,0001.80%
CCRN
CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE INC
$9.47-0.53%-1.04%7.25%14.79%-33.31%-36.40%-57.27%-24.96%-19.34%$15.03$7.4336.99%27.46%0.80265,0002.71%
AIRS
AIRSCULPT TECHNOLOGIES INC
$2.73-4.88%-1.80%59.65%38.58%-65.96%16.92%-45.07%N/AN/A$12.00$1.5177.25%80.79%2.081,477,000-26.04%
SNDA
SONIDA SENIOR LIVING INC
$31.25-1.26%-1.23%-14.38%-3.43%12.73%34.18%348.35%-10.25%-88.66%$37.57$19.3416.82%61.58%0.66464,000-30.33%
DCGO
DOCGO INC
$0.604.35%-10.98%-13.04%-31.82%-55.88%-77.27%-93.02%-93.90%N/A$2.77$0.5678.34%7.14%1.221,010,000-7.17%
CMPS
COMPASS PATHWAYS PLC
$5.24-2.42%-1.87%-25.36%-22.02%-8.55%83.22%-49.52%-85.16%N/A$8.90$2.2541.12%132.89%1.421,150,000-31.43%
SRXH
SRX HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC
$0.11-5.08%-12.50%-8.20%-49.09%-64.67%-93.49%-99.32%-99.97%-100.00%$2.16$0.0894.81%34.94%0.8212,416,00050.52%
SEM
SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP
$16.290.00%0.12%8.60%8.96%26.87%-2.46%-35.79%-52.24%39.83%$18.61$11.6512.44%39.83%0.981,247,00051.52%
NIVF
NEWGENIVF GROUP LTD
$1.954.28%12.72%-37.74%-76.78%-98.18%-99.90%-100.00%N/AN/A$4.44k$1.5299.96%28.29%0.6393,000447.06%
CCM
CONCORD MEDICAL SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD
$3.65-1.35%0.00%2.82%-7.12%-41.51%-6.41%-73.16%-90.71%-92.47%$10.77$3.1866.11%14.78%-0.04150-76.92%
MCTA
CHARMING MEDICAL LTD
$29.360.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A$31.70$4.307.40%582.67%1.150N/A
EHAB
ENHABIT INC
$14.052.86%3.16%3.46%51.24%75.41%59.84%6.60%N/AN/A$14.11$6.470.39%117.16%0.713,904,000569.64%
AMS
AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES
$1.810.00%-8.59%-13.81%-14.22%-35.36%-34.89%-38.23%-32.96%-16.97%$3.11$1.7941.80%1.12%0.393,300-65.26%
NAKA
NAKAMOTO INC
$0.21-7.08%-14.63%-16.67%-41.50%-80.37%-86.96%N/AN/AN/A$34.77$0.2199.40%0.00%2.693,357,000-28.19%
CCEL
CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC
$3.413.02%9.29%3.96%0.29%-26.51%-46.47%12.17%-62.11%4.92%$6.65$2.7248.72%25.37%0.111,500-96.05%
BMGL
BASEL MEDICAL GROUP LTD
$0.552.42%-20.29%-8.49%5.77%-69.78%-88.73%N/AN/AN/A$9.40$0.4994.15%12.94%0.585,200-85.87%
PIII
P3 HEALTH PARTNERS INC
$2.960.68%-2.31%37.04%-16.38%-66.91%-63.92%-94.62%-99.41%N/A$11.30$1.5273.81%94.74%0.7237,00073.71%
AGL
AGILON HEALTH INC
$0.32-18.94%-27.05%-47.89%-55.10%-68.83%-92.59%-98.63%N/AN/A$6.08$0.3094.72%5.59%0.968,251,000125.31%

Medical Care Facility Stocks FAQ

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

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is 3 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 17.71% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 61 percentage points.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $10.00, an upside of 56.74% from Aveanna Healthcare Holdings's current stock price of $6.38.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV)


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

Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 20 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

INNV passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Innovage Holding has seen its stock return 164.09% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 207 percentage points.

Innovage Holding has an average 1 year price target of $7.00, a downside of -11.05% from Innovage Holding's current stock price of $7.87.

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.

3. Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA)


Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA) 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 Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA) has a Due Diligence Score of 10, which is -19 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AUNA as a "A".

AUNA passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Auna Sa has seen its stock lose -25.74% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 17 percentage points.

Auna Sa has an average 1 year price target of $7.50, an upside of 42.05% from Auna Sa's current stock price of $5.28.

Auna Sa stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Auna Sa, 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 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 2.42%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.31%. 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 126.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM)


Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.55%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.31%. 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 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 1.18%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.31%. 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 32.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are medical care facility stocks down?

Medical care facility stocks were down -0.19% in the last day, and down -2.62% 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. Biote (NASDAQ:BTMD)


Biote (NASDAQ:BTMD) 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.

Biote 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.

Biote's stock has dropped -60.96% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -18 percentage points.

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 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.

Auna Sa's stock has dropped -25.74% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 17 percentage points.

3. Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS)


Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) 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.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag's stock has dropped -10.8% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 32 percentage points.

Are medical care facility stocks a good buy now?

50% 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 24.59% over the next year.

18.42% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 36.84% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 34.21% are rated C (Hold), 7.89% are rated D (Sell), and 2.63% 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 18.09x.
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