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Best Medical Care Facility Stocks to Buy Now (2024)

Top medical care facility stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best medical care facility stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the medical care facilities industry.

According to Due Diligence Score, the 3 best medical care facility stocks to buy right now are:

Addus Homecare (NASDAQ:ADUS) is the top medical care facility stock with a Due Diligence Score of 59, which is 31 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 28. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Addus Homecare has seen its stock return 31.16% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 18 percentage points.

Addus Homecare has an average 1 year price target of $142.00, an upside of 18.07% from Addus Homecare's current stock price of $120.27.

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

Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) is the second best medical care facility stock with a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 26 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 28. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Astrana Health has seen its stock return 27.45% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 15 percentage points.

Astrana Health has an average 1 year price target of $68.20, an upside of 58.97% from Astrana Health's current stock price of $42.90.

Astrana Health stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Astrana Health, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) is the third best medical care facility stock with a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 24 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 28. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Amedisys has seen its stock lose -9.39% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -22 percentage points.

Amedisys has an average 1 year price target of $101.00, an upside of 19.13% from Amedisys's current stock price of $84.78.

Amedisys stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Amedisys, 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.

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:

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) has an annual dividend yield of 91.83%, which is 82 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 9.4%. Select Medical Holdings's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Select Medical Holdings's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Select Medical Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 23.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Cryo Cell International (NYSEMKT:CCEL) has an annual dividend yield of 2.82%, which is -7 percentage points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 9.4%.

Cryo Cell International's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.62%, which is -7 percentage points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 9.4%. Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend payout ratio of 52.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Medical care facility stocks were down -1.72% in the last day, and down -2.16% over the last week.

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Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued medical care facility stocks right now are:

American Shared Hospital Services (NYSEMKT:AMS) is the most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. American Shared Hospital Services has a valuation score of 71, which is 49 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 22. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

American Shared Hospital Services's stock has gained 31.4% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 19 percentage points.

Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) is the second most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Amedisys has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Amedisys's stock has dropped -9.39% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -22 percentage points.

Newgenivf Group (NASDAQ:NIVF) is the third most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Newgenivf Group has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Newgenivf Group's stock has dropped -96.01% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -109 percentage points.