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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 +28.50% per year, and are the best medical care facility stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Medical Care Facilities

Overview Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast

Medical Care Facilities is Zen Rated A and is the 16th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Price	Price Target	Upside/Downside	Consensus	Analysts	Fore. Revenue Growth	Fore. Earnings Growth	Forecast ROE	Forecast ROA
MD	PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP INC	$2.22B	$27.38	$28.00	2.26%	Hold	3	3.27%	6.70%	19.47%	8.05%
CHE	CHEMED CORP	$6.70B	$512.38	$574.50	12.12%	Buy	4	6.10%	18.60%	48.06%	25.27%
THC	TENET HEALTHCARE CORP	$21.52B	$267.25	$278.15	4.08%	Strong Buy	13	1.47%	-4.66%	36.64%	5.56%
INNV	INNOVAGE HOLDING CORP	$1.21B	$8.85	$14.00	58.19%	Strong Buy	1	8.77%	N/A	27.47%	11.61%
AUNA	AUNA SA	$393.75M	$5.32	$5.00	-6.02%	Hold	1	59.46%	393.11%	74.13%	17.68%
ADUS	ADDUS HOMECARE CORP	$2.17B	$115.98	$124.25	7.13%	Hold	4	5.63%	15.26%	13.28%	10.47%
AVAH	AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC	$2.69B	$12.34	$14.25	15.48%	Buy	8	6.39%	-16.36%	78.00%	10.64%
PACS	PACS GROUP INC	$7.43B	$46.91	$58.80	25.35%	Strong Buy	5	9.36%	27.58%	43.63%	8.57%
LFST	LIFESTANCE HEALTH GROUP INC	$4.49B	$11.74	$14.17	20.67%	Strong Buy	6	12.65%	34.21%	9.23%	6.25%
PARK	PARK DENTAL PARTNERS INC	$90.11M	$18.95	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.75%	N/A	25.70%	4.11%
CON	CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT INC	$4.91B	$38.54	$40.67	5.52%	Strong Buy	7	4.96%	9.26%	54.12%	8.58%
DVA	DAVITA INC	$11.95B	$187.31	$226.00	20.66%	Buy	5	2.43%	16.66%	-228.58%	9.88%
NHC	NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP	$3.80B	$242.82	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JYNT	JOINT CORP	$99.43M	$7.03	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.09%	10.44%	27.30%	8.38%
PNTG	PENNANT GROUP INC	$1.46B	$41.87	$46.00	9.86%	Strong Buy	3	8.31%	32.16%	18.30%	6.34%
GRDN	GUARDIAN PHARMACY SERVICES INC	$2.50B	$39.47	$49.75	26.05%	Strong Buy	4	4.03%	17.44%	40.98%	22.69%
ENSG	ENSIGN GROUP INC	$10.29B	$176.63	$207.00	17.19%	Hold	1	10.29%	15.56%	22.92%	9.73%
ASTH	ASTRANA HEALTH INC	$2.05B	$36.81	$52.13	41.61%	Strong Buy	8	8.55%	48.00%	N/A	N/A
AMN	AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC	$1.57B	$40.49	$36.80	-9.11%	Buy	5	-7.94%	-21.53%	6.67%	2.09%
EHC	ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORP	$12.61B	$127.87	$147.25	15.16%	Strong Buy	4	7.15%	5.91%	32.37%	11.28%
ARDT	ARDENT HEALTH INC	$1.69B	$11.95	$13.08	9.48%	Strong Buy	6	3.59%	43.73%	12.68%	3.24%
STLN	STARLING ONCOLOGY INC	$655.32M	$6.43	$9.33	45.15%	Strong Buy	3	23.83%	N/A	-37.55%	5.25%
FMS	FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG	$11.80B	$22.17	$24.00	8.25%	Hold	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HCA	HCA HEALTHCARE INC	$99.34B	$458.84	$462.83	0.87%	Buy	18	3.36%	5.74%	-127.81%	13.42%
HCSG	HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC	$1.45B	$21.13	$26.67	26.20%	Buy	6	5.74%	-14.67%	18.48%	11.68%
UHS	UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC	$10.91B	$185.10	$196.27	6.04%	Buy	11	4.43%	1.91%	21.85%	10.30%
AIRS	AIRSCULPT TECHNOLOGIES INC	$91.92M	$1.28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.62%	N/A	-4.91%	-2.66%
ACHC	ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY INC	$2.79B	$29.98	$34.44	14.89%	Strong Buy	9	5.12%	N/A	10.36%	3.70%
USPH	U S PHYSICAL THERAPY INC	$1.28B	$85.71	$97.00	13.17%	Strong Buy	3	7.20%	335.92%	12.54%	4.50%
BKD	BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC	$2.41B	$10.09	$19.50	93.26%	Strong Buy	2	0.18%	N/A	-341.31%	1.68%
AGL	AGILON HEALTH INC	$1.43B	$85.12	$95.50	12.19%	Buy	12	5.39%	N/A	-31.53%	-4.51%
BTMD	BIOTE CORP	$38.98M	$1.09	$1.75	61.29%	Buy	2	5.40%	52.27%	-29.52%	19.10%
SGRY	SURGERY PARTNERS INC	$1.91B	$14.61	$17.75	21.49%	Strong Buy	4	1.50%	N/A	9.43%	1.96%
SRTA	STRATA CRITICAL MEDICAL INC	$401.64M	$4.54	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	12.27%	-24.11%	N/A	N/A
SNDA	SONIDA SENIOR LIVING INC	$1.70B	$35.29	$49.50	40.27%	Buy	6	27.65%	N/A	-5.40%	-1.83%
GMRS	GMR SOLUTIONS INC	$540.22M	$10.00	$20.00	100.00%	Strong Buy	7	N/A	N/A	14.36%	1.53%
SRXH	SRX GLOBAL INC	$24.12M	$1.19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CYH	COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC	$406.11M	$2.88	$3.15	9.38%	Hold	5	-1.10%	N/A	N/A	-0.41%
CMPS	COMPASS PATHWAYS PLC	$1.49B	$10.75	$23.67	120.16%	Strong Buy	12	N/A	N/A	-103.04%	-17.26%
DCGO	DOCGO INC	$26.91M	$0.27	$2.00	635.29%	Buy	2	5.83%	N/A	-27.12%	-17.28%
CCM	CONCORD MEDICAL SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD	$15.60M	$3.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AMS	AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES	$8.51M	$1.28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-4.07%	-1.79%
BMGL	BASEL MEDICAL GROUP LTD	$6.18M	$3.95	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CCEL	CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC	$35.64M	$4.42	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-2.44%	N/A	-0.50%	0.13%
PIII	P3 HEALTH PARTNERS INC	$30.06M	$4.14	$14.00	238.16%	Buy	2	9.73%	N/A	-54.07%	-5.96%
NIVF	NEWGENIVF GROUP LTD	$17.62k	$0.28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	515.51%	-79.80%	32.25%	23.39%
OPCH	OPTION CARE HEALTH INC	$4.67B	$31.20	$27.26	-12.62%	Hold	11	5.72%	20.06%	30.92%	11.53%
MCTA	CHARMING MEDICAL LTD	$504.26M	$29.36	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Medical Care Facility Stocks FAQ

What are the best medical care facility stocks to buy right now in Oct 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 48 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 10 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 32.

MD passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Pediatrix Medical Group has seen its stock return 69.01% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 125 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group has an average 1 year price target of $28.00, an upside of 2.26% from Pediatrix Medical Group's current stock price of $27.38.

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. Chemed (NYSE:CHE)

Chemed (NYSE:CHE) 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 +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Chemed (NYSE:CHE) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Chemed (NYSE:CHE) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 10 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 32.

CHE passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Chemed has seen its stock return 18.9% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 75 percentage points.

Chemed has an average 1 year price target of $574.50, an upside of 12.12% from Chemed's current stock price of $512.38.

Chemed stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Chemed, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC)

Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) 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 +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 13 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 32.

THC passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Tenet Healthcare has seen its stock return 34.21% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 90 percentage points.

Tenet Healthcare has an average 1 year price target of $278.15, an upside of 4.08% from Tenet Healthcare's current stock price of $267.25.

Tenet Healthcare stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Tenet Healthcare, 69.23% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 15.38% have issued a Buy, 15.38% 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 10 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. Srx Global (NYSEMKT:SRXH)

Srx Global (NYSEMKT:SRXH) has an annual dividend yield of 4.2%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.33%.

Srx Global's dividend payout ratio of -0.1% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS)

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.76%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.33%. Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two 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 32.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH)

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 2.14%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.33%. 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 1,011.1% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are medical care facility stocks down?

Medical care facility stocks were down -1.32% in the last day, and up 2.63% 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. Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS)

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) 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.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag's stock has dropped -18.01% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 38 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 43, which is 20 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Auna Sa's stock has dropped -16.74% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 39 percentage points.

3. Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS)

Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) 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.

Universal Health Services has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Universal Health Services's stock has dropped -9.37% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 47 percentage points.

Are medical care facility stocks a good buy now?

47.22% 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 12.13% over the next year.

7.69% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 33.33% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 51.28% are rated C (Hold), 7.69% are rated D (Sell), and 0% 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 16.99x.

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