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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 18th 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	$2.12B	$26.14	$28.00	7.12%	Hold	2	2.95%	4.04%	19.47%	8.05%
CHE	CHEMED CORP	$7.02B	$537.14	$549.33	2.27%	Hold	3	5.67%	16.47%	45.86%	24.11%
AVAH	AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC	$1.95B	$8.95	$10.30	15.08%	Buy	5	6.01%	-21.57%	75.41%	8.95%
LFST	LIFESTANCE HEALTH GROUP INC	$4.39B	$11.50	$11.75	2.17%	Strong Buy	8	11.04%	33.47%	8.97%	6.07%
THC	TENET HEALTHCARE CORP	$20.89B	$259.45	$272.29	4.95%	Strong Buy	14	1.46%	-7.42%	36.64%	5.56%
PACS	PACS GROUP INC	$7.12B	$44.95	$59.00	31.26%	Strong Buy	4	6.84%	20.39%	39.08%	7.67%
CON	CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT INC	$4.21B	$33.03	$38.50	16.56%	Strong Buy	5	4.54%	4.97%	50.45%	8.00%
NHC	NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORP	$3.39B	$216.69	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ADUS	ADDUS HOMECARE CORP	$2.18B	$116.89	$126.75	8.44%	Buy	4	4.83%	14.60%	13.05%	10.29%
AUNA	AUNA SA	$395.23M	$5.34	$5.00	-6.37%	Hold	1	59.28%	167.06%	N/A	N/A
PNTG	PENNANT GROUP INC	$1.33B	$38.17	$45.33	18.77%	Strong Buy	3	7.40%	31.82%	18.37%	6.36%
EHC	ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORP	$12.37B	$125.35	$147.25	17.47%	Strong Buy	4	6.89%	5.51%	32.37%	11.28%
DVA	DAVITA INC	$11.38B	$178.34	$226.00	26.72%	Buy	5	2.93%	18.39%	-228.58%	9.88%
OPCH	OPTION CARE HEALTH INC	$3.61B	$24.08	$28.13	16.80%	Buy	8	5.78%	20.57%	30.19%	11.26%
JYNT	JOINT CORP	$121.49M	$8.59	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.86%	5.52%	27.30%	8.38%
GRDN	GUARDIAN PHARMACY SERVICES INC	$2.50B	$39.46	$46.75	18.47%	Strong Buy	4	3.49%	12.03%	37.00%	20.49%
AMN	AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC	$1.28B	$33.11	$32.60	-1.54%	Buy	5	-9.45%	-25.07%	6.75%	2.12%
ASTH	ASTRANA HEALTH INC	$1.92B	$34.48	$50.57	46.67%	Strong Buy	7	8.08%	44.20%	N/A	N/A
PARK	PARK DENTAL PARTNERS INC	$93.91M	$20.80	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	28.52%	4.03%
ENSG	ENSIGN GROUP INC	$10.50B	$180.20	$207.00	14.87%	Hold	1	9.85%	13.78%	22.23%	9.44%
HCSG	HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC	$1.44B	$20.96	$27.00	28.82%	Buy	4	5.26%	-14.91%	18.75%	11.85%
ACHC	ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY INC	$2.90B	$31.10	$33.22	6.82%	Strong Buy	9	5.12%	N/A	10.36%	3.70%
INNV	INNOVAGE HOLDING CORP	$1.39B	$10.23	$7.00	-31.57%	Strong Sell	1	9.64%	N/A	30.02%	12.56%
FMS	FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG	$12.70B	$23.87	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ARDT	ARDENT HEALTH INC	$1.55B	$10.97	$13.70	24.89%	Strong Buy	5	3.48%	46.19%	12.69%	3.25%
BKD	BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC	$3.00B	$12.55	$19.00	51.39%	Strong Buy	3	-0.15%	N/A	-176.78%	1.68%
STLN	STARLING ONCOLOGY INC	$512.64M	$5.03	$8.50	68.99%	Strong Buy	4	20.91%	N/A	-12.39%	1.73%
HCA	HCA HEALTHCARE INC	$89.08B	$411.44	$460.25	11.86%	Buy	16	3.41%	5.54%	-136.61%	14.35%
UHS	UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC	$9.94B	$168.72	$195.40	15.81%	Buy	10	4.47%	3.79%	23.45%	11.06%
GMRS	GMR SOLUTIONS INC	$642.74M	$11.90	$19.86	66.87%	Strong Buy	7	N/A	N/A	55.81%	1.62%
NIVF	NEWGENIVF GROUP LTD	$394.17k	$0.52	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	509.31%	-78.65%	128.03%	104.20%
AGL	AGILON HEALTH INC	$1.45B	$86.39	$87.00	0.71%	Buy	11	4.19%	N/A	-31.53%	-4.51%
SGRY	SURGERY PARTNERS INC	$1.96B	$15.00	$18.00	20.00%	Strong Buy	6	4.96%	N/A	9.43%	1.96%
PIII	P3 HEALTH PARTNERS INC	$89.82M	$12.37	$14.00	13.18%	Buy	2	3.47%	N/A	-30.73%	-3.39%
AIRS	AIRSCULPT TECHNOLOGIES INC	$231.79M	$3.22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.19%	N/A	0.00%	0.00%
CCM	CONCORD MEDICAL SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD	$22.27M	$5.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BTMD	BIOTE CORP	$55.33M	$1.54	$2.50	62.34%	Strong Buy	3	6.30%	51.21%	-36.21%	23.42%
SNDA	SONIDA SENIOR LIVING INC	$1.87B	$38.92	$47.50	22.05%	Buy	6	26.07%	N/A	-3.07%	-1.04%
USPH	U S PHYSICAL THERAPY INC	$1.22B	$81.67	$99.33	21.63%	Strong Buy	3	6.48%	334.96%	12.21%	4.39%
DCGO	DOCGO INC	$57.39M	$0.58	$2.38	308.78%	Strong Buy	4	3.55%	N/A	-8.38%	-5.30%
SRXH	SRX GLOBAL INC	$18.10M	$1.84	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NAKA	NAKAMOTO INC	$87.01M	$5.00	$22.33	346.66%	Strong Buy	3	635.04%	N/A	-6.96%	-4.12%
CYH	COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC	$400.47M	$2.84	$3.19	12.25%	Hold	4	-1.16%	N/A	-3.02%	0.34%
CMPS	COMPASS PATHWAYS PLC	$1.85B	$13.38	$23.08	72.47%	Strong Buy	13	N/A	N/A	-152.89%	-25.61%
AMS	AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES	$10.14M	$1.53	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1.42%	-0.61%
CCEL	CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC	$28.30M	$3.51	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-2.44%	N/A	-0.46%	0.14%
BMGL	BASEL MEDICAL GROUP LTD	$7.81M	$4.99	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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 Aug 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 36, which is 6 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

MD passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Pediatrix Medical Group has seen its stock return 85.13% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 95 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group has an average 1 year price target of $28.00, an upside of 7.12% from Pediatrix Medical Group's current stock price of $26.14.

Pediatrix Medical Group stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 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 39, which is 9 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

CHE passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Chemed has seen its stock return 24.3% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 34 percentage points.

Chemed has an average 1 year price target of $549.33, an upside of 2.27% from Chemed's current stock price of $537.14.

Chemed stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Chemed, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH)

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) 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 Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 10 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

AVAH passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has seen its stock return 31.04% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 41 percentage points.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $10.30, an upside of 15.08% from Aveanna Healthcare Holdings's current stock price of $8.95.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 20% 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 2.72%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.19%.

Srx Global's dividend payout ratio of 0% 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 2.56%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.19%. 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 2.23%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.19%. 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 -2.33% in the last day, and down -0.21% over the last week. Brookdale Senior Living was the among the top losers in the medical care facilities industry, dropping -8.33% yesterday.

Brookdale Senior Living shares are trading lower after the company reported worse-than-expected Q2 sales results. Also, Barclays lowered its price target on the stock from $18 to $17.

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 29, which is 10 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 19. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Auna Sa's stock has dropped -14.56% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -5 percentage points.

2. Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS)

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) 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.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag has a valuation score of 29, which is 10 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 19. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag's stock has dropped -1% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 9 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 24 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 19. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Universal Health Services's stock has dropped -1.71% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 8 percentage points.

Are medical care facility stocks a good buy now?

52.78% 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 13.3% over the next year.

9.09% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 27.27% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 54.55% are rated C (Hold), 6.82% are rated D (Sell), and 2.27% 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 17.09x.

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Medical Care Facility Stocks FAQ

1. Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD)

2. Chemed (NYSE:CHE)

3. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH)

1. Srx Global (NYSEMKT:SRXH)

2. Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS)

3. U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH)

1. Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA)

2. Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS)

3. Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS)

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