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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.

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:

Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV) 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 Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Innovage Holding (NASDAQ:INNV) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 16 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 32.

INNV passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Innovage Holding has seen its stock return 82.38% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 151 percentage points.

Innovage Holding has an average 1 year price target of $14.00, an upside of 52.01% from Innovage Holding's current stock price of $9.21.

Innovage Holding stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Innovage Holding, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT) 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 Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT) has a Due Diligence Score of 22, which is -10 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ARDT as a "A".

ARDT passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ardent Health has seen its stock return 31.55% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 100 percentage points.

Ardent Health has an average 1 year price target of $15.17, a downside of -15.6% from Ardent Health's current stock price of $17.97.

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

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

Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 17 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 32.

THC passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Tenet Healthcare has seen its stock return 48.45% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 117 percentage points.

Tenet Healthcare has an average 1 year price target of $297.08, an upside of 2.8% from Tenet Healthcare's current stock price of $289.00.

Tenet Healthcare stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Tenet Healthcare, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

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:

Srx Global (NYSEMKT:SRXH) has an annual dividend yield of 5.75%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.44%.

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

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.67%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.44%. 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 36.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 1.83%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.44%. 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 -136.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Medical care facility stocks were up 1.26% in the last day, and up 4.47% over the last week. Surgery Partners was the among the top gainers in the medical care facilities industry, gaining 14.01% yesterday.

Surgery Partners shares are trading higher after the company announced that HealthSpan Partners increased the merger consideration to $25.00 per share in cash.

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:

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 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 -9.42% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 59 percentage points.

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 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 -3.16% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 65 percentage points.

Biote (NASDAQ:BTMD) 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.

Biote has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Biote's stock has dropped -54.88% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 14 percentage points.

44.74% 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 8.76% over the next year.

17.95% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 28.21% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 43.59% are rated C (Hold), 7.69% are rated D (Sell), and 2.56% are rated F (Strong Sell).