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Best Medical Care Facility Stocks to Buy Now (2024)

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

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

Docgo (NASDAQ:DCGO) is the top medical care facility stock with a Zen Score of 59, which is 29 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Docgo has seen its stock lose -55.15% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -59 percentage points.

Docgo has an average 1 year price target of $9.80, an upside of 174.51% from Docgo's current stock price of $3.57.

Docgo stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Docgo, 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.

Option Care Health (NASDAQ:OPCH) is the second best medical care facility stock with a Zen Score of 55, which is 25 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Option Care Health has seen its stock lose -1.11% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -5 percentage points.

Option Care Health has an average 1 year price target of $38.00, an upside of 22.27% from Option Care Health's current stock price of $31.08.

Option Care Health stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Option Care Health, 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.

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) is the third best medical care facility stock with a Zen Score of 54, which is 24 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30. It passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Select Medical Holdings has seen its stock lose -3.74% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -8 percentage points.

Select Medical Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $32.50, an upside of 20.1% from Select Medical Holdings's current stock price of $27.06.

Select Medical Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Select Medical Holdings, 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.

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:

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) has an annual dividend yield of 3.16%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.32%. Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four 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 67.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC) has an annual dividend yield of 2.6%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.32%. National Healthcare's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times 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 53.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.85%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.32%. 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 26.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Medical care facility stocks were up 1.3% in the last day, and down -2.92% 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:

Docgo (NASDAQ:DCGO) is the most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Docgo has a valuation score of 86, which is 55 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 31. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Docgo's stock has dropped -55.15% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -59 percentage points.

Amn Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) is the second most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Amn Healthcare Services has a valuation score of 71, which is 40 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 31. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Amn Healthcare Services's stock has dropped -34.85% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -39 percentage points.

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) is the third most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Select Medical Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 40 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 31. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Select Medical Holdings's stock has dropped -3.74% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -8 percentage points.