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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:

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) is the #1 top medical care facility stock out of 49 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: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 6 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

MD passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Pediatrix Medical Group has seen its stock return 94.19% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 105 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group has an average 1 year price target of $24.00, a downside of -10.31% from Pediatrix Medical Group's current stock price of $26.76.

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.

Amn Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) is the #2 top medical care facility stock out of 49 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 Amn Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Amn Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -9 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AMN as a "A".

AMN passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Amn Healthcare Services has seen its stock return 57.88% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 69 percentage points.

Amn Healthcare Services has an average 1 year price target of $29.20, a downside of -15.97% from Amn Healthcare Services's current stock price of $34.75.

Amn Healthcare Services stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Amn Healthcare Services, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) is the #3 top medical care facility stock out of 49 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: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (NASDAQ:AVAH) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 11 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 29.

AVAH passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has seen its stock return 104.04% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 115 percentage points.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $9.83, an upside of 8.05% from Aveanna Healthcare Holdings's current stock price of $9.10.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% 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 2.6%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.09%. 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 42.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 2.52%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.09%. 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 354.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

National Healthcare (NYSEMKT:NHC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.19%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 1.09%. National Healthcare's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% 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 32.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Medical care facility stocks were up 2.86% in the last day, and up 7.57% over the last week.

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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 29, which is 12 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 17. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Auna Sa's stock has dropped -16.48% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -6 percentage points.

Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) 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.

Universal Health Services has a valuation score of 57, which is 40 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 17. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Universal Health Services's stock has dropped -14.17% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -3 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 40 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 17. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Biote's stock has dropped -48.21% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -37 percentage points.

45.95% 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 10.65% over the next year.

12.2% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 34.15% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 46.34% are rated C (Hold), 7.32% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).