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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 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 5 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 31.

MD passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Pediatrix Medical Group has seen its stock return 64.63% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 57 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group has an average 1 year price target of $28.00, an upside of 5.22% from Pediatrix Medical Group's current stock price of $26.61.

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.

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 8 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 31.

CHE passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Chemed has seen its stock return 18.02% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 10 percentage points.

Chemed has an average 1 year price target of $549.33, an upside of 3.09% from Chemed's current stock price of $532.88.

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.

Lifestance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) 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 Lifestance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Lifestance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 5 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 31.

LFST passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Lifestance Health Group has seen its stock return 131.98% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 124 percentage points.

Lifestance Health Group has an average 1 year price target of $12.25, a downside of -1.37% from Lifestance Health Group's current stock price of $12.42.

Lifestance Health Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Lifestance Health Group, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 25% 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 2.6%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.2%.

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

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.57%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.2%. 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.

U S Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) has an annual dividend yield of 2.24%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.2%. 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.

Medical care facility stocks were up 0.11% in the last day, and down -1.04% over the last week. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings was the among the top gainers in the medical care facilities industry, gaining 3% yesterday.

Aveanna Healthcare shares are trading higher after BMO Capital maintained its Outperform rating on the stock and raised its price target from $10 to $14.

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 9 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 20. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Auna Sa's stock has dropped -13.78% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -22 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 23 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 20. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag's stock has dropped -5.39% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -13 percentage points.

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 23 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 20. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Universal Health Services's stock has dropped -3.99% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -12 percentage points.

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 11.8% over the next year.

6.82% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 34.09% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.27% are rated C (Hold), 6.82% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).