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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:

Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) is the top medical care facility stock with a Zen Score of 61, which is 31 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cross Country Healthcare has seen its stock lose -22.97% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -26 percentage points.

Cross Country Healthcare has an average 1 year price target of $20.80, an upside of 19.54% from Cross Country Healthcare's current stock price of $17.40.

Cross Country Healthcare stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Cross Country Healthcare, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Addus Homecare (NASDAQ:ADUS) is the second best medical care facility stock with a Zen Score of 56, which is 26 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Addus Homecare has seen its stock lose -19.06% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -22 percentage points.

Addus Homecare has an average 1 year price target of $102.60, an upside of 11.89% from Addus Homecare's current stock price of $91.70.

Addus Homecare stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Addus Homecare, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 60% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 20% have issued a Strong Sell.

Chemed (NYSE:CHE) 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 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Chemed has seen its stock return 1.42% over the past year, underperforming other medical care facility stocks by -2 percentage points.

Chemed has an average 1 year price target of $681.00, an upside of 18.78% from Chemed's current stock price of $573.34.

Chemed stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Chemed, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% 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 3.06%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.3%. 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 1.3%. 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 1.83%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 1.3%. 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 down -2.52% in the last day, and up 1.68% over the last week. Chemed was the among the top losers in the medical care facilities industry, dropping -7.22% yesterday.

Chemed shares are trading lower after the company reported worse-than-expected Q1 financial results.

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued medical care facility stocks right now are:

Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) is the most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Cross Country Healthcare has a valuation score of 100, which is 70 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cross Country Healthcare's stock has dropped -22.97% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -26 percentage points.

Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) is the second most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Healthcare Services Group has a valuation score of 71, which is 41 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Healthcare Services Group's stock has dropped -20.75% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -24 percentage points.

Amn Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) is the third most undervalued medical care facility stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Amn Healthcare Services has a valuation score of 71, which is 41 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Amn Healthcare Services's stock has dropped -35.37% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by -39 percentage points.