Viemed Healthcare (NASDAQ:VMD – Get Free Report) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
74.2% of Viemed Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 20.6% of Viemed Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Acadia Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Viemed Healthcare has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Viemed Healthcare | 4.81% | 10.16% | 7.22% |
| Acadia Healthcare | -33.44% | 6.19% | 2.42% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Viemed Healthcare and Acadia Healthcare”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Viemed Healthcare | $270.28 million | 1.33 | $14.93 million | $0.36 | 26.14 |
| Acadia Healthcare | $3.31 billion | 0.80 | -$1.10 billion | ($12.45) | -2.29 |
Viemed Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viemed Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Viemed Healthcare and Acadia Healthcare, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Viemed Healthcare | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Acadia Healthcare | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2.40 |
Viemed Healthcare currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.78%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus price target of $30.69, suggesting a potential upside of 7.77%. Given Viemed Healthcare’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Viemed Healthcare is more favorable than Acadia Healthcare.
Summary
Viemed Healthcare beats Acadia Healthcare on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Viemed Healthcare
Viemed Healthcare, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides home medical equipment (HME) and post-acute respiratory healthcare services to patients in the United States. It provides respiratory disease management solutions, including treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which include non-invasive ventilation, percussion vests, and other therapies; and invasive and non-invasive ventilation and related equipment and supplies to patients suffering from COPD. The company leases non-invasive and invasive ventilators, positive airway pressure machines (PAP), durable medical equipment, percussion vests, oxygen concentrators, and other medical equipment; and sells and rents HME devices. In addition, it provides neuromuscular care and oxygen therapy services; and sleep apnea management provides sleep solutions and/or equipment, such as PAP, automatic continuous positive airway pressure, and bi-level positive airway pressure machines. Further, the company offers in home sleep apnea testing services, as well as healthcare staffing and recruitment services. Viemed Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.
About Acadia Healthcare
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. provides behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company develops and operates acute inpatient psychiatric facilities, specialty treatment facilities comprising residential recovery facilities and eating disorder facilities, comprehensive treatment centers, and residential treatment centers, as well as facilities offering outpatient behavioral healthcare services for the behavioral healthcare and recovery needs of communities. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.
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