Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) and DocGo (NASDAQ:DCGO) Head-To-Head Analysis

DocGo (NASDAQ:DCGO) and Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ:ACHC) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for DocGo and Acadia Healthcare, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DocGo	1	2	3	0	2.33
Acadia Healthcare	2	5	7	1	2.47

DocGo presently has a consensus target price of $2.38, indicating a potential upside of 589.40%. Acadia Healthcare has a consensus target price of $30.69, indicating a potential upside of 9.26%. Given DocGo’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DocGo is more favorable than Acadia Healthcare.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares DocGo and Acadia Healthcare”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DocGo	$322.20 million	0.11	-$182.40 million	($1.96)	-0.18
Acadia Healthcare	$3.31 billion	0.79	-$1.10 billion	($12.45)	-2.26

DocGo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Acadia Healthcare. Acadia Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DocGo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

56.4% of DocGo shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of DocGo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Acadia Healthcare shares are owned by 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.

Risk and Volatility

DocGo has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadia Healthcare has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares DocGo and Acadia Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DocGo	-65.29%	-40.42%	-24.81%
Acadia Healthcare	-33.44%	6.19%	2.42%

Summary

Acadia Healthcare beats DocGo on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DocGo

DocGo Inc. provides mobile health and medical transportation services for various health care providers in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company's transportation services include emergency response services; and non-emergency transport services comprise ambulance and wheelchair transportation services. It also offers mobile health services through its platform that are performed at home, offices, and other locations; event services, which include on-site healthcare support at sporting events and concerts; and total care management solutions comprising healthcare services and ancillary services, such as shelter. DocGo Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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.