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Best Medical Care Facility Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top medical care facility stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) has a Due Diligence Score of 11, which is -19 points lower than the medical care facility industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MD as a "A".

MD passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Pediatrix Medical Group has seen its stock return 34.44% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 43 percentage points.

Pediatrix Medical Group has an average 1 year price target of $16.75, an upside of 37.97% from Pediatrix Medical Group's current stock price of $12.14.

Pediatrix Medical Group stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Pediatrix Medical Group, 16.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 22 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

ARDT passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals.

Ardent Health Partners has an average 1 year price target of $20.60, an upside of 74.43% from Ardent Health Partners's current stock price of $11.81.

Ardent Health Partners stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Ardent Health Partners, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 30% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 21 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 30.

UHS passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Universal Health Services has seen its stock return 0.11% over the past year, overperforming other medical care facility stocks by 8 percentage points.

Universal Health Services has an average 1 year price target of $222.36, an upside of 37.86% from Universal Health Services's current stock price of $161.30.

Universal Health Services stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Universal Health Services, 36.36% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 63.64% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 11 medical care facility stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 medical care facility stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Select Medical Holdings (NYSE:SEM) has an annual dividend yield of 12.36%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 2.5%. Select Medical Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Select Medical Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Select Medical Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 30.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Cryo Cell International (NYSEMKT:CCEL) has an annual dividend yield of 4.5%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 2.5%.

Cryo Cell International's dividend payout ratio of 5,000% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Fresenius Medical Care Ag (NYSE:FMS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.64%, which is the same as the medical care facility industry average of 2.5%. Fresenius Medical Care Ag's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three 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 65.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Medical care facility stocks were up 2.21% in the last day, and down -3.49% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why medical care facility stocks are up.

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:

Ardent Health Partners (NYSE:ARDT) 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.

Ardent Health Partners has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Auna Sa (NYSE:AUNA) 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.

Auna Sa has a valuation score of 57, which is 31 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Auna Sa's stock has gained 10.63% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 19 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 17 points higher than the medical care facility industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Universal Health Services's stock has gained 0.11% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the medical care facility industry by 8 percentage points.

40.48% of medical care facility stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect medical care facility stocks to rise by 30.49% over the next year.

9.52% of medical care facility stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 19.05% of medical care facility stocks are rated B (Buy), 54.76% are rated C (Hold), 11.9% are rated D (Sell), and 4.76% are rated F (Strong Sell).