Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.

NasdaqGS:ACHC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$6.8b

Acadia Healthcare Company Valuation

Is ACHC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ACHC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ACHC ($73.38) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($51.92)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ACHC is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ACHC?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

ACHC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA13x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does ACHC's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for ACHC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.2x
ENSG Ensign Group
1.8x9.6%US$6.7b
EHC Encompass Health
1.7x8.1%US$8.3b
THC Tenet Healthcare
0.5x3.6%US$9.7b
UHS Universal Health Services
0.8x6.0%US$11.1b
ACHC Acadia Healthcare Company
2.3x8.7%US$6.8b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: ACHC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.3x) compared to the peer average (1.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ACHC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Healthcare Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a16.3%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: ACHC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.3x) compared to the US Healthcare industry average (1.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ACHC's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ACHC PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.3x
Fair PS Ratio2.2x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: ACHC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ACHC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$73.38
US$95.85
+30.6%
9.8%US$105.00US$70.00n/a13
Apr ’25US$76.07
US$95.58
+25.7%
10.1%US$105.00US$70.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$83.99
US$94.55
+12.6%
11.5%US$105.00US$70.00n/a11
Feb ’25US$81.77
US$89.55
+9.5%
11.1%US$105.00US$68.00n/a11
Jan ’25US$77.76
US$88.55
+13.9%
11.5%US$105.00US$68.00n/a11
Dec ’24US$73.86
US$88.55
+19.9%
11.5%US$105.00US$68.00n/a11
Nov ’24US$73.47
US$90.09
+22.6%
11.7%US$105.00US$68.00n/a11
Oct ’24US$70.31
US$90.55
+28.8%
11.3%US$105.00US$68.00n/a11
Sep ’24US$77.50
US$90.75
+17.1%
11.0%US$105.00US$68.00n/a12
Aug ’24US$78.48
US$90.58
+15.4%
11.0%US$105.00US$68.00n/a12
Jul ’24US$79.64
US$89.75
+12.7%
12.0%US$105.00US$63.00n/a12
Jun ’24US$70.87
US$89.75
+26.6%
12.0%US$105.00US$63.00n/a12
May ’24US$70.51
US$89.75
+27.3%
12.0%US$105.00US$63.00n/a12
Apr ’24US$72.25
US$92.25
+27.7%
8.8%US$105.00US$75.00US$76.0712
Mar ’24US$74.31
US$93.42
+25.7%
6.7%US$105.00US$82.00US$83.9912
Feb ’24US$84.06
US$94.67
+12.6%
6.7%US$105.00US$82.00US$81.7712
Jan ’24US$82.32
US$94.33
+14.6%
7.0%US$105.00US$82.00US$77.7612
Dec ’23US$87.62
US$92.92
+6.0%
8.0%US$105.00US$80.00US$73.8612
Nov ’23US$80.25
US$91.85
+14.5%
8.9%US$105.00US$80.00US$73.4713
Oct ’23US$78.18
US$90.15
+15.3%
8.2%US$103.00US$78.00US$70.3113
Sep ’23US$81.33
US$90.15
+10.8%
8.2%US$103.00US$78.00US$77.5013
Aug ’23US$81.93
US$89.57
+9.3%
7.0%US$100.00US$78.00US$78.4814
Jul ’23US$71.58
US$80.57
+12.6%
8.5%US$95.00US$69.00US$79.6414
Jun ’23US$68.93
US$81.54
+18.3%
8.3%US$95.00US$69.00US$70.8713
May ’23US$67.88
US$76.62
+12.9%
10.2%US$90.00US$64.00US$70.5113
Apr ’23US$67.18
US$75.38
+12.2%
8.7%US$85.00US$64.00US$72.2513

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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