Acadia Healthcare (ACHC)
Health Care · Behavioral Health Services (Residential & Acute Care) · NASDAQ
A leading operator of residential, acute-care, and outpatient behavioral health facilities serving patients with serious mental illness, addiction, and other conditions.
What Acadia Healthcare does
Acadia Healthcare operates a network of residential, acute-care, and outpatient behavioral health and psychiatric facilities across the United States. The company provides treatment services for patients with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and other behavioral health conditions. Acadia's revenue is significantly dependent on payments from government payors (Medicaid, Medicare) and third-party insurers. The company operates both inpatient and residential recovery facilities, with seasonal demand variations tied to holidays and school calendars.
Themes: ["behavioral health / mental illness","substance use disorder treatment","residential psychiatric care","government healthcare payors (Medicaid/Medicare)","healthcare provider consolidation"]
Fundamentals
- Price$31.40 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$2.9B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+28.6% as of 2026-07-09 close
- Net margin-32.8% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE-43.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity1.29 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+6.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+8.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.62 as of 2026-07-10
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on government payors (Medicaid, Medicare) for significant portion of revenue, creating exposure to payment rate changes and policy shifts","Labor shortages and wage inflation in behavioral health sector threatening profitability and operational efficiency","Subject to extensive regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements with risk of governmental investigations, penalties, and operational restrictions"]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.