ACHCAcadia Healthcare Company, Inc.

$29.26+32% 1Y

Is the business good?

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Margins compressing. That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 to watch, 3 without data
Margin direction, 3 years−46.8 ptsderived

Operating margin has narrowed over the past few years, profitability per dollar of sales is eroding.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is ACHC?

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. earns −20% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

−20%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 29 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
−32%

Operating margin · Medical Care Facilities median 9.3% · 12 months to Q1 2026

Share count, year on year
−1.3%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY20208.8%
FY202112%
FY202214%
FY2023−0.87%
FY202411%
FY2025−32%
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Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
−32%
Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
−33%
Free cash flow margin
−8.7%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$3.37B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
−$292M
Net income, trailing twelve months
−$1.11B
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
−20%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.

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