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PACS

PACS Group Inc. Common Stock (PACS) fair value

Healthcare · Medical Care Facilities · NYSE · United States
$47.64+0.29%
Market cap $7.5BNext earnings 2026-11-18Updated Oct 20, 2026
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Our verdict
Trades 21% below our fair value
Price
$47.64
Model fair valueConfidence: medium
$60.32
Only one of our models could value this stock with confidence, so use it as a guide.
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Valued as a growth company: Discounted cash flow, P/E comparison, and EV/EBITDA comparison.
ACCE opinionPACS Group Inc. Common Stock (PACS)
Fair value (2 models)
Not available
ACCE price target
$45.00
Rating
Not rated
Horizon
12 months
ACCE price target published on 10 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Price used: $47.64 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: Discounted cash flow, EV/EBITDA comparison, and P/E comparison.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
ACCE score
69
out of 100
Analysts
100% buy
6 covering
P/E
27.9x
forward 17.4x
1-year return
+273.9%
Dividend yield
0.00%

PACS Group Inc. Common Stock in four questions

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Overview

ACCE thesis

PACS Group runs skilled nursing facilities in the US, the bulk of its revenue coming from Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for post-acute care, with a smaller stream from its therapy and ancillary services. Its edge is operational rather than structural: the company buys underperforming facilities and fixes staffing, census and billing, which makes it a consolidator in a fragmented industry with ageing demand behind it. Revenue growth of 9.1% is modest, but the forward P/E of 15.5 against a trailing 27.9 implies earnings are expected to recover sharply, which is the bet to test. A 7.7% operating margin and 17.3% gross margin leave little room for reimbursement cuts or wage inflation, so the thesis rests on margin expansion from facility turnarounds. ROE of 27.9% is strong but flattered by leverage in a capital-heavy business, so the balance sheet deserves a close read before anything else.

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026
⚠ Investor warnings · 3 flagsAI-assisted·How I use AI
  • high
    Heavy leverage on thin equity
    Debt/Equity of 3.67 leaves little balance sheet cushion against a 4.9% net margin. A modest earnings miss would hit a highly geared capital structure.
  • moderate
    Score slipping over 90 days
    ACCE score fell from 73 to 69 over 90 days, with Quality at 49 and Value at 54 driving the decline. Quality is the weakest pillar.
  • moderate
    Trading above ACCE price target
    Price of $47.64 sits 5.9% above the ACCE price target of $45.00, so the current price already exceeds our own target.

AI research notes

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 19, 2026 · figures from 2026-06-30 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
  • Analysts are unanimous, with all 6 covering analysts rating the stock Buy or Strong Buy.
  • Free cash flow over the last 12 months reached $299M, and the stock yields 4.0% on that cash flow.
  • Earnings per share beat expectations by 14.5% in the latest quarter, coming in at 0.63 against 0.55 expected.
Why it could disappoint
  • Shares trade at a trailing P/E of 27.4x, above the sector median forward P/E of 24.1x on a forward basis.
  • Debt is 3.67 times equity, and return on invested capital is only 3.6%, a thin return on the capital employed.
  • Revenue grew just 9.1% year over year, and the net margin of 4.9% leaves little room for error.
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Valuation

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Price
$47.64
Model fair valueConfidence: medium
$60.32
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Bullish100% buy · 6 covering analysts
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Where it sits vs peers

News and Record

Press releases mentioning this company

Recent performance

1 week
+1.6%
1 month
+16.1%
3 months
+1.7%
6 months
+34.5%
YTD
+24.1%
1 year
+273.9%

SEC filings

Recommendation history, last 12 months

DateTypeNewPreviousPrice
11 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$40.15$19.04$43.30
10 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTACCE price target$45.00first publication$43.73
7 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$19.04$33.14$42.71
30 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$33.14$19.04$43.06
25 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$19.04$19.33$41.05
20 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$19.33$18.73$42.12
17 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$18.73$19.25$42.09
15 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$19.25$19.49$44.76
12 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$19.49$19.77$44.85
7 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$19.77$20.11$42.50

This analysis is not personalised investment advice and does not take your situation, objectives or risk tolerance into account. ACCE Investments is not an authorised investment firm.

Investing in shares carries a risk of losing capital. The value of an investment can go down as well as up.

Valuation horizon: 12 months from the publication date.

Conflicts of interest. ACCE Investments is operated by Adrien Chantreuil, who may hold personal positions in the securities analysed. Positions are declared on each security. ACCE receives no payment from the companies analysed or from any intermediary for this analysis.

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Snapshot

Growth76Value54Quality49Momentum97Total69
Valuation
Trailing P/E
27.9x
Forward P/E
17.4x
PEG
0.53
P/B
5.85x
EV / Revenue
1.7x
Book value/sh
$7.01
Enterprise value
$9.6B
Profitability
ROE
27.9%
FCF yield
4.04%
ROIC
3.6%
Health and risk
Debt / equity
3.67
Dividend yield
0.00%
Beta
-0.08

Price

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Answered from PACS Group Inc. Common Stock fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 67% of peers
low 25.8x27.9xhigh 104.5x
ROEbetter than 100% of peers
low 6%28%high 28%
Div yieldbetter than 0% of peers
low 0.0%0.0%high 1.8%

Peers

Prices Oct 23, 2026
CompanyPriceFair valuevs fair valueP/EROEQualityScore
PACS PACS Group Inc. Common Stock$47.64--27.9x27.9%4969
MAXHEALTH.NS Max Healthcare Institute Limited₹817.00--54.7x-8545
CHE Chemed Corp$520.15$38934% above25.8x27.1%7876
RHC.AX Ramsay Health Care LimitedA$54.90A$4037% above40.3x5.7%3061
ASTERDM.NS Aster DM Quality Care Limited₹654.70--104.5x-7144
FORTIS.NS Fortis Healthcare Limited₹726.65--51.4x-7645
ENSG The Ensign Group Inc. Common Stock$178.35$12641% above27.5x17.0%5056

Sector report card

Where PACS ranks against its sector peers on each metric.

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  • Business Wire•Oct 5, 2026
    Omega to Transition Operations of 32 Facilities in Florida to PACS Group
  • Business Wire•Sep 30, 2026
    Seventeen PACS Post-Acute Locations Named Top Nursing Homes for 2027 by Newsweek Magazine
  • Business Wire•Sep 21, 2026
    PACS Group Announces Chief Legal Officer Transition
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40 filings
October 2026
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Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-10-14
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Oct 7
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-10-06
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