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    Should RBC’s Health Care Overweight Call and Sentiment Shift Require Action From U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH) Investors?

    Simply Wall St·12/25/2025 11:20:40
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    • Earlier this week, RBC Capital upgraded the S&P 500 Health Care sector to Overweight, citing attractive valuations, improving earnings trends, and renewed investor interest, which lifted sentiment toward outpatient physical therapy providers such as U.S. Physical Therapy.
    • The move highlights how sector-level shifts in investor preference toward health care as a defensive area can temporarily offset company-specific concerns about profitability.
    • Next, we’ll examine how RBC’s more favorable view on health care as a defensive sector interacts with U.S. Physical Therapy’s existing investment narrative.

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    U.S. Physical Therapy Investment Narrative Recap

    To own U.S. Physical Therapy, you need to believe that rising patient volumes, cost efficiencies and clinic acquisitions can more than offset persistent reimbursement and labor headwinds. RBC’s sector upgrade has improved sentiment, but it does not materially change the core near term catalyst of volume and margin improvement, nor the key risk that reimbursement cuts or payer policy shifts could pressure profitability again.

    In that context, the recent Q3 2025 results, which showed higher revenue and improved net income year over year, are particularly relevant. They give investors a fresh data point on how well the company is translating volume growth and cost initiatives into earnings, which matters more for the story than a short term share price move on sector news.

    Yet, despite the sector’s renewed appeal, investors still need to be aware that payer and regulatory scrutiny could...

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    U.S. Physical Therapy’s narrative projects $918.4 million revenue and $52.5 million earnings by 2028. This requires 8.3% yearly revenue growth and a $17.9 million earnings increase from $34.6 million today.

    Uncover how U.S. Physical Therapy's forecasts yield a $106.83 fair value, a 33% upside to its current price.

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    One member of the Simply Wall St Community values U.S. Physical Therapy at US$106.83 per share, highlighting how individual views can diverge from analyst targets. Against that backdrop, ongoing reimbursement and payer policy risks remain a key lens for thinking about how the company’s earnings power could evolve over time, so it is worth weighing several different viewpoints before forming your own conclusion.

    Explore another fair value estimate on U.S. Physical Therapy - why the stock might be worth just $106.83!

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