Sure, take a look around your neighborhood, they are everywhere!. VCA is buying out every Mom / Pop animal hospital they can get. Make an offer they just can't refuse. No more neighborhood vet to pop a rabies shot, wrap a paw or even get your pet a bath. Corporate Monopoly is the game. Pricing has gone through the roof, and guess what, people will continue to pay the fancy overpriced package deals as long as Fluffy is alive. It's even expensive for them to die!(Euthanasia, "group cremations).
The question is the quality of care. Is it really worth it?
Does Fluffy really need all those tests? People should ask questions. Lots of them, as Fuffy can only say "WOOF".
As for the stock? Well we have two VCA hospitals on one block in our town. I'd say "business is booming".