Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF) Competitors

Petco Health and Wellness (NASDAQ:WOOF) and Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WOOF or SEM?

Petco Health and Wellness received 13 more outperform votes than Select Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.72% of users gave Petco Health and Wellness an outperform vote while only 57.85% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Petco Health and Wellness	Outperform Votes 341 59.72%	Underperform Votes 230 40.28%
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 328 57.85%	Underperform Votes 239 42.15%

Is WOOF or SEM more profitable?

Select Medical has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Petco Health and Wellness' net margin of -21.27%. Select Medical's return on equity of 18.11% beat Petco Health and Wellness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petco Health and Wellness	-21.27%	-4.22%	-1.11%
Select Medical	3.97%	18.11%	3.64%

Do analysts recommend WOOF or SEM?

Petco Health and Wellness currently has a consensus target price of $3.09, indicating a potential downside of 10.62%. Select Medical has a consensus target price of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 0.09%. Given Select Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Select Medical is more favorable than Petco Health and Wellness.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Petco Health and Wellness	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer WOOF or SEM?

In the previous week, Petco Health and Wellness had 8 more articles in the media than Select Medical. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Petco Health and Wellness and 1 mentions for Select Medical. Petco Health and Wellness' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Select Medical's score of 1.00 indicating that Petco Health and Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Petco Health and Wellness	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Select Medical	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WOOF or SEM?

Select Medical has higher revenue and earnings than Petco Health and Wellness. Petco Health and Wellness is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Petco Health and Wellness	$6.26B	0.17	-$1.28B	-$4.93	-0.70
Select Medical	$6.66B	0.67	$243.49M	$2.10	16.30

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WOOF or SEM?

89.5% of Select Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Petco Health and Wellness shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Select Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, WOOF or SEM?

Petco Health and Wellness has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Medical has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Select Medical beats Petco Health and Wellness on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.