Ramsay Health Care (ASX:RHC) Vs. EHC, EHC, SEM, MGLN, MD, NFH, DR, ANCR, SPIN, and CAJ
Should you be buying Ramsay Health Care stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramsay Health Care include Encompass Health (EHC), Encompass Health (EHC), Select Medical (SEM), Magellan Health (MGLN), MEDNAX (MD), New Frontier Health (NFH), Medical Facilities (DR), Animalcare Group (ANCR), Spine Injury Solutions (SPIN), and Capitol Health (CAJ). These companies are all part of the "hospitals" industry.These companies are all part of the "hospitals" industry.
Ramsay Health Care vs.
Encompass Health (NYSE:EHC) and Ramsay Health Care (ASX:RHC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Encompass Health pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ramsay Health Care pays an annual dividend of A$2.06 per share. Encompass Health pays out 38.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ramsay Health Care pays out 107.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Encompass Health is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Encompass Health has a net margin of 7.83% compared to Ramsay Health Care's net margin of 0.00%. Encompass Health's return on equity of 19.49% beat Ramsay Health Care's return on equity.
Encompass Health currently has a consensus target price of $98.11, suggesting a potential upside of 44.62%.
Encompass Health received 122 more outperform votes than Ramsay Health Care when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.98% of users gave Encompass Health an outperform vote while only 49.58% of users gave Ramsay Health Care an outperform vote.
90.6% of Encompass Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Encompass Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ramsay Health Care has higher revenue and earnings than Encompass Health. Ramsay Health Care is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Encompass Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Encompass Health had 7 more articles in the media than Ramsay Health Care. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Encompass Health and 1 mentions for Ramsay Health Care. Ramsay Health Care's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Encompass Health's score of 0.43 indicating that Ramsay Health Care is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Encompass Health beats Ramsay Health Care on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RHC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of ASX and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip ChartRamsay Health Care (ASX:RHC) vs. Its Competitors
Ramsay Health Care Competitors List
