ENSG vs. THC, UHS, EHC, ACHC, SEM, BKD, USPH, WOOF, CYH, and FVE
Should you be buying The Ensign Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Ensign Group include Tenet Healthcare (THC), Universal Health Services (UHS), Encompass Health (EHC), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Community Health Systems (CYH), and Five Star Senior Living (FVE). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.
The Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) and Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
The Ensign Group has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tenet Healthcare has a net margin of 13.17% compared to The Ensign Group's net margin of 5.67%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 24.66% beat The Ensign Group's return on equity.
The Ensign Group currently has a consensus price target of $132.83, suggesting a potential downside of 6.98%. Tenet Healthcare has a consensus price target of $137.12, suggesting a potential downside of 9.59%. Given The Ensign Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe The Ensign Group is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.
96.1% of The Ensign Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of The Ensign Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 30 more articles in the media than The Ensign Group. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 15 mentions for The Ensign Group. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat The Ensign Group's score of 0.39 indicating that Tenet Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tenet Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than The Ensign Group. Tenet Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Ensign Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tenet Healthcare received 314 more outperform votes than The Ensign Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.04% of users gave The Ensign Group an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote.
Summary
Tenet Healthcare beats The Ensign Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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