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ALC vs. HCA, THC, UHS, EHC, ENSG, ACHC, SEM, BKD, USPH, and WOOF

Should you be buying Alcon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alcon include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Universal Health Services (UHS), Encompass Health (EHC), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), and Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.

Alcon vs.

HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) and Alcon (NYSE:ALC) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

In the previous week, HCA Healthcare had 35 more articles in the media than Alcon. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for HCA Healthcare and 3 mentions for Alcon. HCA Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Alcon's score of 0.30 indicating that HCA Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HCA Healthcare
26 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alcon
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Alcon has a net margin of 11.89% compared to HCA Healthcare's net margin of 8.16%. HCA Healthcare's return on equity of 586.47% beat Alcon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HCA Healthcare8.16% 586.47% 9.93%
Alcon 11.89%7.17%5.03%

HCA Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Alcon. HCA Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alcon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HCA Healthcare$71.59B1.27$5.76B$22.4916.76
Alcon$9.93B4.28$974M$2.2538.28

HCA Healthcare pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Alcon pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. HCA Healthcare pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alcon pays out 11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. HCA Healthcare has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Alcon has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. HCA Healthcare is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

HCA Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $381.13, indicating a potential upside of 1.10%. Alcon has a consensus target price of $106.13, indicating a potential upside of 23.21%. Given Alcon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alcon is more favorable than HCA Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HCA Healthcare
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Alcon
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

HCA Healthcare has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alcon has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

62.7% of HCA Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Alcon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of HCA Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alcon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

HCA Healthcare received 1029 more outperform votes than Alcon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.22% of users gave HCA Healthcare an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave Alcon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HCA HealthcareOutperform Votes
1234
77.22%
Underperform Votes
364
22.78%
AlconOutperform Votes
205
63.47%
Underperform Votes
118
36.53%

Summary

HCA Healthcare beats Alcon on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ALC vs. The Competition

MetricAlconOphthalmic goods IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$42.49B$10.49B$5.33B$19.31B
Dividend Yield0.28%0.96%5.21%3.83%
P/E Ratio36.8133.9026.8534.55
Price / Sales4.283.08388.7434.91
Price / Cash17.2314.5338.2517.51
Price / Book2.062.586.764.68
Net Income$974M$224.27M$3.23B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.89%2.58%1.71%-1.96%
1 Month Performance-7.78%17.27%11.16%7.26%
1 Year Performance-5.09%-18.41%17.17%3.95%

Alcon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALC
Alcon
3.2806 of 5 stars
$86.13
-1.6%
$106.13
+23.2%
-1.3%$42.49B$9.93B36.8125,200Analyst Downgrade
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.5785 of 5 stars
$362.98
+2.6%
$381.13
+5.0%
+19.1%$87.32B$71.59B16.52294,000Positive News
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.4785 of 5 stars
$154.60
+3.9%
$174.63
+13.0%
+24.9%$14.36B$20.52B4.80102,400Analyst Downgrade
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9682 of 5 stars
$191.65
+5.4%
$224.77
+17.3%
+5.6%$12.46B$16.08B12.7493,800
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8314 of 5 stars
$116.88
+0.4%
$120.86
+3.4%
+39.6%$11.78B$5.51B26.2135,000Positive News
Insider Trade
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.6748 of 5 stars
$141.57
+3.6%
$163.50
+15.5%
+22.3%$8.14B$4.42B27.7029,900Positive News
Insider Trade
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.6408 of 5 stars
$25.84
+8.4%
$50.39
+95.0%
-64.0%$2.38B$3.15B8.4723,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$15.27
+2.3%
$26.00
+70.3%
-56.9%$1.96B$5.22B9.2553,800Positive News
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
3.2655 of 5 stars
$6.85
+0.1%
$7.70
+12.5%
-4.8%$1.60B$3.16B-7.6936,000
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.5259 of 5 stars
$77.56
+4.7%
$109.00
+40.5%
-26.8%$1.18B$671.35M82.516,140
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.5733 of 5 stars
$3.18
+1.3%
$4.11
+29.2%
+49.0%$1.00B$6.12B-7.9528,500News Coverage
Positive News
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This page (NYSE:ALC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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