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

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

Encompass Health vs. Its Competitors

Encompass Health (NYSE:EHC) and Alcon (NYSE:ALC) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Encompass Health has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alcon has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alcon has higher revenue and earnings than Encompass Health. Encompass Health 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
Encompass Health$5.37B2.33$455.70M$5.1124.30
Alcon$9.91B3.73$1.02B$2.1534.86

97.3% of Encompass Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Alcon shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Encompass Health shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alcon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alcon has a net margin of 10.70% compared to Encompass Health's net margin of 9.22%. Encompass Health's return on equity of 17.83% beat Alcon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Encompass Health9.22% 17.83% 7.68%
Alcon 10.70%6.92%4.89%

Encompass Health presently has a consensus target price of $139.86, indicating a potential upside of 12.65%. Alcon has a consensus target price of $93.41, indicating a potential upside of 24.64%. Given Alcon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alcon is more favorable than Encompass Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Encompass Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
Alcon
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

In the previous week, Alcon had 3 more articles in the media than Encompass Health. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Alcon and 15 mentions for Encompass Health. Encompass Health's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Alcon's score of 0.49 indicating that Encompass Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Encompass Health
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alcon
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Alcon beats Encompass Health on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EHC vs. The Competition

MetricEncompass HealthMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.50B$4.29B$6.08B$21.66B
Dividend Yield0.61%1.24%5.73%3.59%
P/E Ratio24.3030.1884.1032.32
Price / Sales2.33259.42607.1480.16
Price / Cash16.3628.4037.8624.53
Price / Book4.484.6912.234.57
Net Income$455.70M$197.51M$3.32B$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.74%4.02%0.46%1.00%
1 Month Performance-0.07%5.79%7.73%-0.81%
1 Year Performance28.12%26.83%70.73%10.15%

Encompass Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8131 of 5 stars
$123.88
+0.7%
$139.86
+12.9%
+26.3%$12.47B$5.37B24.2440,000
ALC
Alcon
4.1892 of 5 stars
$72.59
+0.7%
$93.41
+28.7%
-20.9%$35.54B$9.91B33.7625,599Analyst Forecast
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.7246 of 5 stars
$189.94
+0.2%
$201.69
+6.2%
+21.4%$16.75B$20.67B12.1698,000Analyst Forecast
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.8742 of 5 stars
$197.74
+0.8%
$217.08
+9.8%
-13.9%$12.48B$15.83B10.4199,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.4266 of 5 stars
$177.01
+1.0%
$172.67
-2.5%
+19.0%$10.12B$4.26B32.1339,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.2615 of 5 stars
$24.29
+0.1%
$35.09
+44.5%
-56.9%$2.24B$3.15B16.0925,500
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
1.8746 of 5 stars
$8.74
+1.7%
$8.25
-5.6%
+30.0%$2.01B$3.13B-8.3236,000
SEM
Select Medical
4.9986 of 5 stars
$13.20
-0.9%
$19.40
+47.0%
-61.1%$1.65B$5.19B12.4544,100
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
4.1034 of 5 stars
$88.64
+1.0%
$110.25
+24.4%
+6.4%$1.33B$671.34M38.717,028
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
2.5102 of 5 stars
$3.46
-1.4%
$3.95
+14.3%
-23.6%$1.12B$6.12B-34.6029,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.0964 of 5 stars
$2.91
+0.4%
$3.66
+25.7%
-48.1%$406.35M$12.63B-1.9560,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:EHC) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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