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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Alcon beats Encompass Health on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EHC) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
