EHC vs. ALC, THC, UHS, ENSG, ACHC, SEM, BKD, WOOF, USPH, 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), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
Encompass Health has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alcon has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alcon shares are held 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.
Encompass Health pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Alcon pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Encompass Health pays out 14.0% 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. Encompass Health has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Alcon has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
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.
In the previous week, Encompass Health had 7 more articles in the media than Alcon. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Encompass Health and 5 mentions for Alcon. Encompass Health's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Alcon's score of 0.42 indicating that Encompass Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Encompass Health presently has a consensus price target of $127.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.53%. Alcon has a consensus price target of $106.13, suggesting a potential upside of 19.76%. Given Alcon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alcon is more favorable than Encompass Health.
Encompass Health received 316 more outperform votes than Alcon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.80% of users gave Encompass Health an outperform vote while only 63.58% of users gave Alcon an outperform vote.
Alcon has a net margin of 11.89% compared to Encompass Health's net margin of 8.48%. Encompass Health's return on equity of 17.56% beat Alcon's return on equity.
Summary
Encompass Health beats Alcon on 12 of the 22 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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This page (NYSE:EHC) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
