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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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Encompass Health had 9 more articles in the media than Alcon. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Encompass Health and 10 mentions for Alcon. Encompass Health's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Alcon's score of 0.16 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alcon
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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$5.37B2.31$455.70M$5.1124.10
Alcon$10.03B3.81$1.02B$2.1535.97

Encompass Health presently has a consensus target price of $139.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.59%. Alcon has a consensus target price of $95.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.48%. Given Alcon's higher possible 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

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%

97.3% of Encompass Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Alcon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Encompass Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alcon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

Summary

Encompass Health and Alcon tied by winning 8 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EHC vs. The Competition

MetricEncompass HealthMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.41B$4.22B$6.13B$21.82B
Dividend Yield0.62%1.26%5.66%3.54%
P/E Ratio24.1026.9386.8829.81
Price / Sales2.31233.54605.4267.73
Price / Cash16.3028.4726.3018.31
Price / Book4.444.7112.534.65
Net Income$455.70M$197.51M$3.30B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-2.88%0.91%4.28%2.07%
1 Month Performance-1.96%2.85%6.90%3.33%
1 Year Performance30.29%26.34%70.54%13.11%

Encompass Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8826 of 5 stars
$123.13
-0.3%
$139.86
+13.6%
+30.3%$12.41B$5.37B24.1040,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ALC
Alcon
3.8909 of 5 stars
$74.11
+0.3%
$95.50
+28.9%
-20.5%$36.46B$9.91B34.4725,599
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.5696 of 5 stars
$201.08
-0.5%
$196.81
-2.1%
+29.6%$17.85B$20.67B12.8798,000
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.6951 of 5 stars
$201.21
+0.2%
$214.08
+6.4%
-3.9%$12.78B$15.83B10.6099,000
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.6185 of 5 stars
$171.55
-0.6%
$172.67
+0.7%
+21.6%$9.95B$4.26B31.1339,300News Coverage
Ex-Dividend
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.3882 of 5 stars
$24.54
+0.0%
$39.00
+58.9%
-51.4%$2.27B$3.15B8.8225,500Analyst Forecast
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
1.8489 of 5 stars
$8.23
-1.4%
$7.80
-5.2%
+30.1%$1.95B$3.13B-7.8336,000News Coverage
SEM
Select Medical
4.9979 of 5 stars
$12.50
-1.1%
$19.20
+53.7%
-61.6%$1.57B$5.28B11.7944,100
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
4.096 of 5 stars
$83.34
-0.1%
$110.25
+32.3%
+10.2%$1.27B$671.34M36.397,028Positive News
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
2.412 of 5 stars
$3.63
+3.7%
$3.95
+8.9%
-28.8%$1.11B$6.12B-36.3029,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.8881 of 5 stars
$3.14
-1.4%
$3.58
+14.0%
-44.9%$445.58M$12.63B-2.1060,000News Coverage

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