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EHC vs. ALC, THC, UHS, ENSG, ACHC, SEM, BKD, 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), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), 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

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

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

Alcon has a net margin of 11.28% compared to Encompass Health's net margin of 8.97%. Encompass Health's return on equity of 17.63% beat Alcon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alcon11.28% 6.95% 4.92%
Encompass Health 8.97%17.63%7.33%

Alcon currently has a consensus target price of $106.13, indicating a potential upside of 21.91%. Encompass Health has a consensus target price of $127.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.10%. Given Alcon's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alcon is more favorable than Encompass Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alcon
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Encompass Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.22

In the previous week, Encompass Health had 2 more articles in the media than Alcon. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Encompass Health and 9 mentions for Alcon. Encompass Health's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Alcon's score of 0.31 indicating that Encompass Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alcon
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Encompass Health
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alcon has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encompass Health has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% 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
Alcon$9.91B4.33$1.02B$2.2538.69
Encompass Health$5.37B2.20$455.70M$4.8424.27

Summary

Encompass Health beats Alcon on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EHC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$11.91B$3.87B$5.50B$20.51B
Dividend Yield0.58%1.31%5.25%3.73%
P/E Ratio24.2736.5928.0227.90
Price / Sales2.2096.92436.9240.91
Price / Cash15.6323.5537.0622.25
Price / Book4.244.378.124.59
Net Income$455.70M$189.47M$3.16B$982.91M
7 Day Performance-1.21%-1.18%4.40%0.74%
1 Month Performance-2.40%-5.89%4.09%3.94%
1 Year Performance39.91%7.93%34.53%14.82%

Encompass Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8773 of 5 stars
$117.48
-0.6%
$127.00
+8.1%
+40.6%$11.91B$5.37B24.2740,000Positive News
ALC
Alcon
2.0156 of 5 stars
$88.30
+0.6%
$106.13
+20.2%
-2.8%$43.55B$9.91B39.2425,200Trending News
Analyst Revision
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.5866 of 5 stars
$176.12
+1.4%
$183.94
+4.4%
+33.4%$16.36B$20.67B11.6598,000
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9862 of 5 stars
$181.50
+1.9%
$224.77
+23.8%
+1.0%$11.80B$15.83B10.1999,000Positive News
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.8766 of 5 stars
$154.26
+0.6%
$163.50
+6.0%
+16.6%$8.87B$4.26B29.1639,300Insider Trade
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.6641 of 5 stars
$22.69
+3.6%
$47.94
+111.3%
-63.3%$2.09B$3.15B11.1825,500High Trading Volume
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$15.19
-0.5%
$26.00
+71.2%
-58.6%$1.95B$5.19B11.3444,100Positive News
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
3.0302 of 5 stars
$6.95
+0.7%
$7.70
+10.8%
-3.6%$1.63B$3.13B-6.6836,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.5951 of 5 stars
$78.31
-0.9%
$109.00
+39.2%
-16.7%$1.19B$699.46M35.927,028News Coverage
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
2.2397 of 5 stars
$2.83
flat
$3.75
+32.4%
-7.3%$891.82M$6.12B-11.7929,000Trending News
CYH
Community Health Systems
2.9338 of 5 stars
$3.41
+0.6%
$4.17
+22.2%
+8.1%$478.46M$12.63B-0.9360,000News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:EHC) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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