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$120.94 +1.17 (+0.98%)
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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.

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

Encompass Health presently has a consensus target price of $120.86, indicating a potential downside of 0.07%. Alcon has a consensus target price of $106.13, indicating a potential upside of 18.20%. Given Alcon's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

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$5.51B2.21$455.70M$4.8424.99
Alcon$9.93B4.46$974M$2.2539.90

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Encompass Health8.48% 17.56% 7.06%
Alcon 11.89%7.17%5.03%

97.3% of Encompass Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Alcon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Encompass Health shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alcon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Encompass Health had 13 more articles in the media than Alcon. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Encompass Health and 15 mentions for Alcon. Encompass Health's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Alcon's score of -0.02 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
19 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alcon
1 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Encompass Health received 313 more outperform votes than Alcon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.65% of users gave Encompass Health an outperform vote while only 63.86% of users gave Alcon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Encompass HealthOutperform Votes
518
72.65%
Underperform Votes
195
27.35%
AlconOutperform Votes
205
63.86%
Underperform Votes
116
36.14%

Encompass Health has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alcon has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Summary

Encompass Health beats Alcon on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EHC vs. The Competition

MetricEncompass HealthHospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.19B$5.15B$5.36B$19.69B
Dividend Yield0.58%1.12%4.95%3.87%
P/E Ratio27.1212.1427.0235.55
Price / Sales2.211.08390.4335.60
Price / Cash13.217.7938.2517.51
Price / Book4.362.446.764.78
Net Income$455.70M$212.93M$3.23B$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.85%2.88%4.85%3.48%
1 Month Performance16.82%8.90%9.89%10.70%
1 Year Performance41.50%26.33%14.87%5.39%

Encompass Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EHC
Encompass Health
4.7339 of 5 stars
$120.94
+1.0%
$120.86
-0.1%
+41.5%$12.19B$5.51B27.1235,000Positive News
ALC
Alcon
3.4536 of 5 stars
$94.83
-1.0%
$106.22
+12.0%
+0.8%$46.77B$9.91B40.5325,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.7479 of 5 stars
$154.60
+3.9%
$174.63
+13.0%
+29.5%$14.36B$20.52B4.80102,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.997 of 5 stars
$191.65
+5.4%
$224.77
+17.3%
+10.7%$12.46B$16.08B12.7493,800Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.4072 of 5 stars
$141.57
+3.6%
$163.50
+15.5%
+25.6%$8.14B$4.42B27.7029,900Trending News
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.7104 of 5 stars
$25.84
+8.4%
$50.39
+95.0%
-60.8%$2.38B$3.15B8.4723,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$15.27
+2.3%
$26.00
+70.3%
-55.1%$1.96B$5.22B9.2553,800Positive News
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
3.3533 of 5 stars
$6.85
+0.1%
$7.70
+12.5%
-2.5%$1.60B$3.16B-7.6936,000
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.7127 of 5 stars
$77.56
+4.7%
$109.00
+40.5%
-24.8%$1.18B$671.35M82.516,140News Coverage
Analyst Revision
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.0653 of 5 stars
$3.18
+1.3%
$4.11
+29.2%
+35.4%$1.00B$6.12B-7.9528,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.0394 of 5 stars
$3.88
+10.7%
$3.92
+1.1%
+17.5%$543.69M$12.65B-0.9966,000High Trading Volume

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