Encompass Health (EHC) Competitors $120.94 +1.17 (+0.98%) Closing price 05/16/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$122.25 +1.31 (+1.08%) As of 05/16/2025 07:00 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock EHC vs. ALC, THC, UHS, ENSG, ACHC, SEM, BKD, USPH, WOOF, and CYHShould 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. Alcon Tenet Healthcare Universal Health Services The Ensign Group Acadia Healthcare Select Medical Brookdale Senior Living U.S. Physical Therapy Petco Health and Wellness Community Health Systems 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. Do analysts prefer EHC or ALC? 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) 3.11Alcon 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 10 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.77 Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EHC or ALC? 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 RatioEncompass Health$5.51B2.21$455.70M$4.8424.99Alcon$9.93B4.46$974M$2.2539.90 Is EHC or ALC more profitable? 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% Do insiders & institutionals believe in EHC or ALC? 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. Does the media prefer EHC or ALC? 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 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EHC or ALC? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformEncompass HealthOutperform Votes51872.65% Underperform Votes19527.35% AlconOutperform Votes20563.86% Underperform Votes11636.14% Which has more risk and volatility, EHC or ALC? 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. Is EHC or ALC a better dividend stock? 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. SummaryEncompass Health beats Alcon on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Encompass Health News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for EHC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart EHC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricEncompass HealthHospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$12.19B$5.15B$5.36B$19.69BDividend Yield0.58%1.12%4.95%3.87%P/E Ratio27.1212.1427.0235.55Price / Sales2.211.08390.4335.60Price / Cash13.217.7938.2517.51Price / Book4.362.446.764.78Net Income$455.70M$212.93M$3.23B$1.02B7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)EHCEncompass Health4.7339 of 5 stars$120.94+1.0%$120.86-0.1%+41.5%$12.19B$5.51B27.1235,000Positive NewsALCAlcon3.4536 of 5 stars$94.83-1.0%$106.22+12.0%+0.8%$46.77B$9.91B40.5325,200Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastTHCTenet Healthcare4.7479 of 5 stars$154.60+3.9%$174.63+13.0%+29.5%$14.36B$20.52B4.80102,400Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeAnalyst RevisionGap UpUHSUniversal Health Services4.997 of 5 stars$191.65+5.4%$224.77+17.3%+10.7%$12.46B$16.08B12.7493,800Trending NewsDividend AnnouncementInsider TradeAnalyst RevisionENSGThe Ensign Group4.4072 of 5 stars$141.57+3.6%$163.50+15.5%+25.6%$8.14B$4.42B27.7029,900Trending NewsACHCAcadia Healthcare4.7104 of 5 stars$25.84+8.4%$50.39+95.0%-60.8%$2.38B$3.15B8.4723,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionGap UpHigh Trading VolumeSEMSelect Medical5 of 5 stars$15.27+2.3%$26.00+70.3%-55.1%$1.96B$5.22B9.2553,800Positive NewsBKDBrookdale Senior Living3.3533 of 5 stars$6.85+0.1%$7.70+12.5%-2.5%$1.60B$3.16B-7.6936,000USPHU.S. Physical Therapy3.7127 of 5 stars$77.56+4.7%$109.00+40.5%-24.8%$1.18B$671.35M82.516,140News CoverageAnalyst RevisionWOOFPetco Health and Wellness3.0653 of 5 stars$3.18+1.3%$4.11+29.2%+35.4%$1.00B$6.12B-7.9528,500Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap UpCYHCommunity Health Systems3.0394 of 5 stars$3.88+10.7%$3.92+1.1%+17.5%$543.69M$12.65B-0.9966,000High Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ALC Alternatives THC Alternatives UHS Alternatives ENSG Alternatives ACHC Alternatives SEM Alternatives BKD Alternatives USPH Alternatives WOOF Alternatives CYH Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:EHC) was last updated on 5/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThink NVDA’s run was epic? 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