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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
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.
Alcon has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encompass Health has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
53.9% of Alcon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Encompass Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Alcon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Encompass Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alcon currently has a consensus target price of $106.13, suggesting a potential upside of 19.62%. Encompass Health has a consensus target price of $131.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.84%. Given Alcon's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alcon is more favorable than Encompass Health.
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 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 1.23 beat Alcon's score of 0.38 indicating that Encompass Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Alcon and Encompass Health tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EHC) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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