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SEM vs. ATAI, ACHC, BKD, USPH, WOOF, CYH, HCA, ALC, THC, and EHC

Should you be buying Select Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Select Medical include atai Life Sciences (ATAI), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Community Health Systems (CYH), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), and Encompass Health (EHC).

Select Medical vs. Its Competitors

atai Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ATAI) and Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Select Medical has higher revenue and earnings than atai Life Sciences. atai Life Sciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Medical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
atai Life Sciences$310K3,152.87-$149.27M-$0.69-6.61
Select Medical$5.19B0.31$214.04M$1.0612.26

28.4% of atai Life Sciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Select Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 26.8% of atai Life Sciences shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Select Medical shares are held 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.

In the previous week, Select Medical had 5 more articles in the media than atai Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Select Medical and 1 mentions for atai Life Sciences. Select Medical's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat atai Life Sciences' score of 0.73 indicating that Select Medical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
atai Life Sciences
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Select Medical
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

atai Life Sciences currently has a consensus target price of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 146.71%. Select Medical has a consensus target price of $20.25, suggesting a potential upside of 55.83%. Given atai Life Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe atai Life Sciences is more favorable than Select Medical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
atai Life Sciences
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Select Medical
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

atai Life Sciences has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Medical has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Select Medical has a net margin of 2.37% compared to atai Life Sciences' net margin of 0.00%. Select Medical's return on equity of 8.87% beat atai Life Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
atai Life SciencesN/A -85.43% -64.38%
Select Medical 2.37%8.87%2.93%

Summary

Select Medical beats atai Life Sciences on 10 of the 16 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 SEM 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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SEM vs. The Competition

MetricSelect MedicalMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.60B$46.97B$5.75B$21.26B
Dividend Yield1.93%77.78%6.67%3.52%
P/E Ratio12.2610.2178.4329.40
Price / Sales0.311.06546.9449.02
Price / Cash5.168.8337.0524.13
Price / Book0.852.3510.914.54
Net Income$214.04M$2.64B$3.29B$999.70M
7 Day Performance-0.46%-6.38%0.01%0.12%
1 Month Performance8.56%5.60%7.06%5.75%
1 Year Performance-63.33%-36.87%50.09%14.88%

Select Medical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SEM
Select Medical
4.9986 of 5 stars
$13.00
+0.6%
$20.25
+55.8%
-63.4%$1.60B$5.19B12.2644,100
ATAI
atai Life Sciences
3.5178 of 5 stars
$4.58
-1.5%
$11.25
+145.6%
+270.5%$981.68M$310K-6.6480
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.747 of 5 stars
$22.96
+1.5%
$40.77
+77.6%
-70.2%$2.12B$3.15B15.2123,000
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.7834 of 5 stars
$7.71
+0.9%
$7.80
+1.2%
+8.0%$1.81B$3.13B-7.3436,000Positive News
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
4.3102 of 5 stars
$82.89
+0.2%
$110.25
+33.0%
-2.8%$1.26B$671.34M36.207,028
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.5095 of 5 stars
$3.99
+23.5%
$3.95
-0.9%
+8.2%$1.26B$6.12B-39.9029,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.5512 of 5 stars
$2.76
-1.6%
$3.58
+29.8%
-47.9%$386.03M$12.63B-1.8560,000Positive News
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.5631 of 5 stars
$404.11
-0.8%
$401.83
-0.6%
+2.9%$94.56B$70.60B16.99316,000Positive News
ALC
Alcon
3.9633 of 5 stars
$79.82
+0.5%
$96.06
+20.4%
-17.8%$39.37B$9.91B37.1225,599Trending News
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.8782 of 5 stars
$184.12
-0.2%
$192.69
+4.7%
+15.5%$16.27B$20.68B11.7998,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
EHC
Encompass Health
4.5639 of 5 stars
$121.71
-1.4%
$134.00
+10.1%
+32.4%$12.26B$5.67B23.8240,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SEM) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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