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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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and earnings.

28.4% of atai Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Select Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.8% of atai Life Sciences shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Select Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, atai Life Sciences had 3 more articles in the media than Select Medical. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for atai Life Sciences and 1 mentions for Select Medical. atai Life Sciences' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Select Medical's score of 0.86 indicating that atai Life Sciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

atai Life Sciences presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 152.10%. Select Medical has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 82.79%. Given atai Life Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Select Medical
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

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$310K2,307.14-$149.27M-$0.91-3.92
Select Medical$5.19B0.35$214.04M$1.3410.61

Select Medical has a net margin of 2.81% compared to atai Life Sciences' net margin of 0.00%. Select Medical's return on equity of 11.04% beat atai Life Sciences' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
atai Life SciencesN/A -102.10% -77.55%
Select Medical 2.81%11.04%3.25%

atai Life Sciences has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Medical has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Select Medical beats atai Life Sciences 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 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$1.82B$38.28B$5.70B$21.12B
Dividend Yield1.77%106.97%4.69%3.60%
P/E Ratio10.618.5028.0728.44
Price / Sales0.351.41448.5760.38
Price / Cash5.658.2536.2222.92
Price / Book0.932.478.664.69
Net Income$214.04M$2.64B$3.25B$995.51M
7 Day Performance-1.08%0.12%4.20%1.64%
1 Month Performance-4.82%-13.96%10.82%5.92%
1 Year Performance-63.05%-38.21%34.70%11.50%

Select Medical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$14.22
+0.6%
$26.00
+82.8%
-63.7%$1.82B$5.19B10.6144,100News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
ATAI
atai Life Sciences
3.569 of 5 stars
$3.53
+9.3%
$9.00
+155.0%
+147.7%$707.19M$1.86M-3.8880Positive News
High Trading Volume
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.0524 of 5 stars
$21.64
-1.3%
$47.94
+121.6%
-67.2%$2.02B$3.16B10.6625,500
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.4024 of 5 stars
$7.75
+0.5%
$7.70
-0.6%
-5.3%$1.82B$3.13B-7.4536,000
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
4.0011 of 5 stars
$74.84
+1.1%
$109.00
+45.6%
-22.7%$1.14B$671.34M34.337,028News Coverage
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.3087 of 5 stars
$3.24
-1.8%
$3.75
+15.7%
+15.5%$1.02B$6.08B-13.5029,000Trending News
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.2705 of 5 stars
$3.76
+4.6%
$4.38
+16.5%
-33.1%$526.86M$12.63B-1.0260,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.9752 of 5 stars
$364.47
+0.9%
$399.21
+9.5%
-0.9%$87.68B$71.59B16.21316,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
ALC
Alcon
2.8055 of 5 stars
$87.21
-0.2%
$106.13
+21.7%
-0.6%$43.01B$9.91B38.7625,599
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.9684 of 5 stars
$174.72
-0.2%
$185.41
+6.1%
+1.8%$16.23B$20.67B11.5698,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EHC
Encompass Health
4.9375 of 5 stars
$110.04
+0.0%
$131.50
+19.5%
+20.5%$11.09B$5.37B22.7440,000Dividend Increase

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This page (NYSE:SEM) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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