Select Medical (SEM) Competitors

Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) and Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SEM or THC?

Tenet Healthcare received 339 more outperform votes than Select Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.50% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote while only 58.14% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 332 58.14%	Underperform Votes 239 41.86%
Tenet Healthcare	Outperform Votes 671 60.50%	Underperform Votes 438 39.50%

Is SEM or THC more profitable?

Tenet Healthcare has a net margin of 13.17% compared to Select Medical's net margin of 3.91%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 24.66% beat Select Medical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Medical	3.91%	17.50%	3.61%
Tenet Healthcare	13.17%	24.66%	3.46%

Which has better earnings & valuation, SEM or THC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Select Medical	$6.87B	0.66	$243.49M	$2.10	16.62
Tenet Healthcare	$20.92B	0.73	$611M	$25.77	6.09

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SEM or THC?

89.5% of Select Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of Select Medical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SEM or THC?

Select Medical currently has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.72%. Tenet Healthcare has a consensus target price of $152.69, suggesting a potential downside of 2.72%. Given Select Medical's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Select Medical is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Tenet Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06

Does the media prefer SEM or THC?

In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 8 more articles in the media than Select Medical. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 2 mentions for Select Medical. Select Medical's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Tenet Healthcare's score of 0.76 indicating that Select Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Select Medical	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tenet Healthcare	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, SEM or THC?

Select Medical has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats Select Medical on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.