THC vs. ALC, UHS, EHC, ENSG, ACHC, BKD, SEM, USPH, WOOF, and CYH
Should you be buying Tenet Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tenet Healthcare include Alcon (ALC), Universal Health Services (UHS), Encompass Health (EHC), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Select Medical (SEM), 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.
Tenet Healthcare vs. Its Competitors
Alcon (NYSE:ALC) and Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Tenet Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Alcon. Tenet Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alcon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
53.9% of Alcon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Alcon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alcon has a net margin of 10.70% compared to Tenet Healthcare's net margin of 7.17%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 24.69% beat Alcon's return on equity.
Alcon has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alcon had 3 more articles in the media than Tenet Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Alcon and 7 mentions for Tenet Healthcare. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Alcon's score of 0.16 indicating that Tenet Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alcon presently has a consensus price target of $95.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.48%. Tenet Healthcare has a consensus price target of $196.81, indicating a potential downside of 3.01%. Given Alcon's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alcon is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.
Summary
Tenet Healthcare beats Alcon on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:THC) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
