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Tenet Healthcare (THC) Competitors

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$175.97 +0.22 (+0.13%)
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THC vs. ALC, EHC, UHS, ENSG, ACHC, SEM, BKD, 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), Encompass Health (EHC), 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.

Tenet Healthcare vs. Its Competitors

Alcon (NYSE:ALC) and Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Alcon has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Alcon has a net margin of 11.28% compared to Tenet Healthcare's net margin of 7.09%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 22.58% beat Alcon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alcon11.28% 6.95% 4.92%
Tenet Healthcare 7.09%22.58%4.29%

In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 7 more articles in the media than Alcon. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 7 mentions for Alcon. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Alcon's score of 0.38 indicating that Tenet Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alcon
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Tenet Healthcare
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alcon currently has a consensus target price of $106.13, indicating a potential upside of 21.44%. Tenet Healthcare has a consensus target price of $184.53, indicating a potential upside of 4.86%. Given Alcon's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alcon is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alcon
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Tenet Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alcon$9.93B4.34$1.02B$2.2538.84
Tenet Healthcare$20.67B0.79$3.20B$15.1211.64

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats Alcon 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 THC 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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THC vs. The Competition

MetricTenet HealthcareMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.35B$20.88B$5.53B$20.58B
Dividend YieldN/A0.47%5.06%3.71%
P/E Ratio11.6426.1628.2227.82
Price / Sales0.791.36374.4555.32
Price / Cash8.339.7524.7217.94
Price / Book2.8836.458.254.59
Net Income$3.20B$1.65B$3.19B$988.48M
7 Day Performance1.73%2.51%5.54%1.00%
1 Month Performance7.15%8.13%9.71%5.31%
1 Year Performance30.94%-7.23%29.97%10.38%

Tenet Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.6994 of 5 stars
$175.97
+0.1%
$184.53
+4.9%
+30.8%$16.35B$20.67B11.6498,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ALC
Alcon
1.9272 of 5 stars
$88.30
+0.6%
$106.13
+20.2%
-4.6%$43.55B$9.91B39.2425,200
EHC
Encompass Health
4.9216 of 5 stars
$122.60
+0.3%
$127.00
+3.6%
+36.9%$12.36B$5.37B25.3340,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9917 of 5 stars
$181.50
+1.9%
$224.77
+23.8%
-1.0%$11.80B$15.83B10.1999,000
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.8825 of 5 stars
$154.26
+0.6%
$163.50
+6.0%
+7.2%$8.87B$4.26B29.1639,300Positive News
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.3904 of 5 stars
$22.69
+3.6%
$47.94
+111.3%
-63.7%$2.09B$3.15B11.1825,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$15.19
-0.5%
$26.00
+71.2%
-60.7%$1.95B$5.19B11.3444,100
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.4013 of 5 stars
$6.95
+0.7%
$7.70
+10.8%
+7.2%$1.63B$3.13B-6.6836,000Analyst Upgrade
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.7528 of 5 stars
$78.31
-0.9%
$109.00
+39.2%
-21.6%$1.19B$699.46M35.927,028
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.9421 of 5 stars
$2.83
flat
$3.75
+32.4%
-13.4%$891.82M$6.12B-11.7929,000
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.0336 of 5 stars
$3.41
+0.6%
$4.17
+22.2%
-5.4%$478.46M$12.63B-0.9360,000

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This page (NYSE:THC) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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