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UHS vs. THC, EHC, ENSG, SEM, ACHC, BKD, USPH, WOOF, CYH, and HCA

Should you be buying Universal Health Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Health Services include Tenet Healthcare (THC), Encompass Health (EHC), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Select Medical (SEM), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Community Health Systems (CYH), and HCA Healthcare (HCA). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.

Universal Health Services vs.

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

Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Health Services has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Universal Health Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Tenet Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Universal Health Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Tenet Healthcare has a net margin of 15.48% compared to Universal Health Services' net margin of 6.66%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 21.88% beat Universal Health Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tenet Healthcare15.48% 21.88% 3.99%
Universal Health Services 6.66%15.75%7.18%

Tenet Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $172.19, indicating a potential upside of 19.15%. Universal Health Services has a consensus target price of $224.77, indicating a potential upside of 26.04%. Given Universal Health Services' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Universal Health Services is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tenet Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76
Universal Health Services
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tenet Healthcare$20.67B0.66$3.20B$32.234.48
Universal Health Services$15.83B0.73$717.79M$16.8410.59

Tenet Healthcare received 54 more outperform votes than Universal Health Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.85% of users gave Universal Health Services an outperform vote while only 61.12% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Tenet HealthcareOutperform Votes
698
61.12%
Underperform Votes
444
38.88%
Universal Health ServicesOutperform Votes
644
64.85%
Underperform Votes
349
35.15%

In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 7 more articles in the media than Universal Health Services. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 36 mentions for Universal Health Services. Universal Health Services' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Tenet Healthcare's score of 0.99 indicating that Universal Health Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tenet Healthcare
23 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Universal Health Services
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats Universal Health Services on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UHS vs. The Competition

MetricUniversal Health ServicesGeneral medical & surgical hospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.51B$12.83B$5.51B$18.97B
Dividend Yield0.47%0.66%5.11%4.03%
P/E Ratio11.775.5822.5532.91
Price / Sales0.730.58394.9727.66
Price / Cash9.466.8638.1817.53
Price / Book1.9332.136.694.48
Net Income$717.79M$1.20B$3.22B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.63%3.26%1.11%0.75%
1 Month Performance-4.90%-0.34%3.59%-2.61%
1 Year Performance4.79%10.15%15.65%4.53%

Universal Health Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9993 of 5 stars
$174.71
-1.3%
$224.77
+28.6%
+3.9%$11.36B$15.83B11.6293,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.9043 of 5 stars
$123.82
+1.4%
$165.44
+33.6%
+27.4%$11.69B$20.67B3.84102,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EHC
Encompass Health
4.4795 of 5 stars
$115.35
+1.7%
$118.00
+2.3%
+40.4%$11.62B$5.37B25.8635,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.8867 of 5 stars
$127.07
+0.8%
$165.17
+30.0%
+9.0%$7.32B$4.26B24.8729,900Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
SEM
Select Medical
4.9879 of 5 stars
$18.16
+4.7%
$26.80
+47.6%
-35.6%$2.34B$5.19B11.0153,800Insider Trade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.6938 of 5 stars
$22.18
+0.1%
$50.39
+127.2%
-68.4%$2.04B$3.15B7.2723,000
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
3.8484 of 5 stars
$6.38
+1.3%
$7.50
+17.6%
-3.5%$1.28B$3.13B-7.1736,000Upcoming Earnings
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.3955 of 5 stars
$71.07
+0.8%
$109.00
+53.4%
-29.8%$1.08B$671.35M75.616,140Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.7238 of 5 stars
$3.16
+2.3%
$4.11
+30.0%
+96.7%$995.80M$6.12B-7.9028,500News Coverage
Positive News
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.2169 of 5 stars
$2.63
-1.5%
$4.02
+52.7%
-17.0%$369.00M$12.63B-0.6766,000Options Volume
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.7258 of 5 stars
$332.19
+1.3%
$381.13
+14.7%
+11.5%$81.79B$70.60B15.12294,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision

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