U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH) Competitors

U.S. Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) and Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer USPH or SEM?

Select Medical received 82 more outperform votes than U.S. Physical Therapy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.16% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave U.S. Physical Therapy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
U.S. Physical Therapy	Outperform Votes 260 56.52%	Underperform Votes 200 43.48%
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 342 58.16%	Underperform Votes 246 41.84%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in USPH or SEM?

89.5% of Select Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of U.S. Physical Therapy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Select Medical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor USPH or SEM?

In the previous week, Select Medical had 7 more articles in the media than U.S. Physical Therapy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Select Medical and 9 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Select Medical's score of 0.85 indicating that U.S. Physical Therapy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
U.S. Physical Therapy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Select Medical	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, USPH or SEM?

Select Medical has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Physical Therapy. Select Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Physical Therapy, 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
U.S. Physical Therapy	$671.35M	1.60	$28.24M	$1.84	38.44
Select Medical	$5.19B	0.46	$243.49M	$1.65	11.14

Is USPH or SEM a better dividend stock?

U.S. Physical Therapy pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Select Medical pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. U.S. Physical Therapy pays out 97.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Select Medical pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend USPH or SEM?

U.S. Physical Therapy currently has a consensus target price of $109.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.10%. Select Medical has a consensus target price of $26.80, suggesting a potential upside of 45.79%. Given U.S. Physical Therapy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe U.S. Physical Therapy is more favorable than Select Medical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U.S. Physical Therapy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is USPH or SEM more profitable?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a net margin of 3.54% compared to Select Medical's net margin of 3.23%. Select Medical's return on equity of 14.04% beat U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. Physical Therapy	3.54%	8.11%	3.85%
Select Medical	3.23%	14.04%	3.32%

Which has more risk & volatility, USPH or SEM?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Medical has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

U.S. Physical Therapy beats Select Medical on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.