U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SEM or USPH?

Select Medical has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SEM or USPH?

89.5% of Select Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of Select Medical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of U.S. Physical Therapy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SEM or USPH a better dividend stock?

Select Medical pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. U.S. Physical Therapy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Select Medical pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Physical Therapy pays out 143.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. U.S. Physical Therapy has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. U.S. Physical Therapy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SEM or USPH?

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
Select Medical	$6.66B	0.67	$243.49M	$2.10	16.45
U.S. Physical Therapy	$604.80M	2.56	$28.24M	$1.23	83.39

Does the media prefer SEM or USPH?

In the previous week, U.S. Physical Therapy had 8 more articles in the media than Select Medical. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy and 3 mentions for Select Medical. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Select Medical's score of 0.68 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
U.S. Physical Therapy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend SEM or USPH?

Select Medical presently has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.87%. U.S. Physical Therapy has a consensus price target of $125.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.52%. Given Select Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Physical Therapy is more favorable than Select Medical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
U.S. Physical Therapy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SEM or USPH?

Select Medical received 81 more outperform votes than U.S. Physical Therapy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.85% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote while only 56.14% of users gave U.S. Physical Therapy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 328 57.85%	Underperform Votes 239 42.15%
U.S. Physical Therapy	Outperform Votes 247 56.14%	Underperform Votes 193 43.86%

Is SEM or USPH more profitable?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a net margin of 4.72% compared to U.S. Physical Therapy's net margin of 3.97%. U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity of 18.11% beat Select Medical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Medical	3.97%	18.11%	3.64%
U.S. Physical Therapy	4.72%	8.03%	3.88%

Summary

U.S. Physical Therapy beats Select Medical on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.