USPH vs. SEM, BKD, WOOF, CYH, HCA, ALC, THC, UHS, EHC, and ENSG
Should you be buying U.S. Physical Therapy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Physical Therapy include Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Community Health Systems (CYH), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Universal Health Services (UHS), Encompass Health (EHC), and The Ensign Group (ENSG). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.
Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) and U.S. Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
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.
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.
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.
Select Medical has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Select Medical presently has a consensus target price of $34.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.87%. U.S. Physical Therapy has a consensus target price 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.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Summary
U.S. Physical Therapy beats Select Medical on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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