ENSG vs. UHS, THC, EHC, ACHC, SEM, USPH, WOOF, BKD, CYH, and HCA
Should you be buying The Ensign Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Ensign Group include Universal Health Services (UHS), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Encompass Health (EHC), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Select Medical (SEM), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Community Health Systems (CYH), and HCA Healthcare (HCA). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.
The Ensign Group vs.
The Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) and Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
The Ensign Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Health Services has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.1% of The Ensign Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Universal Health Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of The Ensign Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Universal Health Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Universal Health Services has higher revenue and earnings than The Ensign Group. Universal Health Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Ensign Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The Ensign Group had 1 more articles in the media than Universal Health Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Ensign Group and 0 mentions for Universal Health Services. The Ensign Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Universal Health Services' score of 0.73 indicating that The Ensign Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Ensign Group currently has a consensus price target of $161.83, suggesting a potential upside of 18.31%. Universal Health Services has a consensus price target of $226.14, suggesting a potential upside of 22.33%. Given Universal Health Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Universal Health Services is more favorable than The Ensign Group.
Universal Health Services has a net margin of 6.66% compared to The Ensign Group's net margin of 5.84%. The Ensign Group's return on equity of 17.21% beat Universal Health Services' return on equity.
The Ensign Group pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Universal Health Services pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. The Ensign Group pays out 6.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Health Services pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The Ensign Group has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Universal Health Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Universal Health Services received 281 more outperform votes than The Ensign Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.05% of users gave The Ensign Group an outperform vote while only 65.07% of users gave Universal Health Services an outperform vote.
Summary
Universal Health Services beats The Ensign Group on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ENSG) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
