Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF) Competitors

Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) and Petco Health and Wellness (NASDAQ:WOOF) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SEM or WOOF?

Select Medical has higher revenue and earnings than Petco Health and Wellness. Petco Health and Wellness is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Medical, 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	0.74	$243.49M	$2.14	17.80
Petco Health and Wellness	$6.26B	0.20	-$1.28B	-$4.97	-0.80

Is SEM or WOOF more profitable?

Select Medical has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Petco Health and Wellness' net margin of -21.46%. Select Medical's return on equity of 15.99% beat Petco Health and Wellness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Medical	3.97%	15.99%	3.65%
Petco Health and Wellness	-21.46%	-6.51%	-1.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SEM or WOOF?

Petco Health and Wellness received 11 more outperform votes than Select Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.76% of users gave Petco Health and Wellness an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 335 58.16%	Underperform Votes 241 41.84%
Petco Health and Wellness	Outperform Votes 346 59.76%	Underperform Votes 233 40.24%

Does the media prefer SEM or WOOF?

In the previous week, Select Medical had 19 more articles in the media than Petco Health and Wellness. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Select Medical and 0 mentions for Petco Health and Wellness. Petco Health and Wellness' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Select Medical's score of 0.13 indicating that Petco Health and Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Select Medical	Neutral
Petco Health and Wellness	Neutral

Do analysts prefer SEM or WOOF?

Select Medical currently has a consensus target price of $40.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.98%. Petco Health and Wellness has a consensus target price of $3.49, indicating a potential downside of 12.13%. Given Select Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Select Medical is more favorable than Petco Health and Wellness.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Petco Health and Wellness	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SEM or WOOF?

89.5% of Select Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 19.1% of Select Medical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Petco Health and Wellness shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, SEM or WOOF?

Select Medical has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petco Health and Wellness has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Select Medical beats Petco Health and Wellness on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.