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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has better 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	17.86
Petco Health and Wellness	$6.26B	0.21	-$1.28B	-$4.97	-0.85

Do analysts prefer SEM or WOOF?

Select Medical presently has a consensus target price of $40.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.65%. Petco Health and Wellness has a consensus target price of $3.49, suggesting a potential downside of 17.14%. Given Select Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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

Does the media favor SEM or WOOF?

In the previous week, Select Medical had 6 more articles in the media than Petco Health and Wellness. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Select Medical and 2 mentions for Petco Health and Wellness. Petco Health and Wellness' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Select Medical's score of 0.65 indicating that Petco Health and Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Select Medical	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Petco Health and Wellness	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, SEM or WOOF?

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

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 58.26% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 335 58.26%	Underperform Votes 240 41.74%
Petco Health and Wellness	Outperform Votes 346 59.76%	Underperform Votes 233 40.24%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

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