Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WOOF or SEM?

89.5% of Select Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Petco Health and Wellness shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Select Medical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is WOOF or SEM more profitable?

Select Medical has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Petco Health and Wellness' net margin of -1.77%. 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
Petco Health and Wellness	-1.77%	-5.40%	-1.18%
Select Medical	3.97%	15.99%	3.65%

Which has more volatility and risk, WOOF or SEM?

Petco Health and Wellness has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Medical has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WOOF or SEM?

Petco Health and Wellness received 13 more outperform votes than Select Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.66% of users gave Petco Health and Wellness an outperform vote while only 57.95% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Petco Health and Wellness	Outperform Votes 352 59.66%	Underperform Votes 238 40.34%
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 339 57.95%	Underperform Votes 246 42.05%

Do analysts rate WOOF or SEM?

Petco Health and Wellness presently has a consensus target price of $4.16, suggesting a potential upside of 43.52%. Select Medical has a consensus target price of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 122.07%. Given Select Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
Petco Health and Wellness	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better earnings & valuation, WOOF or SEM?

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
Petco Health and Wellness	$6.26B	0.15	-$1.28B	-$0.40	-7.25
Select Medical	$6.66B	0.35	$243.49M	$2.14	8.31

Does the media refer more to WOOF or SEM?

In the previous week, Select Medical had 2 more articles in the media than Petco Health and Wellness. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Select Medical and 12 mentions for Petco Health and Wellness. Petco Health and Wellness' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Select Medical's score of 0.06 indicating that Petco Health and Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Petco Health and Wellness	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Select Medical	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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