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EHC vs. THC, UHS, ENSG, ACHC, SEM, BKD, USPH, WOOF, CYH, and HCA

Should you be buying Encompass Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Encompass Health include Tenet Healthcare (THC), Universal Health Services (UHS), The Ensign Group (ENSG), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Select Medical (SEM), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Community Health Systems (CYH), and HCA Healthcare (HCA). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.

Encompass Health vs.

Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) and Encompass Health (NYSE:EHC) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encompass Health has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Encompass Health shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Encompass Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Tenet Healthcare has a net margin of 15.48% compared to Encompass Health's net margin of 8.48%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 21.88% beat Encompass Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tenet Healthcare15.48% 21.88% 3.99%
Encompass Health 8.48%17.56%7.06%

Tenet Healthcare received 184 more outperform votes than Encompass Health when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.59% of users gave Encompass Health an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Tenet HealthcareOutperform Votes
695
61.07%
Underperform Votes
443
38.93%
Encompass HealthOutperform Votes
511
72.59%
Underperform Votes
193
27.41%

Tenet Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Encompass Health. Tenet Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Encompass Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tenet Healthcare$20.67B0.56$3.20B$32.233.75
Encompass Health$5.37B1.92$455.70M$4.4622.94

In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 6 more articles in the media than Encompass Health. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 15 mentions for Encompass Health. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Encompass Health's score of 1.30 indicating that Tenet Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tenet Healthcare
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Encompass Health
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tenet Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $165.44, indicating a potential upside of 37.04%. Encompass Health has a consensus target price of $107.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.24%. Given Tenet Healthcare's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Tenet Healthcare is more favorable than Encompass Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tenet Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84
Encompass Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.18

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats Encompass Health on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EHC vs. The Competition

MetricEncompass HealthHospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.30B$4.52B$5.33B$18.51B
Dividend Yield0.67%1.10%5.11%4.24%
P/E Ratio22.9410.9421.8331.15
Price / Sales1.920.96379.4625.69
Price / Cash13.217.7938.1517.53
Price / Book3.692.186.454.29
Net Income$455.70M$212.93M$3.20B$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.38%2.75%6.60%6.60%
1 Month Performance6.45%0.21%-8.50%-6.88%
1 Year Performance26.66%10.29%10.33%1.23%

Encompass Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EHC
Encompass Health
4.0484 of 5 stars
$102.30
-0.9%
$107.67
+5.2%
+28.4%$10.30B$5.37B22.9435,000News Coverage
Positive News
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.9699 of 5 stars
$120.29
0.0%
$166.41
+38.3%
+24.2%$11.44B$20.67B3.73102,400Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9871 of 5 stars
$171.83
-1.5%
$228.38
+32.9%
+7.2%$11.17B$15.83B11.4293,800Analyst Forecast
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.7107 of 5 stars
$124.58
-3.7%
$165.17
+32.6%
+8.9%$7.16B$4.26B24.3829,900Positive News
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.534 of 5 stars
$26.43
-3.4%
$52.19
+97.4%
-63.9%$2.46B$3.15B8.6723,500
SEM
Select Medical
4.9263 of 5 stars
$15.69
-0.8%
$27.25
+73.7%
-40.8%$2.02B$5.19B9.5153,800Positive News
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
3.4571 of 5 stars
$5.59
-3.7%
$7.40
+32.3%
-3.7%$1.12B$3.13B-6.2836,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.675 of 5 stars
$64.77
-3.5%
$109.00
+68.3%
-31.9%$983.93M$671.35M68.906,140News Coverage
Positive News
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.5669 of 5 stars
$2.90
+1.2%
$4.11
+41.9%
+90.7%$907.43M$6.12B-7.2428,500Positive News
Gap Down
CYH
Community Health Systems
4.1674 of 5 stars
$2.40
-2.2%
$4.10
+71.2%
-13.7%$336.24M$12.63B-0.6166,000Gap Down
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.7896 of 5 stars
$329.63
-0.6%
$385.67
+17.0%
+5.6%$81.15B$70.60B15.00294,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
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This page (NYSE:EHC) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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