Select Medical (SEM) Competitors

Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) and atai Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ATAI) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SEM or ATAI?

Select Medical has higher revenue and earnings than atai Life Sciences. atai Life Sciences 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	$5.19B	0.29	$214.04M	$1.06	11.35
atai Life Sciences	$310K	2,669.05	-$149.27M	-$0.91	-4.54

Do analysts rate SEM or ATAI?

Select Medical currently has a consensus target price of $24.60, suggesting a potential upside of 104.56%. atai Life Sciences has a consensus target price of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 172.40%. Given atai Life Sciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe atai Life Sciences is more favorable than Select Medical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
atai Life Sciences	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Which has more risk & volatility, SEM or ATAI?

Select Medical has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, atai Life Sciences has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SEM or ATAI?

In the previous week, Select Medical had 16 more articles in the media than atai Life Sciences. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Select Medical and 1 mentions for atai Life Sciences. Select Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat atai Life Sciences' score of -0.50 indicating that Select Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Select Medical	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
atai Life Sciences	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Is SEM or ATAI more profitable?

Select Medical has a net margin of 2.37% compared to atai Life Sciences' net margin of 0.00%. Select Medical's return on equity of 8.87% beat atai Life Sciences' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Medical	2.37%	8.87%	2.93%
atai Life Sciences	N/A	-102.10%	-77.55%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SEM or ATAI?

89.5% of Select Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of atai Life Sciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Select Medical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.8% of atai Life Sciences shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Select Medical beats atai Life Sciences on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.