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Select Medical (SEM) Competitors

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$38.09 +1.08 (+2.92%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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

Select Medical vs.

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

In the previous week, Select Medical had 2 more articles in the media than Tenet Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Select Medical and 15 mentions for Tenet Healthcare. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Select Medical's score of 0.13 indicating that Tenet Healthcare 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)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Tenet Healthcare
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Select Medical has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Tenet Healthcare has a net margin of 14.91% compared to Select Medical's net margin of 3.97%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 24.05% beat Select Medical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Select Medical3.97% 15.99% 3.65%
Tenet Healthcare 14.91%24.05%3.85%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Select Medical$6.97B0.71$243.49M$2.1417.80
Tenet Healthcare$20.97B0.69$611M$31.214.87

89.5% of Select Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Select Medical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Select Medical presently has a consensus price target of $40.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.98%. Tenet Healthcare has a consensus price target of $170.38, indicating a potential upside of 12.18%. Given Tenet Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tenet Healthcare 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Tenet Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.12

Tenet Healthcare received 348 more outperform votes than Select Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.93% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote while only 58.26% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Select MedicalOutperform Votes
335
58.26%
Underperform Votes
240
41.74%
Tenet HealthcareOutperform Votes
683
60.93%
Underperform Votes
438
39.07%

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats Select Medical on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SEM vs. The Competition

MetricSelect MedicalHospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.93B$5.38B$5.06B$19.87B
Dividend Yield1.34%1.01%5.18%3.53%
P/E Ratio17.8013.73126.3242.94
Price / Sales0.711.081,179.2518.99
Price / Cash10.3311.5133.8617.86
Price / Book3.163.004.685.52
Net Income$243.49M$178.36M$119.54M$986.45M
7 Day Performance2.28%-0.56%-1.83%0.45%
1 Month Performance15.11%10.74%-3.60%1.05%
1 Year Performance64.54%60.59%31.91%24.67%

Select Medical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SEM
Select Medical
4.2349 of 5 stars
$38.09
+2.9%
$40.75
+7.0%
+63.0%$4.79B$6.66B17.8054,600Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.9273 of 5 stars
$151.88
-1.0%
$170.38
+12.2%
+133.9%$14.58B$20.55B4.87106,500Positive News
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9935 of 5 stars
$197.44
+0.3%
$231.14
+17.1%
+45.2%$12.98B$14.28B13.1396,700Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
Positive News
EHC
Encompass Health
4.897 of 5 stars
$98.90
-0.2%
$107.11
+8.3%
+52.3%$9.96B$5.22B23.8938,000Analyst Revision
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.9453 of 5 stars
$144.66
+0.1%
$162.20
+12.1%
+34.1%$8.28B$4.11B35.0335,300Positive News
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.2421 of 5 stars
$39.10
+5.4%
$83.33
+113.1%
-46.2%$3.63B$2.93B12.8223,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
2.6872 of 5 stars
$94.17
+3.9%
$105.00
+11.5%
+9.4%$1.37B$604.80M100.186,720
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
1.6966 of 5 stars
$3.97
-2.2%
$3.49
-12.1%
-0.5%$1.27B$6.26B0.0029,000
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
3.9627 of 5 stars
$5.22
+0.4%
$7.75
+48.5%
-5.8%$1.04B$3.10B-5.6725,200Short Interest ↓
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.7453 of 5 stars
$3.83
+0.5%
$5.18
+35.3%
+34.2%$532.18M$12.49B-1.2761,000
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.9712 of 5 stars
$333.00
-0.6%
$385.00
+15.6%
+34.1%$84.35B$64.97B14.95310,000

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This page (NYSE:SEM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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