Tenet Healthcare (THC) Competitors

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

Is THC or ALC more profitable?

Tenet Healthcare has a net margin of 14.91% compared to Alcon's net margin of 11.89%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 24.05% beat Alcon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tenet Healthcare	14.91%	24.05%	3.85%
Alcon	11.89%	7.17%	5.03%

Which has more volatility & risk, THC or ALC?

Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alcon has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate THC or ALC?

Tenet Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $170.38, suggesting a potential upside of 9.68%. Alcon has a consensus target price of $101.51, suggesting a potential upside of 19.24%. Given Alcon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alcon is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tenet Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.12
Alcon	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Which has higher valuation and earnings, THC or ALC?

Alcon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tenet Healthcare. Tenet Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alcon, 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
Tenet Healthcare	$20.97B	0.70	$611M	$31.21	4.98
Alcon	$9.64B	4.36	$974M	$2.34	36.38

Does the media prefer THC or ALC?

In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 4 more articles in the media than Alcon. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 18 mentions for Alcon. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Alcon's score of 0.69 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	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alcon	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of THC or ALC?

95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Alcon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Alcon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer THC or ALC?

Tenet Healthcare received 491 more outperform votes than Alcon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.95% of users gave Alcon an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tenet Healthcare	Outperform Votes 683 60.93%	Underperform Votes 438 39.07%
Alcon	Outperform Votes 192 62.95%	Underperform Votes 113 37.05%

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats Alcon on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.