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Tenet Healthcare (THC) Competitors

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$120.73 -4.18 (-3.35%)
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THC vs. ALC, UHS, EHC, ENSG, ACHC, SEM, BKD, USPH, WOOF, and CYH

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

Tenet Healthcare vs.

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

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

Tenet Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Alcon. 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tenet Healthcare$20.67B0.56$3.20B$32.233.75
Alcon$9.91B4.55$974M$2.0544.57

In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 13 more articles in the media than Alcon. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 8 mentions for Alcon. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Alcon's score of 0.29 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
Alcon
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Tenet Healthcare received 492 more outperform votes than Alcon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Alcon 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%
AlconOutperform Votes
203
63.64%
Underperform Votes
116
36.36%

Tenet Healthcare has a net margin of 15.48% compared to Alcon's net margin of 11.89%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 21.88% beat Alcon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tenet Healthcare15.48% 21.88% 3.99%
Alcon 11.89%7.17%5.03%

Tenet Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $165.44, indicating a potential upside of 36.93%. Alcon has a consensus price target of $106.22, indicating a potential upside of 16.26%. Given Tenet Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Tenet Healthcare is more favorable than Alcon.

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
Alcon
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% 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.

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats Alcon on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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THC vs. The Competition

MetricTenet HealthcareGeneral medical & surgical hospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.49B$12.28B$5.32B$18.59B
Dividend YieldN/A0.65%5.11%4.24%
P/E Ratio3.755.2821.7531.22
Price / Sales0.560.55378.5025.74
Price / Cash6.516.8638.1517.54
Price / Book1.9731.176.444.31
Net Income$3.20B$1.20B$3.20B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.27%2.34%6.58%6.87%
1 Month Performance-1.58%-4.18%-8.54%-6.64%
1 Year Performance21.55%3.31%10.13%1.48%

Tenet Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.9699 of 5 stars
$120.73
-3.3%
$165.44
+37.0%
+24.2%$11.48B$20.67B3.75102,400Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
ALC
Alcon
2.8983 of 5 stars
$82.86
-1.1%
$105.60
+27.4%
+11.4%$40.87B$9.91B35.4125,200Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
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
EHC
Encompass Health
4.0484 of 5 stars
$96.75
-1.2%
$107.67
+11.3%
+28.4%$9.74B$5.37B21.6935,000News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.7107 of 5 stars
$124.63
-3.6%
$165.17
+32.5%
+8.9%$7.16B$4.26B24.3929,900Positive News
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.534 of 5 stars
$26.42
-3.5%
$52.19
+97.5%
-63.9%$2.45B$3.15B8.6623,500
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
+1.4%
$4.11
+41.7%
+90.7%$909.00M$6.12B-7.2528,500Positive 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
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