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Tenet Healthcare (THC) Competitors

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$131.36 -1.19 (-0.90%)
(As of 11:33 AM ET)

THC vs. ALC, UHS, EHC, ENSG, ACHC, SEM, USPH, WOOF, BKD, 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), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), and Community Health Systems (CYH). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.

Tenet Healthcare vs.

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

Alcon has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alcon$9.76B4.33$974M$2.3436.62
Tenet Healthcare$20.55B0.61$611M$31.214.22

Tenet Healthcare received 493 more outperform votes than Alcon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.87% of users gave Alcon an outperform vote while only 60.92% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AlconOutperform Votes
193
62.87%
Underperform Votes
114
37.13%
Tenet HealthcareOutperform Votes
686
60.92%
Underperform Votes
440
39.08%

53.9% of Alcon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Alcon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alcon has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Alcon11.89% 7.17% 5.03%
Tenet Healthcare 14.91%24.05%3.85%

Alcon currently has a consensus target price of $102.72, suggesting a potential upside of 19.88%. Tenet Healthcare has a consensus target price of $166.88, suggesting a potential upside of 26.71%. Given Tenet Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tenet Healthcare is more favorable than Alcon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alcon
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
Tenet Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 19 more articles in the media than Alcon. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 3 mentions for Alcon. Alcon's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Tenet Healthcare's score of 0.71 indicating that Alcon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alcon
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tenet Healthcare
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats Alcon on 12 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$12.52B$12.03B$5.15B$19.68B
Dividend YieldN/A0.64%4.81%3.51%
P/E Ratio4.225.03135.4243.79
Price / Sales0.610.591,184.6217.84
Price / Cash8.436.9140.4221.73
Price / Book4.2917.054.895.48
Net Income$611M$809.93M$118.71M$987.88M
7 Day Performance-5.98%-2.63%15.74%-2.00%
1 Month Performance-14.17%-6.39%15.70%1.00%
1 Year Performance75.76%9.76%34.85%16.82%

Tenet Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.9438 of 5 stars
$131.36
-0.9%
$166.88
+27.0%
+75.9%$12.49B$20.55B4.21106,500Analyst Downgrade
ALC
Alcon
3.6076 of 5 stars
$84.74
+0.7%
$102.63
+21.1%
+13.0%$41.80B$9.76B35.9725,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9729 of 5 stars
$186.98
-0.2%
$223.29
+19.4%
+22.7%$12.34B$14.28B12.4296,700Analyst Downgrade
EHC
Encompass Health
4.9313 of 5 stars
$98.72
+0.5%
$107.11
+8.5%
+48.0%$9.95B$5.22B23.7238,000Positive News
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.984 of 5 stars
$142.63
+0.1%
$164.33
+15.2%
+25.6%$8.17B$4.11B34.4835,300Dividend Increase
Positive News
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.5903 of 5 stars
$40.78
+0.3%
$75.44
+85.0%
-47.4%$3.79B$3.12B13.3723,500Positive News
SEM
Select Medical
4.932 of 5 stars
$19.78
+1.5%
$45.67
+130.9%
-19.3%$2.56B$6.66B9.1054,600
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
4.213 of 5 stars
$97.13
+3.9%
$114.00
+17.4%
+6.7%$1.47B$604.80M99.436,720Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
1.1943 of 5 stars
$4.37
-1.8%
$4.16
-4.9%
+44.6%$1.37B$6.24B-11.1329,000Positive News
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
4.3789 of 5 stars
$5.27
flat
$7.75
+47.1%
-9.0%$1.05B$3.10B-5.7325,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.6062 of 5 stars
$3.45
-0.6%
$4.77
+38.2%
+9.9%$479.37M$12.55B-1.1561,000Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:THC) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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