U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH) Competitors

Select Medical (NYSE:SEM) and U.S. Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Is SEM or USPH a better dividend stock?

Select Medical pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. U.S. Physical Therapy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Select Medical pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U.S. Physical Therapy pays out 187.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SEM or USPH?

Select Medical has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Physical Therapy. Select Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Physical Therapy, 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	$6.66B	0.74	$243.49M	$2.14	17.80
U.S. Physical Therapy	$604.80M	2.35	$28.24M	$0.94	100.18

Is SEM or USPH more profitable?

Select Medical has a net margin of 3.97% compared to U.S. Physical Therapy's net margin of 3.54%. Select Medical's return on equity of 15.99% beat U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Medical	3.97%	15.99%	3.65%
U.S. Physical Therapy	3.54%	8.11%	3.85%

Do analysts recommend SEM or USPH?

Select Medical presently has a consensus price target of $40.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.98%. U.S. Physical Therapy has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.50%. Given U.S. Physical Therapy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Physical Therapy 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
U.S. Physical Therapy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, SEM or USPH?

Select Medical has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SEM or USPH?

89.5% of Select Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of Select Medical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of U.S. Physical Therapy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to SEM or USPH?

In the previous week, Select Medical had 16 more articles in the media than U.S. Physical Therapy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Select Medical and 3 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Select Medical's score of 0.13 indicating that U.S. Physical Therapy 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)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
U.S. Physical Therapy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SEM or USPH?

Select Medical received 84 more outperform votes than U.S. Physical Therapy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.16% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote while only 56.15% of users gave U.S. Physical Therapy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 335 58.16%	Underperform Votes 241 41.84%
U.S. Physical Therapy	Outperform Votes 251 56.15%	Underperform Votes 196 43.85%

Summary

Select Medical beats U.S. Physical Therapy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.