U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in USPH or SEM?

89.5% of Select Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of U.S. Physical Therapy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Select Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer USPH or SEM?

Select Medical received 81 more outperform votes than U.S. Physical Therapy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.85% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote while only 56.14% of users gave U.S. Physical Therapy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
U.S. Physical Therapy	Outperform Votes 247 56.14%	Underperform Votes 193 43.86%
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 328 57.85%	Underperform Votes 239 42.15%

Do analysts rate USPH or SEM?

U.S. Physical Therapy currently has a consensus price target of $125.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.66%. Select Medical has a consensus price target of $34.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.57%. Given U.S. Physical Therapy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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
U.S. Physical Therapy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk & volatility, USPH or SEM?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Medical has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, USPH or SEM?

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
U.S. Physical Therapy	$604.80M	2.39	$28.24M	$1.23	78.01
Select Medical	$6.66B	0.65	$243.49M	$2.10	15.75

Is USPH or SEM more profitable?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a net margin of 4.72% compared to Select Medical's net margin of 3.97%. Select Medical's return on equity of 18.11% beat U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. Physical Therapy	4.72%	8.03%	3.88%
Select Medical	3.97%	18.11%	3.64%

Is USPH or SEM a better dividend stock?

U.S. Physical Therapy pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Select Medical pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. U.S. Physical Therapy pays out 143.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Select Medical pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to USPH or SEM?

In the previous week, U.S. Physical Therapy had 5 more articles in the media than Select Medical. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy and 0 mentions for Select Medical. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Select Medical's score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. Physical Therapy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
U.S. Physical Therapy	Positive
Select Medical	Neutral

Summary

U.S. Physical Therapy and Select Medical tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.