Select Medical (SEM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer THC or SEM?

Tenet Healthcare received 328 more outperform votes than Select Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.96% of users gave Tenet Healthcare an outperform vote while only 57.85% of users gave Select Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tenet Healthcare	Outperform Votes 656 59.96%	Underperform Votes 438 40.04%
Select Medical	Outperform Votes 328 57.85%	Underperform Votes 239 42.15%

Is THC or SEM more profitable?

Tenet Healthcare has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Tenet Healthcare's net margin of 3.97%. Select Medical's return on equity of 26.76% beat Tenet Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tenet Healthcare	12.53%	26.76%	3.27%
Select Medical	3.97%	18.11%	3.64%

Do analysts recommend THC or SEM?

Tenet Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $120.41, indicating a potential downside of 10.95%. Select Medical has a consensus target price of $34.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.87%. Given Tenet Healthcare's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Select Medical 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)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06
Select Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to THC or SEM?

In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 16 more articles in the media than Select Medical. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 3 mentions for Select Medical. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Select Medical's score of 0.64 indicating that Select Medical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tenet Healthcare	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Select Medical	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, THC or SEM?

Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Medical has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in THC or SEM?

95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Select Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Select Medical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, THC or SEM?

Tenet Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Select Medical. Tenet Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Medical, 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	$20.55B	0.64	$611M	$25.77	5.25
Select Medical	$6.66B	0.67	$243.49M	$2.10	16.45

Summary

Tenet Healthcare beats Select Medical on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.