Which is more profitable, Encompass Health or Select Medical?

Encompass Health keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Encompass Health or Select Medical?

Encompass Health grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Encompass Health or Select Medical?

Select Medical costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Encompass Health or Select Medical?

We don't have the number for both companies.

Encompass HealthEHCvs

Select MedicalSEM

Encompass Health vs Select Medical stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Encompass Health is more profitable and grows faster. Select Medical is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Encompass Health	Select Medical
	$13.8 billion	–
	9.5%	2.7%
	+10.7%	+5.8%
	24.4×	14.0×
	1.8 years	–
	13.3%	–
	0.7%	1.5%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.