Encompass Health Corporation

NYSE:EHC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$10.0b

Encompass Health Valuation

Is EHC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of EHC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: EHC ($98.93) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($45.71)

Significantly Below Fair Value: EHC is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for EHC?

Key metric: As EHC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for EHC. This is calculated by dividing EHC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is EHC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio23.1x
EarningsUS$431.50m
Market CapUS$9.98b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does EHC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for EHC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.5x
UHS Universal Health Services
12.7x8.5%US$13.0b
ENSG Ensign Group
34.3x18.0%US$8.2b
THC Tenet Healthcare
4.6x-39.2%US$14.6b
SEM Select Medical Holdings
18.5x11.9%US$4.8b
EHC Encompass Health
23.1x9.6%US$10.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: EHC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.1x) compared to the peer average (17.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does EHC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Healthcare Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
THC Tenet Healthcare
4.6x-39.2%US$14.58b
NEUE NeueHealth
1.5xn/aUS$40.77m
AMS American Shared Hospital Services
4.9xn/aUS$19.08m
IDXG Interpace Biosciences
2.4xn/aUS$11.77m
EHC 23.1xIndustry Avg. 25.2xNo. of Companies11PE020406080100+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: EHC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.1x) compared to the US Healthcare industry average (25.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is EHC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

EHC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio23.1x
Fair PE Ratio26.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: EHC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst EHC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$98.93
US$115.25
+16.5%
3.4%US$120.00US$105.00n/a12
Nov ’25US$98.91
US$115.25
+16.5%
3.4%US$120.00US$105.00n/a12
Oct ’25US$95.74
US$102.73
+7.3%
4.6%US$110.00US$95.00n/a11
Sep ’25US$93.05
US$100.91
+8.4%
4.4%US$109.00US$95.00n/a11
Aug ’25US$93.02
US$99.18
+6.6%
5.4%US$113.00US$95.00n/a11
Jul ’25US$85.36
US$97.40
+14.1%
4.0%US$108.00US$95.00n/a10
Jun ’25US$86.39
US$96.50
+11.7%
4.0%US$108.00US$94.00n/a10
May ’25US$82.88
US$94.91
+14.5%
5.8%US$108.00US$83.00n/a11
Apr ’25US$83.23
US$87.20
+4.8%
6.3%US$101.00US$82.00n/a10
Mar ’25US$74.20
US$85.22
+14.9%
3.0%US$90.00US$82.00n/a9
Feb ’25US$73.00
US$81.44
+11.6%
4.0%US$85.00US$77.00n/a9
Jan ’25US$66.72
US$81.11
+21.6%
3.7%US$85.00US$77.00n/a9
Dec ’24US$66.39
US$81.11
+22.2%
3.7%US$85.00US$77.00n/a9
Nov ’24US$62.56
US$81.11
+29.7%
3.7%US$85.00US$77.00US$98.919
Oct ’24US$67.16
US$80.80
+20.3%
5.2%US$85.00US$71.00US$95.7410
Sep ’24US$70.99
US$80.00
+12.7%
5.3%US$85.00US$71.00US$93.0511
Aug ’24US$65.96
US$73.91
+12.1%
6.5%US$80.00US$61.00US$93.0211
Jul ’24US$67.71
US$73.91
+9.2%
6.5%US$80.00US$61.00US$85.3611
Jun ’24US$62.30
US$73.55
+18.1%
6.3%US$80.00US$61.00US$86.3911
May ’24US$64.28
US$73.36
+14.1%
6.3%US$80.00US$61.00US$82.8811
Apr ’24US$54.10
US$69.73
+28.9%
6.7%US$75.00US$57.00US$83.2311
Mar ’24US$56.21
US$71.00
+26.3%
3.6%US$75.00US$66.00US$74.2010
Feb ’24US$63.21
US$66.70
+5.5%
5.2%US$72.00US$62.00US$73.0010
Jan ’24US$59.81
US$64.00
+7.0%
6.2%US$72.00US$58.00US$66.7210
Dec ’23US$57.76
US$63.50
+9.9%
5.9%US$72.00US$58.00US$66.3910
Nov ’23US$55.19
US$63.45
+15.0%
5.6%US$72.00US$58.00US$62.5611

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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