EHC vs SGRY vs NUTX Stock Comparison

Encompass Health, Surgery Partners and Nutex Health Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EHC Encompass Health Corp
$131.59 +6.5% 1M +4.7% 1Y
Market cap
$13.36B
P/E
20.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.34B
Div. yield
0.01%
Hospitals Healthcare
4 wins
NUTX Nutex Health Inc.
$210.10 0.0% 1M +64.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.35B
P/E
7.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$846.72M
Div. yield
0.06%
Hospitals Healthcare
8 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Nutex Health leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Nutex Health 8, Encompass Health 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEHCSGRYNUTXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $13.36B $2.99B $1.35B EHC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.7x -33.8x 7.5x NUTX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.2x 58.0x 7.5x NUTX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.4% +4.0% +6.9% EHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -2.6% 21.2% NUTX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.3% 56.1% NUTX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 6.3x -0.4x NUTX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.06% NUTX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.7% +2.0% +64.4% NUTX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.7%/yr -10.8%/yr — EHC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.4% 66.8% 89.2% EHC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 56/100 83/100 NUTX

Percentile Scorecard

EHCSGRYNUTX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisEHCSGRYNUTX
Valuation 71 #27 of 92 86 #14 of 92 95 #6 of 92
Growth 54 #41 of 87 42 #51 of 87 91 #9 of 87
Profitability 80 #18 of 86 67 #29 of 86 99 #2 of 86
Financial Health 42 #57 of 97 30 #68 of 97 89 #12 of 97
Shareholder Returns 57 #24 of 55 – 43 #32 of 55
Overall 61 56 83
  • EHC ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • SGRY ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • NUTX ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodEHCSGRYNUTXSPY
1 month +6.5%+61.1%0.0% +0.7%
3 months +18.7%+46.0%+41.3% +3.7%
6 months +31.6%+65.4%+76.3% +7.1%
Year to date +24.0%+50.2%+27.6% +12.8%
1 year +4.7%+2.0%+64.4% +11.9%
3 years +117.0%+4.0%+623.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year +29.5%+1.3%+93.5% +22.8%
5 years +107.0%-43.6%— +67.6%
5 years, per year +15.7%-10.8%— +10.9%
10 years +231.7%+42.7%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +12.7%+3.6%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureEHCSGRYNUTXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.4%66.8%89.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.1%65.2%88.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.010.821.78 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.160.030.72 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.1%-81.4%-99.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-0.6%-6.6% -1.2%
52-week high $131.59$23.36$225.00 $779.14
52-week low $93.83$11.49$87.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleEHCSGRYNUTX
P/E now vs peer median 20.2xmedian 26.0x -33.7xmedian 26.0x 8.0xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 1.6x 0.9xmedian 1.6x 1.7xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 15.4x 11.7xmedian 15.4x 3.3xmedian 15.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 29.5xmedian 21.5x 16.2xmedian 21.5x 5.2xmedian 21.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 3.2x 1.0xmedian 3.2x 2.8xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.89median 0.87 1.96median 0.87 0.26median 0.87

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsEHCSGRYNUTX
Revenue $6.34B $3.37B $846.72M
Gross profit – – $434.03M
Operating income – $383.80M $364.27M
Net income $862.30M $48.10M $272.49M
Free cash flow – $187.60M $274.17M
EPS (diluted) $6.44 $-0.69 $25.62
Cash & equivalents $76.20M $216.70M $205.21M
Total debt – $3.75B $39.70M
Shares (diluted) 100.00M 128.83M 7.02M
Enterprise value $13.36B $2.15B $582.51M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricEHCSGRYNUTX
P/E 20.2x -33.7x 8.0x
P/FCF 29.5x 16.2x 5.2x
P/Operating cash flow 10.0x 11.8x 5.1x
P/S 2.0x 0.9x 1.7x
P/B 3.7x 1.0x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 4.1x 1.0x 3.0x
EV/EBITDA – 11.7x 3.3x
EV/EBIT – 17.1x 3.5x
EV/Revenue 2.0x 2.0x 1.5x
EV/FCF – 35.0x 4.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.0x 25.5x 4.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.89 1.96 0.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEHCSGRYNUTX
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.4% 4.0% 6.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.5% 8.1% 62.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 273.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 6.1% 52.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 7.1% 41.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.7% 136.2% 119.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 23.2% 15.6% 37.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 21.9% 51.6% 206.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 22.7% -17.2% 31.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.6% -2.2% 228.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.6% 16.4% 446.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 7.0% 229.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 36.7% 266.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEHCSGRYNUTX
Gross margin – – 51.3%
EBITDA margin – 16.7% 45.5%
Operating margin – 11.4% 43.0%
Pretax margin – 11.4% 40.6%
Net margin – -2.6% 21.2%
FCF margin – 5.6% 32.4%
Operating cash flow margin 20.6% 7.7% 33.0%
Return on equity 25.0% 2.6% 57.4%
Return on assets 11.5% 1.0% 28.4%
Return on invested capital – 5.3% 56.1%
Return on capital employed – 5.1% 43.2%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.4x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 5.4x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.3% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEHCSGRYNUTX
Debt / assets – 46.6% 4.1%
Debt / equity – 1.2x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 6.3x -0.4x
Debt / FCF – 20.0x 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 52.9% 61.5% 47.4%
Equity / assets 46.3% 38.5% 52.6%
Interest coverage – – 18.4x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.9x 5.0x
Quick ratio – 1.4x 4.8x
Cash ratio – 0.4x 1.8x
Altman Z-score – 0.87 4.34

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEHCSGRYNUTX
Dividend yield 0.6% – –
Net buyback yield – – -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.6% – -0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 8.9% – 30.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 30.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) 11.3% – 260.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.4% – 140.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusEHCSGRYNUTX
Forward P/E 22.2xFY2026 58.0xFY2026 7.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.94FY2026 $0.40FY2026 $27.99FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +9.0%FY2026 -14.9%FY2026 +167.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.1% -5.0% -8.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.62BFY2026 $3.38BFY2026 $824.09MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.5%FY2026 +2.2%FY2026 -5.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.2% -2.9% +19.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEHCSGRYNUTX
Held by institutions 96.0% 100.0% 42.8%
Institutions holding 596 190 153
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.8% -0.8% +5.8%
Institutions buying 292 112 99
Institutions selling 217 50 36
Buyers to sellers 1.35 2.24 2.75

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EHCSGRYNUTX
EHC 1.00 0.10 0.05
SGRY 0.10 1.00 0.11
NUTX 0.05 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EHC, SGRY and NUTX?

Encompass Health (EHC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Encompass Health (EHC) $13.36B, Surgery Partners (SGRY) $2.99B, Nutex Health (NUTX) $1.35B.

Which stock is cheaper, EHC, SGRY and NUTX?

Nutex Health (NUTX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Encompass Health (EHC) 20.7x, Surgery Partners (SGRY) -33.8x, Nutex Health (NUTX) 7.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nutex Health (NUTX) is cheapest (Encompass Health (EHC) 22.2x, Surgery Partners (SGRY) 58.0x, Nutex Health (NUTX) 7.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Encompass Health (EHC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Encompass Health (EHC) +9.4%, Surgery Partners (SGRY) +4.0%, Nutex Health (NUTX) +6.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nutex Health (NUTX) has the highest net margin (Surgery Partners (SGRY) -2.6%, Nutex Health (NUTX) 21.2%). On return on invested capital, Nutex Health (NUTX) leads (Surgery Partners (SGRY) 5.3%, Nutex Health (NUTX) 56.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nutex Health (NUTX) returned the most: Encompass Health (EHC) +4.7%, Surgery Partners (SGRY) +2.0%, Nutex Health (NUTX) +64.4%. Over five years, Encompass Health (EHC) compounded fastest (Encompass Health (EHC) +15.7%/yr, Surgery Partners (SGRY) -10.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Nutex Health (NUTX) has the highest dividend yield: Encompass Health (EHC) 0.01%, Surgery Partners (SGRY) 0.00%, Nutex Health (NUTX) 0.06%. Surgery Partners (SGRY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Encompass Health (EHC) has been the steadiest (Encompass Health (EHC) 30.4%, Surgery Partners (SGRY) 66.8%, Nutex Health (NUTX) 89.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EHC, SGRY and NUTX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nutex Health (NUTX) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.