Encompass Health (EHC)
NYSEHealth CareMedical - Care FacilitiesSnapshot 2026-11-04
$141.03+4.63%
Close 2026-11-04 · 1-day change
NYSEHealth CareMedical - Care FacilitiesSnapshot 2026-11-04
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
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Health Care is in steady. Describes the industry's cycle state, not a call on this stock.
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Management is running behind on a stated commitment.
View ThesisRevenue is growing steadily — about 9% over the past year.
View GrowthRanks among the strongest in its industry on quality — around the top 22%.
View QualityManagement screens strong on capital allocation, earnings delivery, the balance sheet, market reaction to earnings.
View ManagementExpectations look high — the market is pricing in about 21% growth a year, above the roughly 9% analysts expect, leaving little room for error.
View ValuationModerate volatility — typically moves about 1% a day.
View RiskEHC's rehabilitation capacity expansion has to keep compounding to justify the price. Revenue grew 8.9% last quarter, and the company beat earnings estimates. The stock trades at 22 times earnings versus a 21 times peer median. The market is pricing in more growth than we forecast. Management is running behind on a stated commitment. Peer multiples imply a price about 21% below where it trades. The thesis is on watch. This read is provisional.
Trailing returns as of 2026-11-04. EHC is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 13 analysts currently covering EHC (as of Nov 2026).
Based on 6 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for EHC in the last 4 months.
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A consensus fair price across 13 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-11-04. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Health Care Facilities — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
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Advances: Increase revenue through organic growth
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Current $141.03
The last 12 months of price, then the range of analyst 12-month targets from today’s $141.03.
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A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Above average on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Raised 2026 revenue outlook supports organic growth; capacity expansion adds pre-opening costs but advances rehabilitation growth.
Advances: Maintain dividend growth
Quarterly dividend declaration supports the stated objective of maintaining dividend growth.
Advances: Increase revenue through organic growth
New hospitals support organic growth objective.
Advances: Increase revenue through organic growth
Company's growth initiatives align with revenue increase objective.
Advances: Enhance operating income
Debt repayment enhances operating income potential.
Advances: Increase revenue through organic growth
Higher-acuity growth aligns with revenue growth objective.
Higher guidance supports revenue growth objective.
Advances: Increase revenue through organic growth
Higher revenue guidance supports organic growth objective.