PNTG vs. INNV, WGS, TALK, DCGO, SHCR, PIII, USPH, PRVA, GHRS, and OLMA
Should you be buying The Pennant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Pennant Group include InnovAge (INNV), GeneDx (WGS), Talkspace (TALK), DocGo (DCGO), Sharecare (SHCR), P3 Health Partners (PIII), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Privia Health Group (PRVA), GH Research (GHRS), and Olema Pharmaceuticals (OLMA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
The Pennant Group (NASDAQ:PNTG) and InnovAge (NASDAQ:INNV) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
The Pennant Group received 34 more outperform votes than InnovAge when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.74% of users gave The Pennant Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave InnovAge an outperform vote.
The Pennant Group presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.12%. InnovAge has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 72.41%. Given InnovAge's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe InnovAge is more favorable than The Pennant Group.
The Pennant Group has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InnovAge has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
85.9% of The Pennant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of InnovAge shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of The Pennant Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of InnovAge shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Pennant Group has a net margin of 2.86% compared to InnovAge's net margin of -4.16%. The Pennant Group's return on equity of 13.42% beat InnovAge's return on equity.
The Pennant Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than InnovAge. InnovAge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Pennant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The Pennant Group had 2 more articles in the media than InnovAge. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for The Pennant Group and 5 mentions for InnovAge. The Pennant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat InnovAge's score of 0.65 indicating that The Pennant Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
The Pennant Group beats InnovAge on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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