ALHC vs. HCSG, CYRX, PRVA, CLOV, FDMT, GYRE, AGTI, VIR, GMTX, and BKD
Should you be buying Alignment Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alignment Healthcare include Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Cryoport (CYRX), Privia Health Group (PRVA), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), 4D Molecular Therapeutics (FDMT), Gyre Therapeutics (GYRE), Agiliti (AGTI), Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Gemini Therapeutics (GMTX), and Brookdale Senior Living (BKD).
Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC) and Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Healthcare Services Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alignment Healthcare. Alignment Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alignment Healthcare has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Healthcare Services Group has a net margin of 2.44% compared to Alignment Healthcare's net margin of -7.81%. Healthcare Services Group's return on equity of 11.44% beat Alignment Healthcare's return on equity.
Alignment Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $8.69, indicating a potential upside of 19.76%. Healthcare Services Group has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.65%. Given Healthcare Services Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Healthcare Services Group is more favorable than Alignment Healthcare.
In the previous week, Alignment Healthcare had 2 more articles in the media than Healthcare Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alignment Healthcare and 2 mentions for Healthcare Services Group. Healthcare Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Alignment Healthcare's score of 1.34 indicating that Healthcare Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.2% of Alignment Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Alignment Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Healthcare Services Group received 251 more outperform votes than Alignment Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.81% of users gave Alignment Healthcare an outperform vote while only 55.95% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Healthcare Services Group beats Alignment Healthcare on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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