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LifeStance Health Group (LFST) Competitors

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$7.22 -0.02 (-0.28%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

LFST vs. MGLN, AMEH, ONEM, PINC, HIMS, SHC, GH, OPCH, BTSG, and VCYT

Should you be buying LifeStance Health Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LifeStance Health Group include Magellan Health (MGLN), Apollo Medical (AMEH), 1Life Healthcare (ONEM), Premier (PINC), Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), Sotera Health (SHC), Guardant Health (GH), Option Care Health (OPCH), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), and Veracyte (VCYT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

LifeStance Health Group vs.

Magellan Health (NASDAQ:MGLN) and LifeStance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.

In the previous week, LifeStance Health Group had 1 more articles in the media than Magellan Health. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for LifeStance Health Group and 0 mentions for Magellan Health. LifeStance Health Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Magellan Health's score of 0.00 indicating that LifeStance Health Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Magellan Health Neutral
LifeStance Health Group Positive

LifeStance Health Group has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.73%. Given LifeStance Health Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LifeStance Health Group is more favorable than Magellan Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Magellan Health
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
LifeStance Health Group
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Magellan Health has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Magellan Health has a net margin of 6.26% compared to LifeStance Health Group's net margin of -7.90%. Magellan Health's return on equity of 1.81% beat LifeStance Health Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Magellan Health6.26% 1.81% 1.05%
LifeStance Health Group -7.90%-6.66%-4.51%

99.5% of Magellan Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of Magellan Health shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Magellan Health has higher revenue and earnings than LifeStance Health Group. LifeStance Health Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magellan Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Magellan Health$4.58B0.55$382.33M$11.478.28
LifeStance Health Group$1.06B2.62-$186.26M-$0.26-27.77

Magellan Health received 352 more outperform votes than LifeStance Health Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.39% of users gave Magellan Health an outperform vote while only 24.39% of users gave LifeStance Health Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Magellan HealthOutperform Votes
362
52.39%
Underperform Votes
329
47.61%
LifeStance Health GroupOutperform Votes
10
24.39%
Underperform Votes
31
75.61%

Summary

Magellan Health beats LifeStance Health Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LFST vs. The Competition

MetricLifeStance Health GroupHealth services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.77B$652.96M$5.07B$8.89B
Dividend YieldN/A1.94%4.99%4.07%
P/E Ratio-27.7723.5783.5712.93
Price / Sales2.624.461,220.3088.33
Price / CashN/A25.4439.4636.25
Price / Book1.922.746.936.25
Net Income-$186.26M-$10.72M$119.12M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-0.14%-1.16%-1.83%-1.32%
1 Month Performance2.56%-2.51%-3.64%0.60%
1 Year Performance17.21%387.32%31.64%26.23%

LifeStance Health Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFST
LifeStance Health Group
1.7849 of 5 stars
$7.22
-0.3%
$8.50
+17.7%
+16.5%$2.77B$1.06B-27.779,325
MGLN
Magellan Health
N/A$94.99
flat
N/AN/A$2.50B$4.58B8.289,000Analyst Forecast
AMEH
Apollo Medical
2.9839 of 5 stars
$40.82
-2.1%
$47.75
+17.0%
+19.8%$2.38B$1.14B40.821,362
ONEM
1Life Healthcare
N/A$16.47
flat
N/A+0.0%$3.37B$1.05B-8.193,090Positive News
PINC
Premier
3.2124 of 5 stars
$22.23
-0.3%
$21.36
-3.9%
+5.7%$2.14B$1.35B16.352,900
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
3.5694 of 5 stars
$21.80
-7.4%
$20.71
-5.0%
+181.8%$5.14B$872M49.551,046Analyst Forecast
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SHC
Sotera Health
3.6657 of 5 stars
$13.21
-2.9%
$16.50
+24.9%
-5.2%$3.85B$1.05B52.843,000High Trading Volume
GH
Guardant Health
4.2853 of 5 stars
$30.68
flat
$40.60
+32.3%
+28.4%$3.79B$563.95M0.001,779
OPCH
Option Care Health
4.9784 of 5 stars
$21.88
+0.3%
$30.83
+40.9%
-26.3%$3.71B$4.30B18.397,802Positive News
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services
2.9593 of 5 stars
$18.79
+0.8%
$16.79
-10.6%
N/A$3.25B$8.83B0.0035,000Positive News
VCYT
Veracyte
4.1264 of 5 stars
$39.20
+0.1%
$41.25
+5.2%
+50.5%$3.03B$361.05M-261.33790Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:LFST) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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