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SunLink Health Systems (SSY) Competitors

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$0.77 +0.02 (+2.93%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

SSY vs. HCA, THC, UHS, SGRY, ARDT, CYH, NNVC, ALUR, INAB, and COCP

Should you be buying SunLink Health Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunLink Health Systems include HCA Healthcare (HCA), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Universal Health Services (UHS), Surgery Partners (SGRY), Ardent Health Partners (ARDT), Community Health Systems (CYH), NanoViricides (NNVC), Allurion Technologies (ALUR), IN8bio (INAB), and Cocrystal Pharma (COCP). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

SunLink Health Systems vs.

SunLink Health Systems (NYSE:SSY) and HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SunLink Health Systems$31.81M0.17-$1.53M-$0.11-7.02
HCA Healthcare$69.62B1.10$5.24B$22.2713.63

HCA Healthcare has a net margin of 8.52% compared to SunLink Health Systems' net margin of -2.30%. HCA Healthcare's return on equity of 520.98% beat SunLink Health Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SunLink Health Systems-2.30% -16.60% -12.37%
HCA Healthcare 8.52%520.98%10.09%

23.7% of SunLink Health Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of HCA Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.9% of SunLink Health Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of HCA Healthcare 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.

HCA Healthcare received 1226 more outperform votes than SunLink Health Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.30% of users gave HCA Healthcare an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave SunLink Health Systems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SunLink Health SystemsOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
77
100.00%
HCA HealthcareOutperform Votes
1226
77.30%
Underperform Votes
360
22.70%

SunLink Health Systems has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HCA Healthcare has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, HCA Healthcare had 19 more articles in the media than SunLink Health Systems. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for HCA Healthcare and 1 mentions for SunLink Health Systems. HCA Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat SunLink Health Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that HCA Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SunLink Health Systems
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
HCA Healthcare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

HCA Healthcare has a consensus price target of $385.63, suggesting a potential upside of 27.01%. Given HCA Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HCA Healthcare is more favorable than SunLink Health Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SunLink Health Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
HCA Healthcare
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Summary

HCA Healthcare beats SunLink Health Systems on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SSY vs. The Competition

MetricSunLink Health SystemsGeneral medical & surgical hospitals IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.28M$11.84B$5.14B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A0.66%5.09%3.62%
P/E Ratio-7.024.9690.1341.26
Price / Sales0.170.591,116.2517.51
Price / CashN/A6.9143.1021.28
Price / Book0.3416.814.785.32
Net Income-$1.53M$809.93M$120.31M$989.88M
7 Day Performance0.39%-2.61%-1.92%-3.54%
1 Month Performance0.80%-5.63%13.65%-4.73%
1 Year Performance-16.09%6.73%28.34%11.57%

SunLink Health Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSY
SunLink Health Systems
N/A$0.77
+2.9%
N/A-14.2%$5.28M$31.81M-7.02N/AAnalyst Forecast
News Coverage
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.9451 of 5 stars
$313.42
-0.2%
$387.13
+23.5%
+13.0%$79.39B$69.62B14.10310,000Analyst Forecast
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.9401 of 5 stars
$136.25
-0.3%
$164.69
+20.9%
+70.6%$12.96B$20.97B4.38106,500Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.997 of 5 stars
$186.77
-0.3%
$223.29
+19.6%
+19.3%$12.32B$14.28B12.4296,700Analyst Forecast
SGRY
Surgery Partners
3.2422 of 5 stars
$22.08
+8.4%
$36.56
+65.6%
-35.9%$2.81B$2.74B-42.4213,500
ARDT
Ardent Health Partners
N/A$16.90
+1.3%
$21.82
+29.1%
N/A$2.41B$5.41B0.0024,200Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.6041 of 5 stars
$3.44
-0.9%
$4.77
+38.6%
-1.7%$477.98M$12.55B-1.1561,000Positive News
NNVC
NanoViricides
N/A$1.49
+0.7%
N/A+40.6%$20.78MN/A-1.9520
ALUR
Allurion Technologies
2.0375 of 5 stars
$0.32
-7.2%
$2.88
+796.2%
-90.2%$20.65M$34.75M-0.67501Gap Up
INAB
IN8bio
3.644 of 5 stars
$0.28
-0.3%
$7.75
+2,628.9%
-80.7%$20.59MN/A-0.3820Gap Down
COCP
Cocrystal Pharma
2.6583 of 5 stars
$2.00
+4.8%
$7.00
+250.0%
+19.0%$20.35MN/A-1.0310Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SSY) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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