Medical Facilities (DR) Competitors

dentalcorp (TSE:DNTL) and Medical Facilities (TSE:DR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DNTL or DR?

Medical Facilities received 274 more outperform votes than dentalcorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.00% of users gave dentalcorp an outperform vote while only 61.37% of users gave Medical Facilities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
dentalcorp	Outperform Votes 31 62.00%	Underperform Votes 19 38.00%
Medical Facilities	Outperform Votes 305 61.37%	Underperform Votes 192 38.63%

Does the media favor DNTL or DR?

In the previous week, Medical Facilities had 10 more articles in the media than dentalcorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Medical Facilities and 1 mentions for dentalcorp. Medical Facilities' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat dentalcorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Medical Facilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
dentalcorp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Medical Facilities	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DNTL or DR?

Medical Facilities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than dentalcorp. dentalcorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medical Facilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
dentalcorp	C$1.47B	1.01	-C$68.50M	-C$0.37	-22.32
Medical Facilities	C$441.27M	0.85	C$19.53M	C$1.10	14.20

Do analysts rate DNTL or DR?

dentalcorp presently has a consensus price target of C$11.03, suggesting a potential upside of 33.55%. Medical Facilities has a consensus price target of C$14.75, suggesting a potential downside of 5.57%. Given dentalcorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe dentalcorp is more favorable than Medical Facilities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
dentalcorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Medical Facilities	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DNTL or DR?

50.3% of dentalcorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Medical Facilities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of dentalcorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Medical Facilities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DNTL or DR more profitable?

Medical Facilities has a net margin of 4.43% compared to dentalcorp's net margin of -4.66%. Medical Facilities' return on equity of 48.07% beat dentalcorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
dentalcorp	-4.66%	-3.91%	0.77%
Medical Facilities	4.43%	48.07%	13.60%

Which has more volatility & risk, DNTL or DR?

dentalcorp has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medical Facilities has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Medical Facilities beats dentalcorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.