Medical Facilities (DR) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DR or EXE?

Extendicare has higher revenue and earnings than Medical Facilities. Medical Facilities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Extendicare, 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
Medical Facilities	C$388.07M	0.71	C$17.17M	C$1.49	11.40
Extendicare	C$1.46B	0.65	C$65.46M	C$0.78	14.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DR or EXE?

Medical Facilities received 154 more outperform votes than Extendicare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.37% of users gave Medical Facilities an outperform vote while only 47.63% of users gave Extendicare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Medical Facilities	Outperform Votes 305 61.37%	Underperform Votes 192 38.63%
Extendicare	Outperform Votes 151 47.63%	Underperform Votes 166 52.37%

Is DR or EXE more profitable?

Extendicare has a net margin of 4.48% compared to Medical Facilities' net margin of 4.43%. Extendicare's return on equity of 64.13% beat Medical Facilities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medical Facilities	4.43%	24.55%	13.60%
Extendicare	4.48%	64.13%	7.16%

Is DR or EXE a better dividend stock?

Medical Facilities pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Extendicare pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Medical Facilities pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Extendicare pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media favor DR or EXE?

In the previous week, Extendicare had 2 more articles in the media than Medical Facilities. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Extendicare and 4 mentions for Medical Facilities. Extendicare's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Medical Facilities' score of -0.22 indicating that Extendicare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts recommend DR or EXE?

Medical Facilities presently has a consensus target price of C$14.75, indicating a potential downside of 13.39%. Extendicare has a consensus target price of C$10.25, indicating a potential downside of 10.48%. Given Extendicare's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Extendicare is more favorable than Medical Facilities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medical Facilities	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Extendicare	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more volatility & risk, DR or EXE?

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DR or EXE?

8.1% of Medical Facilities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Extendicare shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Medical Facilities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Extendicare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Extendicare beats Medical Facilities on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.