Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) and Sienna Senior Living (OTCMKTS:LWSCF) Financial Contrast

Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) and Sienna Senior Living (OTCMKTS:LWSCF) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Community Health Systems and Sienna Senior Living’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Community Health Systems	-0.79%	N/A	-0.94%
Sienna Senior Living	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Community Health Systems and Sienna Senior Living, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Community Health Systems	0	3	2	0	2.40
Sienna Senior Living	0	0	1	0	3.00

Community Health Systems presently has a consensus price target of $4.65, suggesting a potential downside of 6.81%. Sienna Senior Living has a consensus price target of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 33.32%. Given Sienna Senior Living’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sienna Senior Living is more favorable than Community Health Systems.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

85.0% of Community Health Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Sienna Senior Living shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Community Health Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Community Health Systems and Sienna Senior Living’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Community Health Systems	$12.55 billion	0.06	-$133.00 million	($0.95)	-5.25
Sienna Senior Living	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.64)	-18.02

Sienna Senior Living has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Community Health Systems. Sienna Senior Living is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Health Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About Community Health Systems

Community Health Systems, Inc. owns, leases, and operates general acute care hospitals in the United States. It offers general acute care, emergency room, general and specialty surgery, critical care, internal medicine, obstetrics, diagnostic, psychiatric, and rehabilitation services, as well as skilled nursing and home care services. The company also provides outpatient services at primary care practices, urgent care centers, free-standing emergency departments, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging and diagnostic centers, and direct-to-consumer virtual health visits. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

About Sienna Senior Living

Sienna Senior Living Inc. provides senior living and long-term care (LTC) services in Canada. The company operates through Retirement and LTC segments. It offers independent supportive and assisted living, memory care, and long-term care services; and management services to senior living residences. The company was formerly known as Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation and changed its name to Sienna Senior Living Inc. in May 2015. Sienna Senior Living Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.