Financial Review: Concentra Group Holdings Parent (NYSE:CON) & Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT)

Ardent Health (NYSE:ARDT) and Concentra Group Holdings Parent (NYSE:CON) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ardent Health and Concentra Group Holdings Parent”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ardent Health	$6.32 billion	0.21	$210.34 million	$1.45	6.51
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	$2.16 billion	1.40	$166.41 million	$1.30	18.05

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ardent Health and Concentra Group Holdings Parent, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ardent Health	2	4	6	0	2.33
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	0	2	3	0	2.60

Ardent Health presently has a consensus target price of $14.58, suggesting a potential upside of 54.48%. Concentra Group Holdings Parent has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.82%. Given Ardent Health’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ardent Health is more favorable than Concentra Group Holdings Parent.

Volatility and Risk

Ardent Health has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concentra Group Holdings Parent has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ardent Health and Concentra Group Holdings Parent’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ardent Health	2.15%	14.46%	4.64%
Concentra Group Holdings Parent	7.69%	48.46%	6.24%

Summary

Concentra Group Holdings Parent beats Ardent Health on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ardent Health

Ardent Health Partners, Inc. owns and operates a network of hospitals and clinics that provides a range of healthcare services in the United States. It operates acute care hospitals, including rehabilitation hospitals and surgical hospitals. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee. Ardent Health Partners, Inc. is a subsidiary of EGI-AM Investments, L.L.C.

About Concentra Group Holdings Parent

Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. provides occupational health services in the United States. The company offers occupational and consumer health services, including workers’ compensation injury care, urgent care, clinical testing, preventative care, and employer services, as well as wellness programs through occupational health centers and onsite clinics. It also provides Concentra Telemed, a telemedicine solution for the treatment of work-related injuries and illnesses, and employer services; pharmacy solution under the Concentra Pharmacy name; and Concentra Medical Compliance Administration, a third-party administrator that helps to manage abuse testing programs for employers with regulated or non-regulated workforces. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. is a subsidiary of Select Medical Corporation.