Nutex Health (NASDAQ:NUTX – Get Free Report) and Sonic Healthcare (OTCMKTS:SKHHY – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Nutex Health and Sonic Healthcare’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nutex Health | 10.95% | 23.50% | 10.47% |
| Sonic Healthcare | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Nutex Health and Sonic Healthcare”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nutex Health | $875.26 million | 1.34 | $70.79 million | $12.94 | 13.21 |
| Sonic Healthcare | $6.25 billion | 1.14 | $332.61 million | N/A | N/A |
Sonic Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Nutex Health.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
5.3% of Nutex Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Sonic Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.7% of Nutex Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Nutex Health and Sonic Healthcare, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nutex Health | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
| Sonic Healthcare | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Nutex Health currently has a consensus target price of $243.33, suggesting a potential upside of 42.39%. Given Nutex Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Nutex Health is more favorable than Sonic Healthcare.
Volatility & Risk
Nutex Health has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonic Healthcare has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nutex Health beats Sonic Healthcare on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Nutex Health
Nutex Health Inc. operates as a physician-led, healthcare services, and operations company. It operates through three segments: Hospital, Population Health Management (PHM), and Real Estate. The PHM segment establishes and operates independent physician associations; and offers a cloud-based platform for healthcare organizations to provide value-based care and population health management. The Real Estate segment owns and owns and leases land and hospital building. The Hospital segment develops and operates a network of micro-hospitals, specialty hospitals and hospital outpatient departments which offers 24/7 care. It also provides operational and managerial services, including management, billing, collections, human resources and recruiting, legal, accounting, and marketing. In addition, the company offers healthcare services, including emergency room care, inpatient care, and behavioral health, as well as onsite imaging, such as CT scan, X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, etc.; certified and accredited laboratories; and onsite inpatient pharmacies. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.
About Sonic Healthcare
Sonic Healthcare Limited offers medical diagnostic services to medical practitioners, hospitals, community health services, and their collective patients. The company provides laboratory medicine/pathology testing services, such as biochemistry, cytopathology, genetics, haematology, histopathology, immunoserology, microbiology, molecular pathology, prenatal testing, toxicology, and ancillary functions; and radiology services, including magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, X-ray, mammography, nuclear medicine, PET CT, interventional procedures, and bone mineral densitometry. It offers primary care medical services comprising general practice clinics, occupational health services, skin cancer clinics, after-hours general practice services, general practice IT solutions, and community-based healthcare services. The company operates in Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Belgium, and internationally. Sonic Healthcare Limited was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
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