Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) & The Competition Critical Survey

Sonida Senior Living (NYSE:SNDA) is one of 238 public companies in the “Healthcare Providers & Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Sonida Senior Living to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sonida Senior Living and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sonida Senior Living	$381.14 million	-$70.78 million	-6.92
Sonida Senior Living Competitors	$20.18 billion	$277.67 million	-230.94

Sonida Senior Living’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Sonida Senior Living. Sonida Senior Living is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Sonida Senior Living has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonida Senior Living’s rivals have a beta of 0.97, indicating that their average stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Sonida Senior Living and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sonida Senior Living	1	2	4	0	2.43
Sonida Senior Living Competitors	1765	7610	13063	776	2.55

Sonida Senior Living presently has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.62%. As a group, “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies have a potential upside of 12.28%. Given Sonida Senior Living’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sonida Senior Living has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Sonida Senior Living and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sonida Senior Living	-24.15%	-36.98%	-7.08%
Sonida Senior Living Competitors	-5.52%	-138.12%	-0.39%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.5% of Sonida Senior Living shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of shares of all “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 39.3% of Sonida Senior Living shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of shares of all “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sonida Senior Living rivals beat Sonida Senior Living on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Sonida Senior Living

Sonida Senior Living, Inc. develops, owns, operates, and manages senior housing communities in the United States. The company provides independent living services, which include daily meals, transportation, social and recreational activities, laundry, housekeeping, and 24-hour staffing; and access to health screenings, periodic special services, and dietary and similar programs, as well as exercise and fitness classes. It also offers assisted living services consist of personal care services, such as assistance with activities of daily living, including ambulation, bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, personal hygiene, and monitoring or assistance with medications; support services, such as meals, assistance with social and recreational activities, laundry, general housekeeping, maintenance, and transportation services; and supplemental services, which include extra transportation, personal maintenance, and extra laundry services, as well as special care services for residents with various forms of dementia. In addition, the company provides memory care services; and home care services through third-party providers. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 75 senior housing communities in 18 states with an aggregate capacity of approximately 9,500 residents, including 60 senior housing communities. The company was formerly known as Capital Senior Living Corporation and changed its name to Sonida Senior Living, Inc. in November 2021. Sonida Senior Living, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is based in Addison, Texas.