Critical Contrast: Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) vs. Arjo AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:ARRJF)

Arjo AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:ARRJF) and Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Arjo AB (publ) and Elevance Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arjo AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Elevance Health	2.47%	14.64%	5.22%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Arjo AB (publ) and Elevance Health, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arjo AB (publ)	0	0	0	0	0.00
Elevance Health	0	8	15	0	2.65

Elevance Health has a consensus target price of $440.90, suggesting a potential upside of 12.85%. Given Elevance Health’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Elevance Health is more favorable than Arjo AB (publ).

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.2% of Elevance Health shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Elevance Health shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Arjo AB (publ) and Elevance Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arjo AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Elevance Health	$199.12 billion	0.43	$5.66 billion	$22.50	17.36

Elevance Health has higher revenue and earnings than Arjo AB (publ).

Summary

Elevance Health beats Arjo AB (publ) on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Arjo AB (publ)

Arjo AB (publ) develops and sells medical devices and solutions for patients for clinical and financial outcomes for healthcare in Europe, Asia and Pacific, South America, Africa, and internationally. It offers products and solutions for patient handling, hygiene, disinfection, medical beds, pressure injury prevention, diagnostics, prevention of deep vein thrombosis and treatment of edema, leg ulcer treatment and prevention, and for obstetric and cardiac diagnostics. The company also provides dementia and bariatric room assessment solutions, prone positioning early mobility, and rehabilitation services, as well as maintenance, and equipment rental and financing solutions. It serves private and public institutions that provide acute and long-term care. Arjo AB (publ) was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden.

About Elevance Health

Elevance Health, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a health benefits company in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Health Benefits, CarelonRx, Carelon Services, and Corporate & Other. It offers a variety of health plans and services to program members; health products; an array of fee-based administrative managed care services; and specialty and other insurance products and services, such as stop loss, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental health insurance benefits. The company operates in the pharmacy services business; and markets and offers pharmacy services, including pharmacy benefit management, as well as home delivery and specialty pharmacies, claims adjudication, formulary management, pharmacy networks, rebate administration, a prescription drug database, and member services. In addition, it provides healthcare-related services and capabilities, including utilization management, behavioral health, integrated care delivery, palliative care, payment integrity services, subrogation services, and health and wellness programs, as well as services related to data management, information technology, and business operations. Further, the company is involved in the National Government Services business. The company provides its services under the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Wellpoint, and Carelon brand names. The company was formerly known as Anthem, Inc. and changed its name to Elevance Health, Inc. in June 2022. Elevance Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.