Ryman Healthcare (OTCMKTS:RYHTY) vs. Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY) Head-To-Head Comparison

Ryman Healthcare (OTCMKTS:RYHTY) and Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ryman Healthcare and Surgery Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ryman Healthcare	$451.64 million	2.75	-$259.39 million	N/A	N/A
Surgery Partners	$3.34 billion	0.53	-$77.90 million	($0.60)	-22.42

Surgery Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Ryman Healthcare.

Profitability

This table compares Ryman Healthcare and Surgery Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryman Healthcare	N/A	N/A	N/A
Surgery Partners	-2.28%	1.04%	0.41%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Ryman Healthcare and Surgery Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryman Healthcare	0	0	0	0	0.00
Surgery Partners	1	3	8	0	2.58

Surgery Partners has a consensus price target of $22.18, indicating a potential upside of 64.92%. Given Surgery Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Surgery Partners is more favorable than Ryman Healthcare.

Risk & Volatility

Ryman Healthcare has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Surgery Partners has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Surgery Partners beats Ryman Healthcare on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ryman Healthcare

Ryman Healthcare Limited develops, owns, and operates integrated retirement villages, rest homes, and hospitals for the elderly in New Zealand and Australia. The company's villages provide a range of retirement living and care options, such as independent townhouses and apartments, and serviced apartments, as well as a care center, which offers rest homes, hospitals, dementia-level care, and respite and day care services. Its villages also provide all-weather bowling green, indoor heated swimming pool and spa, gym, internal atrium, beauty and hair salons, library, dining area, bar, lounges, croquet laws, shops, and movie theatre facilities. The company owns and operates retirement village units and care units. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Christchurch, New Zealand.

About Surgery Partners

Surgery Partners, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a network of surgical facilities and ancillary services in the United States. The company provides ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals that offer non-emergency surgical procedures in various specialties, including orthopedics and pain management, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, and general surgery. It offers diagnostic imaging, laboratory, obstetrics, oncology, pharmacy, physical therapy, and wound care; and ancillary services, including multi-specialty physician practices, urgent care facilities, and anesthesia services. In addition, it offers single- and multi-specialty facilities. Surgery Partners, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.