BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) and Ryman Healthcare (OTCMKTS:RYHTY) Financial Survey

Ryman Healthcare (OTCMKTS:RYHTY) and BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Ryman Healthcare and BrightSpring Health Services, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryman Healthcare	0	0	0	0	0.00
BrightSpring Health Services	0	0	18	2	3.10

BrightSpring Health Services has a consensus target price of $70.71, indicating a potential upside of 16.38%. Given BrightSpring Health Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BrightSpring Health Services is more favorable than Ryman Healthcare.

Profitability

This table compares Ryman Healthcare and BrightSpring Health Services’ 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
BrightSpring Health Services	2.55%	16.73%	5.24%

Volatility & Risk

Ryman Healthcare has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BrightSpring Health Services has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ryman Healthcare and BrightSpring Health Services”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ryman Healthcare	$502.59 million	2.47	-$100.65 million	N/A	N/A
BrightSpring Health Services	$12.91 billion	0.93	$190.67 million	$1.66	36.60

BrightSpring Health Services has higher revenue and earnings than Ryman Healthcare.

Summary

BrightSpring Health Services beats Ryman Healthcare on 10 of the 11 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 BrightSpring Health Services

BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. operates a home and community-based healthcare services platform in the United States. The company's platform focuses on delivering pharmacy and provider services, including clinical and supportive care in home and community settings to Medicare, Medicaid, and insured populations. It serves patients through clinical providers and pharmacists. The company was formerly known as Phoenix Parent Holdings Inc. and changed its name to BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. in May 2021. BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.