Joint (NASDAQ:JYNT) vs. Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY) Head-To-Head Survey

Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY) and Joint (NASDAQ:JYNT) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Surgery Partners has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Joint has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Surgery Partners and Joint’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Surgery Partners	-2.63%	0.88%	0.34%
Joint	6.49%	12.02%	3.47%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Surgery Partners	$3.31 billion	0.61	-$77.90 million	($0.70)	-22.00
Joint	$54.90 million	1.85	$2.91 million	$0.27	26.56

Joint has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Surgery Partners. Surgery Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Joint, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Surgery Partners and Joint, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Surgery Partners	1	3	7	0	2.55
Joint	1	2	0	0	1.67

Surgery Partners presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.38%. Given Surgery Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Surgery Partners is more favorable than Joint.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.9% of Joint shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Surgery Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of Joint shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Joint beats Surgery Partners on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Joint

The Joint Corp. operates and franchises chiropractic clinics in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Corporate Clinics and Franchise Operations. The Joint Corp. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.