LFST vs. PRVA, AMEH, PINC, MGLN, PGNY, USPH, PNTG, INNV, WGS, and TALK
Should you be buying LifeStance Health Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LifeStance Health Group include Privia Health Group (PRVA), Apollo Medical (AMEH), Premier (PINC), Magellan Health (MGLN), Progyny (PGNY), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), The Pennant Group (PNTG), InnovAge (INNV), GeneDx (WGS), and Talkspace (TALK). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Privia Health Group (NASDAQ:PRVA) and LifeStance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Privia Health Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Privia Health Group presently has a consensus price target of $25.08, suggesting a potential upside of 45.16%. LifeStance Health Group has a consensus price target of $8.80, suggesting a potential upside of 53.04%. Given Privia Health Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LifeStance Health Group is more favorable than Privia Health Group.
94.5% of Privia Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Privia Health Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Privia Health Group has a net margin of 1.11% compared to Privia Health Group's net margin of -15.69%. LifeStance Health Group's return on equity of 3.13% beat Privia Health Group's return on equity.
Privia Health Group received 45 more outperform votes than LifeStance Health Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.37% of users gave Privia Health Group an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave LifeStance Health Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Privia Health Group had 3 more articles in the media than LifeStance Health Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Privia Health Group and 10 mentions for LifeStance Health Group. LifeStance Health Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Privia Health Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Privia Health Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Privia Health Group has higher revenue and earnings than LifeStance Health Group. LifeStance Health Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Privia Health Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Privia Health Group beats LifeStance Health Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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