AVAH vs. PNTG, TLMD, VMD, HLTH, APR, BTSG, ADUS, AHCO, EHAB, and CHE
Should you be buying Aveanna Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aveanna Healthcare include The Pennant Group (PNTG), SOC Telemed (TLMD), Viemed Healthcare (VMD), Cue Health (HLTH), Apria (APR), BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG), Addus HomeCare (ADUS), AdaptHealth (AHCO), Enhabit (EHAB), and Chemed (CHE). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
The Pennant Group (NASDAQ:PNTG) and Aveanna Healthcare (NASDAQ:AVAH) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.
The Pennant Group has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aveanna Healthcare has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Pennant Group presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.95%. Aveanna Healthcare has a consensus price target of $1.80, suggesting a potential downside of 31.03%. Given Aveanna Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Pennant Group is more favorable than Aveanna Healthcare.
85.9% of The Pennant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Aveanna Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of The Pennant Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Aveanna Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, The Pennant Group had 4 more articles in the media than Aveanna Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The Pennant Group and 1 mentions for Aveanna Healthcare. The Pennant Group's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Aveanna Healthcare's score of 0.57 indicating that Aveanna Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Pennant Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aveanna Healthcare. Aveanna Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Pennant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Pennant Group has a net margin of 2.86% compared to The Pennant Group's net margin of -5.92%. Aveanna Healthcare's return on equity of 13.42% beat The Pennant Group's return on equity.
The Pennant Group received 10 more outperform votes than Aveanna Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.74% of users gave The Pennant Group an outperform vote while only 38.71% of users gave Aveanna Healthcare an outperform vote.
Summary
The Pennant Group beats Aveanna Healthcare on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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