PRVA vs. LFST, AMEH, MGLN, AGL, USPH, ALHC, PNTG, INNV, WGS, and TALK
Should you be buying Privia Health Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Privia Health Group include LifeStance Health Group (LFST), Apollo Medical (AMEH), Magellan Health (MGLN), agilon health (AGL), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), The Pennant Group (PNTG), InnovAge (INNV), GeneDx (WGS), and Talkspace (TALK). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
LifeStance Health Group (NASDAQ:LFST) and Privia Health Group (NASDAQ:PRVA) are both mid-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.
LifeStance Health Group has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Privia Health Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Privia Health Group received 47 more outperform votes than LifeStance Health Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.08% of users gave Privia Health Group an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave LifeStance Health Group an outperform vote.
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.
LifeStance Health Group presently has a consensus price target of $8.80, suggesting a potential upside of 57.99%. Privia Health Group has a consensus price target of $24.92, suggesting a potential upside of 43.48%. Given Privia Health Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LifeStance Health Group is more favorable than Privia Health Group.
In the previous week, Privia Health Group had 11 more articles in the media than LifeStance Health Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Privia Health Group and 5 mentions for LifeStance Health Group. LifeStance Health Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Privia Health Group's score of 0.55 indicating that Privia Health Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
85.5% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Privia Health Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of LifeStance Health Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Privia Health Group 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.
Summary
Privia Health Group beats LifeStance Health Group on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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