APi Group (NYSE:APG – Get Free Report) and Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares APi Group and Healthcare Services Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| APi Group | 3.85% | 37.63% | 14.28% |
| Healthcare Services Group | 3.67% | 17.81% | 11.06% |
Risk & Volatility
APi Group has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| APi Group | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2.89 |
| Healthcare Services Group | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2.44 |
APi Group currently has a consensus price target of $52.14, indicating a potential upside of 26.03%. Healthcare Services Group has a consensus price target of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.98%. Given APi Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe APi Group is more favorable than Healthcare Services Group.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares APi Group and Healthcare Services Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| APi Group | $7.91 billion | 2.27 | $302.00 million | ($0.71) | -58.27 |
| Healthcare Services Group | $1.85 billion | 0.89 | $59.06 million | $0.96 | 25.03 |
APi Group has higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Services Group. APi Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
86.6% of APi Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of APi Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
APi Group beats Healthcare Services Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About APi Group
APi Group Corporation provides safety and specialty services worldwide. It operates through Safety Services and Specialty Services segments. The Safety Services segment offers solutions focusing on end-to-end integrated occupancy systems, such as fire protection services; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning solutions; and entry systems, which include the design, installation, inspection, and service of these integrated systems. The Specialty Services segment provides various infrastructure and specialized industrial plant services, including maintenance and repair of underground electric, gas, water, sewer, and telecommunications infrastructure. This segment offers engineering and design, fabrication, installation, maintenance service and repair, retrofitting and upgrading services, pipeline infrastructure, access and road construction, supporting facilities, and integrity management and maintenance to the energy industry. It serves customers in the public and private sectors, including commercial, industrial, distribution and fulfillment centers, manufacturing, education, healthcare, telecom, utilities, transmission and integrity, high tech, entertainment, government, and infrastructure markets. The company was formerly known as J2 Acquisition Limited and changed its name to APi Group Corporation in October 2019. APi Group Corporation was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in New Brighton, Minnesota.
About Healthcare Services Group
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. provides management, administrative, and operating services to the housekeeping, laundry, linen, facility maintenance, and dietary service departments of nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals in the United States. It operates through two segments, Housekeeping and Dietary. The Housekeeping segment engages in the cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing of resident rooms and common areas of the customers' facilities, as well as laundering and processing of the bed linens, uniforms, resident personal clothing, and other assorted linen items utilized at the customers' facilities. The Dietary segment provides food purchasing, meal preparation, and professional dietitian services, which include the development of menus that meet the dietary needs of residents; and on-site management and clinical consulting services to facilities. It serves long-term and post-acute care facilities, hospitals, and the healthcare industry through referrals and solicitation of target facilities. The company was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
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